A Hero, On a Pedestal

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

IN MEMORY OF

ROBERT McDOUGALL

A MEMBER OF TRUCK Co. No. 3

BROOKLYN

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WHO RECEIVED SUCH INJURIES

IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY

AS A FIREMAN AT A FIRE AT

HARBECK’S PIER JULY 19, 1883

THAT HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE

JULY 25, 1883.

AGED 48 YEARS 1 MONTH

AND 21 DAYS.

_ . _

THIS MEMORIAL STONE WAS

ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS

BROTHER FIREMEN OF THE

BROOKLYN FIRE DEPARTMENT

AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT TO A

DEPARTED BROTHER, WHO NOBLY

PERISHED IN THE DISCHARGE

OF HIS DUTY

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