WILLIAM J CLOSSEY
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 60-E: 25
Department: Buffalo, New York, P.D.
End of Watch: June 14, 1913
Cause: AUTO
Age: 45
Years of Service: 15
Description: Patrolman Clossey was providing protection to a driver during a worker strike. The driver lost control of the horses and the wagon collided with a telegraph pole. Patrolman Clossey was thrown twenty feet from the wagon. Patrolman Clossey died nine days later of his injuries.
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