CITY FIREMAN FATALLY HURT IN COLLISION
Charles H. Deam Dies Following Crash at Belmont and Main.
Second Receives Minor Injuries
Central House Pumper Struck by Truck Driven by Gus Eiser
One city fireman is dead and another is suffering from minor injuries as the result of an accident shortly before 7 o'clock Wednesday evening when the pumper truck from Central engine house was struck by a commercial truck driven by Otis Eiser of 339 W. Columbia st.
The dead fireman is Charles H. Deam, 33, of 327 W. State st. He succumbed at the city hospital at 2:20 a.m. Thursday of a fractured skull and other injuries received in the crash.
The injured man is John Miller, 34, of 29 S. Greenmount av. He was hurt about the hips but the attending physicians say his injuries were not serious and he is expected to be back on duty in a short time. He was taken to his home following the accident.
A third man on the pumper, Capt. Edward Garrity, who was driving, escaped injuries.
The accident occurred while the pumper was responding to an alarm from 705 N. Belmont av.
According to reports made on the accident, the pumper was traveling north in Belmont av. At Main st. a stop was made in accordance with the arterial highway stop order. The Eiser truck was moving west in Main st. The fire truck started across Main st. when the Eiser truck, which according to witnesses, was traveling between 25 and 30 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of the pumper, throwing the latter about 25 feet against a telephone pole on the corner.
Deam was riding on the platform on the rear of the pumper. When the impact came, he was hurled from the platform. Garrity and Miller were riding in the front seat. Miller was thrown from his seat to the street, but Garrity retained his position on the pumper by holding on to the steering geer.
Eiser said that when he saw the pumper, he applied the brakes on his truck, but the slippery condition of the strees due to the snow made a stop impossible. Eiser is said to have admitted after the accident that his truck had been moving at a rate of between 25 and 30 miles an hour. He was questioned by Fire Chief Samuel F. Hunter and Policemen George Goodson and Frank Kampman, and then released. He said he saw the truck too late to avoid a collision.
A formal report of the accident was to be filed with City Manager Robert W. Flack by Chief Hunter Thursday, and any action taken against Eiser will be made by the city manager and city Solicotor Malcolm E. Spencer.
Deam was appointed to the fire department in September 1921, and was stationed at engine house no. 5 until last fall when he was transferred to the Central engine house for alarm watch duty. Following the accident he was removed to the hospital in Littleton's ambulance.
Deam has been living with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. William Deam, 327 W. State st. Beises his parents he leaves one son; a brother, Walter Deam, at home, and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Nagel, 1814 Clifton av. and Mrs. William Newcomb, 1471 W. Pleasant st.
Deam was a member of Moncrieffe Lodge, Knights of Pythias, St. Andrews Lodge, F. and A.M. and was an ex-service man, having served in the coast artillery. He was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran church.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Deam home, 327 W. State st., at 2;30 P.M. Saturday. Burial will be in Ferncliff cemetery.
The alarm which the firemen wer answering at the time of the accident proved to be a minor one. A chimney burning out at the home of Earl Brooks, 795 N. Belmont av., aroused fears of a neighbor who informed Mrs. Brooks that the house was afire and she telephoned the fire department. There was no loss.
As the result of the accident, a few changes were necessitated in the fire department Thursday.
The International chemical truck, which has been stationed at Engine house No. 8 in S. Yellow Springs st., was transferred to the Central engine house in S. Fountain av., to replace the American LaFrance pumper which was taken to the city garage for repairs.
Equipment which was on the pumper truck was placed on a city service truck and stationed at the Yellow Springs av. station.
The drivers of the trucks were also transferred so that they will still be with the same trucks as the operation of the two is somewhat different.
The Central engine house will be draped in mourning by firemen Friday morning. Badges worn be all city firemen are also to be draped for 30 days.
(Copied from the Springfield Daily News, Thursday, January 14, 1926).
Charles H. Deam Dies Following Crash at Belmont and Main.
Second Receives Minor Injuries
Central House Pumper Struck by Truck Driven by Gus Eiser
One city fireman is dead and another is suffering from minor injuries as the result of an accident shortly before 7 o'clock Wednesday evening when the pumper truck from Central engine house was struck by a commercial truck driven by Otis Eiser of 339 W. Columbia st.
The dead fireman is Charles H. Deam, 33, of 327 W. State st. He succumbed at the city hospital at 2:20 a.m. Thursday of a fractured skull and other injuries received in the crash.
The injured man is John Miller, 34, of 29 S. Greenmount av. He was hurt about the hips but the attending physicians say his injuries were not serious and he is expected to be back on duty in a short time. He was taken to his home following the accident.
A third man on the pumper, Capt. Edward Garrity, who was driving, escaped injuries.
The accident occurred while the pumper was responding to an alarm from 705 N. Belmont av.
According to reports made on the accident, the pumper was traveling north in Belmont av. At Main st. a stop was made in accordance with the arterial highway stop order. The Eiser truck was moving west in Main st. The fire truck started across Main st. when the Eiser truck, which according to witnesses, was traveling between 25 and 30 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of the pumper, throwing the latter about 25 feet against a telephone pole on the corner.
