Firefighter William Roberts died on April 9, 1948 while on night tour at fire headquarters.  He past of a heart attack just before it was time to change shifts.  William was always up early to meet the firefighters who were coming on duty, that morining when they did not see him they went to check on him and found him unresponsive.  A doctor was called and pronounced him dead.

(Courtesy of the Mark Boock Collection)