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- ?The Last Alarm? by Boucher, Urbanowicz and Melahn, M.T. Publishing, 2007
Foreman Charles S. Bass, commander of Engine 4 at the time of the Equitable Life Assurance Society Building fire on January 9, 1912, died in a Hartford, Connecticut sanitarium on November 16, 1912 as a result of injuries he received while fighting that fire. Foreman Bass lived on West 160th Street in the Bronx and was transferred to Engine 79 when the Captain of that company died of natural causes. He never reported to work at Engine 79. A widow, a son and a daughter survived him.
Fireman James G. Brown of Hook and Ladder 1 was awarded the Bonner Medal for his valiant rescue from the Equitable Building of Foreman Bass, whom he found unconscious with a fractured skull on the third floor of the building. He was with Foreman Bass on the fourth floor when the fire became untenable as they were making their way to the third floor. When the upper floors collapsed, Chief Walsh was in the stairway; Foreman Bass and his men made it to the third floor where he sustained his injury.
Brown bore the Foreman through fire and smoke to a window where the men of Hook & Ladder 1 passed him down to the street. His name does not appear on the Memorial Wall at FDNY Headquarters.
1900 Federal Census of Manhattan, New York City, NY (8 Jun 1900)
Chas. F. Bass 27 M Jul 1873 NY NJ NY Head Fireman
Mary 25 F mar 1875 NY GM GM Wife
John J. 2 M Jan 1898 NY NY NY Son
(married 4 years, 1 child, 1 living)
1910 Federal Census of New York City, New York County, New York (18 Apr 1910)
Charles S. Bass 36 M NY IN NJ Head Lieutenant City Fire Dept.
Mary 35 F NY GM GM Wife
John Bass 12 M NY NY NY Son
Ethel M. 4 F NY NY NY Daughter
(Married 13 years, 2 children, 2 living)
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Bassett Family Association Database
1873 - 1912 (39 years)