Fireman
Herman J. Kneupper
San Antonio Fire Department,
TX
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Cause
of Death: Internal injuries |
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| Fireman
Herman Kneupper lost his life while responding to an emergency call out of
Fire Station #13. When the alarm was sounded, Knuepper, who was the
assistant chauffer, took his position on the running board next to the
driver. As apparatus entered South Hackberry from Warwick Boulevard an
automobile hit the truck and both vehicles overturned. The crew of six was
thrown from the truck and Kneupper was pinned between the truck and the
curb. Immediately after the collision, filling station operators at the
corner summoned help and the truck was lifted off of fireman Kneupper.
Kneupper’s crewmembers were rushed to the hospital. Kneupper’s was the
sole fatality of the accident. Kneupper had telephoned his wife to tell
her he would be home “in a little while” just a few minutes before he
climbed on the running board of #13’s, with sirens screaming, taking him
to his last alarm. He was survived by his wife, Agnes, daughter, Evelyn and son, Herman Jr. |
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