IFLODD: Firefighter Memorial


Firefighter Record

Firefighter Details

Name Stewart Lynn
Agency Chicago Fire Department
Rank Pipeman
Type of Firefighter Career
Age Range [Unknown]
Sex Male
Date of Birth 0/0/0
Date of Death 8/6/1922
Cause of Death Contact/Exposure
Nature of Death Asphyxiation
Attribute of Death Smoke inhalation
Type of Duty Firefighting operations

Incident Details

Incident Name N/A
Incident City Chicago
Incident State IL
Incident Date 8/5/1922
Incident Location Industry/ Manufacturing
Incident Attribute Fires

Incident Summary

On August 5, 1922, Chicago Fire Department Firefighter Stewart Lynn of Truck 8 was overcome by smoke while fighting a fire at the Louis Gertenrisch Candy Factory on Archer Avenue. He was transported to Cook County Hospital, where he died the next day, August 6.

Citations:

“Suffocated by Smoke, Fireman Dies Soon After,” Chicago Daily Tribune, August 6, 1922.


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