WILLIAM HELMS
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 60-E: 24
Department: New York City, New York, P.D.
End of Watch: November 17, 1849
Cause: FIRE
Age: 40
Years of Service:
Description: Patrolman Helms and two other police officers were assigned to crowd control at the scene of a fire at a local residence. The building collapsed, injuring all three officers. Patrolman Helms died of a fractured skull eight days later. The other two officers survived.
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