IFLODD: Firefighter Memorial


Firefighter Record

Firefighter Details

Name Ernie Schabes
Agency Chicago Fire Department
Rank Firefighter
Type of Firefighter Career
Age Range 36 to 40
Sex Male
Date of Birth 0/0/0
Date of Death 9/7/1930
Cause of Death Fall
Nature of Death Trauma
Attribute of Death Equipment failure
Type of Duty Firefighting operations , Ladder operations

Incident Details

Incident Name N/A
Incident City Chicago
Incident State IL
Incident Date 9/6/1930
Incident Location Store/Office
Incident Attribute Fires

Incident Summary

On September 6, 1930, Chicago Fire Department Firefighter Ernest Schabes of Squad 2 was fatally injured while fighting a fire at a drug store on West Madison Street. He was climbing a ladder when it slipped, causing him to fall more than twenty-five feet to the sidewalk below. Schabes died the following day, September 7, at West Side Hospital.

Citations:

“Fireman Dies of Injuries Received in Fall at Blaze,” Chicago Daily Tribune, September 8, 1930.


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