FIREMAN LEO HACKBARTH LADDER 32
January 11, 1911
BOX 75-2904 3825 3rd. AVE
FELL FROM 5th FLOOR
During a fire in the cellar of the five story tenement house, 3827 3rd. Avenue, last night, Leo Hackbarth, of Hook & Ladder 32 fell from the fifth story of the building and landed on a one-story frame extension. He was taken to Fordham Hospital by Dr. Cary, who said he had spinal and internal injuries from which he would probably die. The fire started in a wood-bin in the cellar and consumed twelve wood-bins and a pile of rubbish. Firemen extinguished the blaze as soon as they arrived, but the smoke pured up through the building in dense volume and twenty families living in the house went into the street until it cleared. Captain Hooch had ordered Hackbarth to go through the building and open all the windows. It is supposed he must have fallen while opening the rear windows, distance of 35 feet.
Source: New York Tribune, Jan. 12, 1911, Page 3, column 5, LODD 160
1911 - BRONX, NY
Box 2904 - 3825-27 3rd Avenue
Firefighter Leo Hackbarth - Ladder 32
A single-alarm fire, starting in a woodbin in the basement of a five-story brick tenement, destroyed a dozen bins and rubbish before being brought under control. While the fire was confined to the basement, heavy smoke had poured up throughout the structure forcing the evacuation of 20 families. Hackbarth was sent up though the building to open windows and vent the pent-up smoke. While doing so, he fell out a rear fifth floor window, hitting clotheslines on the way down, and landing on the roof of a one-story frame extension 35 feet below. He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died as a result of spinal and internal injuries.
FIREMAN LEO HACKBARTH LADDER 32
January 11, 1911
BOX 75-2904 3825 3rd. AVE
FELL FROM 5th FLOOR
During a fire in the cellar of the five story tenement house, 3827 3rd. Avenue, last night, Leo Hackbarth, of Hook & Ladder 32 fell from the fifth story of the building and landed on a one-story frame extension. He was taken to Fordham Hospital by Dr. Cary, who said he had spinal and internal injuries from which he would probably die. The fire started in a wood-bin in the cellar and consumed twelve wood-bins and a pile of rubbish. Firemen extinguished the blaze as soon as they arrived, but the smoke pured up through the building in dense volume and twenty families living in the house went into the street until it cleared. Captain Hooch had ordered Hackbarth to go through the building and open all the windows. It is supposed he must have fallen while opening the rear windows, distance of 35 feet.
Source: New York Tribune, Jan. 12, 1911, Page 3, column 5, LODD 160
1911 - BRONX, NY
Box 2904 - 3825-27 3rd Avenue
Firefighter Leo Hackbarth - Ladder 32
A single-alarm fire, starting in a woodbin in the basement of a five-story brick tenement, destroyed a dozen bins and rubbish before being brought under control. While the fire was confined to the basement, heavy smoke had poured up throughout the structure forcing the evacuation of 20 families. Hackbarth was sent up though the building to open windows and vent the pent-up smoke. While doing so, he fell out a rear fifth floor window, hitting clotheslines on the way down, and landing on the roof of a one-story frame extension 35 feet below. He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died as a result of spinal and internal injuries.
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