Deam was riding on the platform on the rear of the pumper. When the impact came, he was hurled from the platform. Garrity and Miller were riding in the front seat. Miller was thrown from his seat to the street, but Garrity retained his position on the pumper by holding on to the steering geer.
Eiser said that when he saw the pumper, he applied the brakes on his truck, but the slippery condition of the strees due to the snow made a stop impossible. Eiser is said to have admitted after the accident that his truck had been moving at a rate of between 25 and 30 miles an hour. He was questioned by Fire Chief Samuel F. Hunter and Policemen George Goodson and Frank Kampman, and then released. He said he saw the truck too late to avoid a collision.
A formal report of the accident was to be filed with City Manager Robert W. Flack by Chief Hunter Thursday, and any action taken against Eiser will be made by the city manager and city Solicotor Malcolm E. Spencer.
Deam was appointed to the fire department in September 1921, and was stationed at engine house no. 5 until last fall when he was transferred to the Central engine house for alarm watch duty. Following the accident he was removed to the hospital in Littleton's ambulance.
Deam has been living with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. William Deam, 327 W. State st. Beises his parents he leaves one son; a brother, Walter Deam, at home, and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Nagel, 1814 Clifton av. and Mrs. William Newcomb, 1471 W. Pleasant st.
Deam was a member of Moncrieffe Lodge, Knights of Pythias, St. Andrews Lodge, F. and A.M. and was an ex-service man, having served in the coast artillery. He was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran church.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Deam home, 327 W. State st., at 2;30 P.M. Saturday. Burial will be in Ferncliff cemetery.
The alarm which the firemen wer answering at the time of the accident proved to be a minor one. A chimney burning out at the home of Earl Brooks, 795 N. Belmont av., aroused fears of a neighbor who informed Mrs. Brooks that the house was afire and she telephoned the fire department. There was no loss.
As the result of the accident, a few changes were necessitated in the fire department Thursday.
The International chemical truck, which has been stationed at Engine house No. 8 in S. Yellow Springs st., was transferred to the Central engine house in S. Fountain av., to replace the American LaFrance pumper which was taken to the city garage for repairs.
Equipment which was on the pumper truck was placed on a city service truck and stationed at the Yellow Springs av. station.
The drivers of the trucks were also transferred so that they will still be with the same trucks as the operation of the two is somewhat different.
The Central engine house will be draped in mourning by firemen Friday morning. Badges worn be all city firemen are also to be draped for 30 days.
(Copied from the Springfield Daily News, Thursday, January 14, 1926).
CITY FIREMAN FATALLY HURT IN COLLISION
Charles H. Deam Dies Following Crash at Belmont and Main.
Second Receives Minor Injuries
Central House Pumper Struck by Truck Driven by Gus Eiser
One city fireman is dead and another is suffering from minor injuries as the result of an accident shortly before 7 o'clock Wednesday evening when the pumper truck from Central engine house was struck by a commercial truck driven by Otis Eiser of 339 W. Columbia st.
The dead fireman is Charles H. Deam, 33, of 327 W. State st. He succumbed at the city hospital at 2:20 a.m. Thursday of a fractured skull and other injuries received in the crash.
The injured man is John Miller, 34, of 29 S. Greenmount av. He was hurt about the hips but the attending physicians say his injuries were not serious and he is expected to be back on duty in a short time. He was taken to his home following the accident.
A third man on the pumper, Capt. Edward Garrity, who was driving, escaped injuries.
The accident occurred while the pumper was responding to an alarm from 705 N. Belmont av.
According to reports made on the accident, the pumper was traveling north in Belmont av. At Main st. a stop was made in accordance with the arterial highway stop order. The Eiser truck was moving west in Main st. The fire truck started across Main st. when the Eiser truck, which according to witnesses, was traveling between 25 and 30 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of the pumper, throwing the latter about 25 feet against a telephone pole on the corner.
Deam was riding on the platform on the rear of the pumper. When the impact came, he was hurled from the platform. Garrity and Miller were riding in the front seat. Miller was thrown from his seat to the street, but Garrity retained his position on the pumper by holding on to the steering geer.
Eiser said that when he saw the pumper, he applied the brakes on his truck, but the slippery condition of the strees due to the snow made a stop impossible. Eiser is said to have admitted after the accident that his truck had been moving at a rate of between 25 and 30 miles an hour. He was questioned by Fire Chief Samuel F. Hunter and Policemen George Goodson and Frank Kampman, and then released. He said he saw the truck too late to avoid a collision.
A formal report of the accident was to be filed with City Manager Robert W. Flack by Chief Hunter Thursday, and any action taken against Eiser will be made by the city manager and city Solicotor Malcolm E. Spencer.
Deam was appointed to the fire department in September 1921, and was stationed at engine house no. 5 until last fall when he was transferred to the Central engine house for alarm watch duty. Following the accident he was removed to the hospital in Littleton's ambulance.
Deam has been living with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. William Deam, 327 W. State st. Beises his parents he leaves one son; a brother, Walter Deam, at home, and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Nagel, 1814 Clifton av. and Mrs. William Newcomb, 1471 W. Pleasant st.
