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Fire Captain

Year of Death: 1923

Cornelius Prince

Fire Captain Cornelius Prince of the Patterson Fire Department, died suddenly on November 6, 1923, from an heart attack after responding to a fire on North 7 North Main Street. Captain Prince was appointed July 1, 1905. He served at Engine 2, 3, 5 (Engineer), 9 and as Captain (February 14, 1922) at E1 and then E12.

This firefighter line of duty fatality occurred before the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial was built in Emmitsburg, Maryland. We have added a section to our Walk of Honor® that honors firefighters who died prior to 1981. To see if there is a Walk of Honor® tribute for this firefighter on the walk, please visit our search page. To sponsor a brick, please visit: firehero.org/walkofhonor.

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