Incident Name: Cedar Point Fire
Date: 4/19/1948
Personnel: Nick Caruso
Age: 47
Agency/Organization: “volunteered” or conscripted into service
Position: pickup firefighter, track maintenance employee for the Pennsylvania Railroad
Summary: Nick Caruso was drafted into service on 4/19/1928 to help fight the Cedar Point fire in Pennsylvania. The state was burning. He was overrun by the fire and died.
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