Roll of Honor
John Thomas Montague
Incident
Location: Nevada Incident Date: Wednesday, January 4, 1905
Night Watchman John Montague succumbed to injuries sustained the previous night when he was struck by a switch engine while on patrol in the rail yards at Sparks, Nevada.
He was transported to a hospital in Sacramento, California, where he died from his injuries.
Watchman Montague had served in law enforcement for five years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Night Watchman Montague gave the Southern Pacific Railroad Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Francisco community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Night Watchman Montague.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Night Watchman John Thomas Montague 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Southern Pacific Railroad Police Department, 8 of 23 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 34.8% of this agency's fallen.
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