Line of Duty Deaths

Memory is the priceless heritage of the ages. It is the echoing voice of happy days, experiences, sad emotions, fond recollections, friendships and the comradeship of those whose heart were true.
We dedicate this page in Memory of our departed brothers, who are on the wings of Angels, in that perfect peace where Almighty God bestows on them the gift of immortality and thus, when we too respond to our last alarm, we shall find our departed brothers waiting with the light of love in their eyes to lead us to the Eternal Father, who rewards those who love truth, practice charity, honor chastity, and stand in justice.
With deepest reverence, we bow our heads for the repose of the souls of our departed comrades.



George Major - October 31, 1874.
An Asst. Fire Chief with the Citizens Fire Co. and Chief Burgess was shot and killed while responding to a false alarm in Mahanoy City. This event occurred during a period of ethnic tension in the Borough.

Michael Sommers - September 19, 1890.
A member of the Citizens Fire Co., was killed in a train collision/derailment when their passenger train collided with a coal train in the village of Shoemakersville in Berks County. Mr. Sommers was part of a group returning home from the State Firemen's Convention in Chester, PA.


Frank Hoffman - September 19, 1890.
A member of the Citizens Fire Co., was killed in a train collision/derailment when their passenger train collided with a coal train in the village of Shoemakersville in Berks County. Mr. Hoffman was part of a group returning home from the State Firemen's Convention in Chester, PA.


James Becker - September 19, 1890.
A member of the Citizens Fire Co., was killed in a train collision/derailment when their passenger train collided with a coal train in the village of Shoemakersville in Berks County. Mr. Becker was part of a group returning home from the State Firemen's Convention in Chester, PA.


David Anstock - September 19, 1890.
A member of the Citizens Fire Co., was killed in a train collision/derailment when their passenger train collided with a coal train in the village of Shoemakersville in Berks County. Mr. Anstock was part of a group returning home from the State Firemen's Convention in Chester, PA.


William Pangonis - December 25, 1946.
A member of the West End Fire & Rescue Co was struck by a car and killed while running to the fire station for an incoming box alarm. The alarm was a holiday prank.


Joseph N. King - July 11, 1948.
A member of the Citizens Fire Co., died at a fire in the Janowitz Building at the corner of Main and Market Streets. He suffered a fatal heart attack.
 

William L. Fanelli - February 7, 1966.
A member of the Humane Fire Co., died from heart complications immediately after responding to a basement fire on East Mahanoy Ave.

William Pritz - November 6, 1984. A member of the Citizens Fire Co., died of a massive heart attack while directing traffic during a fire on West Maple Street.