JAMES F DOHERTY
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 21-E: 19
Department: Jersey City, New Jersey, P.D.
End of Watch: August 1, 1916
Cause: BOMB
Age: 28
Years of Service: 5
Description: Patrolman Doherty died when a barge loaded with munitions caught on fire and set off a series of explosions at Black Tom Island in Jersey City. As Patrolman Doherty searched the area of a previous explosion, another explosion occurred and he was hit in the head and abdomen with a large chunk of wood. Lehigh Valley Railroad Chief Cornelius Leyden was also killed in the blast.
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