The table below contains key information about the Chicago Firemen who responded to and assisted with the Eastland Disaster. You may search by name, portion of a name, or other keyword. You may also sort individual columns by clicking on the column headers. Click on the highlighted names with links to access photos, personal accounts, and premium content.
Name | Age | Status | M/F | Ethnicity | Cemetery | Notes | ||||
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Anderson, Thomas | M | Lieutenant, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Baynes, John | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Bobzien, Walter J. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Burkart, Francis X. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Burns, Thomas H. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Cassidy, Richard E. | M | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||
Cherney, Henry | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Cline, Harry J. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Collins, Charles A. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Cosgrove, John T. | 24 | M | Patrolman, Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol | 9 | 9 | |||||
Cummings, Michael J. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Dillon, William | 42 | M | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Egan, Patrick | M | Chief First Batallion | 9 | 9 | ||||||
English, James A. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 32 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Franz, Joe | M | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||
Furlong, Michael | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Geary, John P. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Hanks, William | M | Pilot, (Detailed from Engine Company No. 92) Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Hansen, Hans | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Hansen, Theodore J. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Harper, Edward C. | M | Driver, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Heffernan, Garrett | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Hodges, Courtney | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Hopkins, William J. | M | Engineer, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Huddleston, Charles A. | M | Engineer, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Kempski, Walter F. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Kuhlman, Joseph T. | 32 | Married | M | Fire Insurance Patrol | 9 | 9 | ||||
Leffert, Charles B. | 28 | Married | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Loftus, Martin A. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Mann, John M. | M | Driver, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Manning, John T.. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Mathews, Thomas | 59 | M | Stoker, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | |||||
McAuliffe, Frank | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
McAuliffe, Jeremiah | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
McKinley, Michael | 24 | M | Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||
Miller, Bryce F. | M | Engineer, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Mohr, George | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Murphy, Cornelius | M | Lieutenant, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Neubert, Henry | M | Pilot, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
O'Brien, Francis | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
O'Brien, John | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
O'Connor, Frank | M | Pipeman, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
O'Connor, Patrick | M | Driver, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
O'Hayer, Patrick J. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
O'Neill, James | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Osius, Louis | M | Stoker, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Peterman, Christian | M | Captain, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Peterson, Jens L. | M | Lieutenant, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Reinhard, Charles O. | 37 | M | Lieutenant | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Rowley, James J. | M | Lieutenant, Engine Company No. 40 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Sandberg, John | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Scanlon, Joseph | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Scanlon, Thomas | M | Lieutenant, Auxiliary Squad Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Shay, Thomas J. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Sheehan, John J. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Steffel, Frank T. | M | Truckman, Hook and Ladder Company No. 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Sweeney, Matthew M. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 1 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
Swigert, Fred | M | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
Tinney, Frank H. | 20 | Single | M | Patrolman, Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||
Walker, Jes | M | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||
Walters, Samuel E. | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Wilson, Samuel | M | Pipeman, Engine Company No. 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |