LINDSAY, James R.
Box No. 158 sounded at 8:10 a.m. Brown's Cotton Warehouse, which consisted of 5 buildings packed with bales of cotton at Thames & Bond Streets, was on fire. The blazing cotton was a stubborn fire and, for over 10 hours, the department's first fireboat, The Cataract, flowed 5 streams of water onto the buildings. At approximately 6:00 p.m. Lieutenant James R. Lindsay (E-5) was killed when a wall collapsed burying him under numerous bales of cotton. Lieutenant James R. Lindsay was 51 years old with 14 years of faithful service. ** in 1892 a dry bale of cotton weighed on average 477 pounds. Cotton can retain 24 times its own weight in water.
Listing Details
House
Baltimore City Fire Department
Age
51
Years of Service
14
County
BALTIMORE CITY
