SAMUEL EUGENE TOVREA
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 51-E: 22
Department: Galveston, Texas, P.D.
End of Watch: September 8, 1900
Cause: DROW
Age: 34
Years of Service: 10
Description: On the evening of September 8, 1900, a tremendous hurricane struck the Galveston, Texas area. More than five thousand citizens lost entire families and properties during this hurricane. The Galveston Police Department lost more than half of their department in the storm. Officers Tovrea, F.L. Richards, Adolph Howe, and Charles Wolfe were killed in the storm as they attempted to rescue several families trapped in the downtown area. Patrolman Tovrea's wife and his five children were also killed in this incident.
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