Firefighter Robert Gedney of Cataract Hose Company 2 passed away on March 9, 1884, while responding from his home on foot, for a fire in 2 story house. He collapsed on the Arch Street Bridge and died shortly thereafter presumably of a heart attack. Firefighter Gedney was 37 years old.
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