Firefighter John Powers, age 29, of the Paterson Fire Department, responded to a call on the evening of September 9, 1876 for a fire at the Ryder Carpentry shop at Market and Seeley Streets. He became ill at the scene, was carried home and died just after midnight on September 10, 1876, likely due to a heart attack.
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