COMMODORE PERRY DOWNING

Officer Rank: City Marshal
Memorial Panel: 46-W: 19
Department: Great Falls, Montana, P.D.
End of Watch: November 7, 1895
Cause: STRU
Age: 51
Years of Service: 6 months
Description: On August 22, 1895, City Marshal Downing was struck by a streetcar when he attempted to avoid an oncoming cyclist. Marshal Downing sustained a broken leg and multiple injuries and died on November 7, 1895.
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