Deam was a member of Moncrieffe Lodge, Knights of Pythias, St. Andrews Lodge, F. and A.M. and was an ex-service man, having served in the coast artillery. He was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran church.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Deam home, 327 W. State st., at 2;30 P.M. Saturday. Burial will be in Ferncliff cemetery.
The alarm which the firemen wer answering at the time of the accident proved to be a minor one. A chimney burning out at the home of Earl Brooks, 795 N. Belmont av., aroused fears of a neighbor who informed Mrs. Brooks that the house was afire and she telephoned the fire department. There was no loss.
As the result of the accident, a few changes were necessitated in the fire department Thursday.
The International chemical truck, which has been stationed at Engine house No. 8 in S. Yellow Springs st., was transferred to the Central engine house in S. Fountain av., to replace the American LaFrance pumper which was taken to the city garage for repairs.
Equipment which was on the pumper truck was placed on a city service truck and stationed at the Yellow Springs av. station.
The drivers of the trucks were also transferred so that they will still be with the same trucks as the operation of the two is somewhat different.
The Central engine house will be draped in mourning by firemen Friday morning. Badges worn be all city firemen are also to be draped for 30 days.
(Copied from the Springfield Daily News, Thursday, January 14, 1926).
Charles H. Deam Dies Following Crash at Belmont and Main.
Second Receives Minor Injuries
Central House Pumper Struck by Truck Driven by Gus Eiser
One city fireman is dead and another is suffering from minor injuries as the result of an accident shortly before 7 o'clock Wednesday evening when the pumper truck from Central engine house was struck by a commercial truck driven by Otis Eiser of 339 W. Columbia st.
The dead fireman is Charles H. Deam, 33, of 327 W. State st. He succumbed at the city hospital at 2:20 a.m. Thursday of a fractured skull and other injuries received in the crash.
The injured man is John Miller, 34, of 29 S. Greenmount av. He was hurt about the hips but the attending physicians say his injuries were not serious and he is expected to be back on duty in a short time. He was taken to his home following the accident.
A third man on the pumper, Capt. Edward Garrity, who was driving, escaped injuries.
The accident occurred while the pumper was responding to an alarm from 705 N. Belmont av.
According to reports made on the accident, the pumper was traveling north in Belmont av. At Main st. a stop was made in accordance with the arterial highway stop order. The Eiser truck was moving west in Main st. The fire truck started across Main st. when the Eiser truck, which according to witnesses, was traveling between 25 and 30 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of the pumper, throwing the latter about 25 feet against a telephone pole on the corner.
Deam was riding on the platform on the rear of the pumper. When the impact came, he was hurled from the platform. Garrity and Miller were riding in the front seat. Miller was thrown from his seat to the street, but Garrity retained his position on the pumper by holding on to the steering geer.
Eiser said that when he saw the pumper, he applied the brakes on his truck, but the slippery condition of the strees due to the snow made a stop impossible. Eiser is said to have admitted after the accident that his truck had been moving at a rate of between 25 and 30 miles an hour. He was questioned by Fire Chief Samuel F. Hunter and Policemen George Goodson and Frank Kampman, and then released. He said he saw the truck too late to avoid a collision.
A formal report of the accident was to be filed with City Manager Robert W. Flack by Chief Hunter Thursday, and any action taken against Eiser will be made by the city manager and city Solicotor Malcolm E. Spencer.
Deam was appointed to the fire department in September 1921, and was stationed at engine house no. 5 until last fall when he was transferred to the Central engine house for alarm watch duty. Following the accident he was removed to the hospital in Littleton's ambulance.
Deam has been living with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. William Deam, 327 W. State st. Beises his parents he leaves one son; a brother, Walter Deam, at home, and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Nagel, 1814 Clifton av. and Mrs. William Newcomb, 1471 W. Pleasant st.
Deam was a member of Moncrieffe Lodge, Knights of Pythias, St. Andrews Lodge, F. and A.M. and was an ex-service man, having served in the coast artillery. He was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran church.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Deam home, 327 W. State st., at 2;30 P.M. Saturday. Burial will be in Ferncliff cemetery.
The alarm which the firemen wer answering at the time of the accident proved to be a minor one. A chimney burning out at the home of Earl Brooks, 795 N. Belmont av., aroused fears of a neighbor who informed Mrs. Brooks that the house was afire and she telephoned the fire department. There was no loss.
As the result of the accident, a few changes were necessitated in the fire department Thursday.
The International chemical truck, which has been stationed at Engine house No. 8 in S. Yellow Springs st., was transferred to the Central engine house in S. Fountain av., to replace the American LaFrance pumper which was taken to the city garage for repairs.
Equipment which was on the pumper truck was placed on a city service truck and stationed at the Yellow Springs av. station.
The drivers of the trucks were also transferred so that they will still be with the same trucks as the operation of the two is somewhat different.
The Central engine house will be draped in mourning by firemen Friday morning. Badges worn be all city firemen are also to be draped for 30 days.
(Copied from the Springfield Daily News, Thursday, January 14, 1926).
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