Chief Raymond F. "Pat" Gammans
Last Call: Wed, Jul 30th, 1941
Date of Incident: Mon, Nov 25th, 1940
Cause of Death: Exposure
Service Time: 11 years & 2 months
Age: 45
Survivors
His wife, Gladys; sons Raymond (19), Richard (17), James Edward II, Michael (18 months); and daughter Helen Joan (14.
Incident
Former Fire Chief Gammans suffered severe inhalation injuries to his lungs during a rescue attempt at a residential fire at 1303 South Locke Street. He died from complications of those injuries several months later.
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There is 1 tribute for Chief Raymond F. "Pat" Gammans.
Left by Jason Miller on Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
The former fire chief died July
30, 1941, after suffering severely.'
sheared bronchial tubes and dam:!
age to his right lung after he went'
into a burning home on South'
Locke Street to retrieve a person,
inside the home. Gammans died;
several months later from his,
injuries.