Jacob Friedrich Harr
Patrolman

Jacob Friedrich Harr

Accident
End of Watch September 24, 1881
Age 55
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Fred Harr drowned after falling from a grain elevator into the Mississippi River at the head of Harmony Street.

His body was recovered three days later.

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Permanent identifier
BO-US-LA-A4F59D29
Stewardship
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

145 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Harr served with the New Orleans Harbor Protection Police.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location New Orleans, LA
Platform Identity nohppd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 24, 1881
Age 55
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Jacob Friedrich Harr 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 LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At New Orleans Harbor Protection Police, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

New Orleans Harbor Protection Police
2
of 2 officers
100% Accident
LA — Statewide
180
of 595 officers
30.3% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jacob Friedrich Harr's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Jacob Friedrich Harr Compares

Age at End of Watch
55
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jacob Friedrich Harr is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location

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