Born: January 1854 LODD: 1/12/1936 Burial: Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware Fire Company: Minquadale George J Sahms died in Homeopathic Hospital from complications at 82 years of age. Mr. Sahms was taken ill on New Year’s Day and was removed to the hospital where he died. He worked in Bayberry, Pa and retired about 10 years ago, when he came to Minquadale to live with his daughter, Mrs. Ella Evans. Mr. Sahms family consists of two
Born: 3/10/1937 LODD: 8/22/1978 Burial: Gracelawn Memorial Park, New Castle, Delaware Fire Company: Wilmington Fire Department Captain George T. Conaway Jr responded to an electrical fire at 803 Lombard Street on July 22, 1978 as the supervisor of the crew on Ladder 1. While directing his men on the fireground, he suffered chest pains and was transported by the rescue squad to the Delaware Division. He was transferred to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia,
Born: 5/1/1899 LODD: 4/12/1969 Burial: Gracelawn Memorial Park, New Castle, Delaware Fire Company: Holloway Terrace Former Fire Chief Harry E. Mahan died on April 12, 1969 in the line of duty in the service of the Holloway Terrace Fire Company. He was 69 years old. Firefighters reported that Chief Mahan began to feel ill at the scene of an incident the fire company had responded to. As the fire apparatus was returning to the station,
Born: 6/12/1962 LODD: 8/26/1982 Burial: Glenwood Cemetery, Smyrna, Delaware Fire Company: Citizens’ Hose Company of Smyrna The only member of the Citizens’ Hose Company No. 1 to lose their life in the line of duty, Tommy lost his grip while riding engine 44-2 to a gas leak at the Duck Creek Trailer Park on August 22, 1982. He fell to the roadway as the engine was negotiating a left turn on to US 13 from East Commerce
Born: 11/21/1909 LODD: 3/1/1931 Burial: East New Market Cemetery, Dorchester, Maryland Fire Company: Cranston Heights Fire Company John (Jack) Kridler Grafius was seriously injured on February 23, 1931, when the “Fire Apparatus Upset at Front & Union Streets” (Wilmington). As the heavy engine rounded the corner at Lancaster and Union Streets, it’s front wheels got jammed in a trolley switch. The steering gear of the fire engine locked and the engine came toppling over, pinning Grafius
Born: 1/29/1947 LODD: 6/19/1990 Burial: Delaware Veterans Cemetery, Bear, Delaware Fire Company: Wilmington Fire Department Lieutenant James Goode, Jr, an 18 year veteran of the Wilmington Fire Department was found unresponsive at Station 2. June 19, 1990. Attempts to revive Lt. Goode were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at Wilmington Hospital shortly after 7 a.m. Surviving the Lieutenant are his wife Marlene, son Anthony and his mother Naomi L. Goode.
