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1926 American LaFrance Type 75 Pumper (1 of 2) History: Reserve, E3 and/or E1 Courtesy Raleigh News & Observer Model year 1926 Make/Model American LaFrance Type 75 Serial number: 5483 VIN number:   License plate:   Shop number:   Purchase price:   Manufacturing date: February 27, 1926 Delivery date: March __, 1926 Acceptance date: March 15, 1926 Notes: Equipped with 73 HP motor, 750 GPM pump. History: Contract dated November 23, 1925. Delivered March 1926. Reserve engine by 1952. Removed from service after accident on November 14, 1952. Operating as Engine 6, the apparatus overturns while returning from a call, at the sharp curve where Brooks Avenue becomes Lewis Farm Road. The apparatus is headed north on Brooks and turns east onto Lewis Farm, where it jumps a ditch, lands in a patch of woods, and overturns. Driver Vernon J. Smith is seriously injured, and loses his leg. He returns to light duty, works as a fire department dispatcher, and subsequently undergoes 29 operations before passing away on March 10, 1956. He is the first line-of-duty death in the Raleigh Fire Department.   The 1:00 p.m. accident also pins Captain James T. White under the wreckage, and injures the three firefighters riding the tailboard. All five firefighters are transported and admitted at Rex Hospital. The three tailboard firefighters are soon released, while Captain White suffers a compound leg fracture, possible skull fracture, broken left shoulder, back injury, and internal injuries. A broken brake lever is determined as the cause. The apparatus was travelling no more than 20 MPH at the time of the accident. The City Council immediately approves funding for a new pumper. The 1926 American LaFrance pumper is retired. = Courtesy C. T. May Courtesy C. T. May This page was last updated on 07/28/19 06:56:16 PM