Ernest Augustus Anthony

Fort Smith Police Department — Fort Smith, AR

Accident

End of Watch May 13, 1904

Age 50

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 11

Incident

Patrolman Ernest Anthony was struck and killed by a train while patrolling the local rail yard.

Several trains were switching tracks at the time which resulted in Patrolman Anthony not hearing the oncoming train that struck him.

Patrolman Anthony had served with the Fort Smith Police Department for 15 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Anthony gave the Fort Smith Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Smith community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Anthony.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Fort Smith Police Department

Location Fort Smith, AR

Platform Identity fortpd.sebastian.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 13, 1904

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Ernest Augustus Anthony is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Fort Smith Police Department, 2 of 12 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.

Fort Smith Police Department

of 12 officers

16.7% Accident

AR — Statewide

of 372 officers

24.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident