Pensioner's Association
"The Group"
No Longer Riding the Rigs
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| National Memorial Location 13 |
| Last Alarm - Honour Roll |
| Robert Kirkpatrick Creen |
| Died: Janurary 20, 1908 |
| Service Dates |
| 1899 to 1908 |
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He was killed Jan. 20, 1908, while fighting a fire at the Hamilton Street Railway barns at Herkimer and Locke streets. He was part of a crew that set up in an alley. A wall gave way and fell down on him. His body was recovered an hour later. |
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Robert Kirkpatrick Creen, 38, had been a firefighter in Hamilton since 1899. He left behind a wife and eight children, according to the book Their Last Alarm, Honouring Ontario's Firefighters by Robert Kirkpatrick. Creen is buried in Millgrove Cemetery. |
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