Fireman August W. Wagner
San Antonio Fire Department, TX

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Cause of Death: Massive trauma
End of Watch: August 8, 1938
Date of Incident: August 7, 1938
Age: 25
Rank: Fireman
Status: Career
Badge Number: N/A
Tour of Duty: Not available
Assignment: Engine Company #3
Final Alarm: 821 East Houston
Nature of Death: Head-on collision between Engine #3 and Engine #7.

While responding to a regular alarm at the Southern Welding Co., Fireman Wagner was fatally injured when the fire truck (Engine #3) he was responding on collided head-on with Engine #7 at the intersection of East Commerce and Water Street.  Engine #7 was traveling north on Water Street at a high rate of speed and Engine #3 was running west on Commerce when it plowed into Engine #7.  The impact was so forceful that Engine #3 overturned and landed on top of the other fire truck. A total of 10 firefighters were injured in this accident.  An investigation revealed that the fire they were responding to had been extinguished well before any fire company arrived on scene. Fireman Wagner was laid to rest at Roselawn Cemetery just two days before what would have been his 26th birthday. 

Fireman Wagner was survived by his wife, two brothers, and three sisters.