Sterling Shoe Factory Fire
Chief Roe came to be idolized by his firefighters. He had several brushes with death including being thrown against a brick wall after a fire wagon rolled over on the ...
Stirling Brothers Shoe Factory Fire
5 lives lost While fighting a stubborn blaze at the north east corner of York and Clarence Streets, the south wall of the building collapsed on Fire Chief John Roe ...
CHIEF ROE KILLED; FOUR FIREMEN INJURED.
Source: the Free Press Transcript of the newspaper article is below Buried Under Falling Walls at a Fire Early ...