EMIL WOELFFEL
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 27-E: 25
Department: Buffalo, New York, P.D.
End of Watch: July 15, 1922
Cause: TRAIN
Age: 64
Years of Service: 30
Description: Patrolman Woelffel was guarding the New York Central viaduct during a worker strike when he was struck and killed by a light switch engine. Witnesses said the train, which was running backwards, did not blow a whistle or sound a bell.
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