Roll of Honor
Incident
PFmn Newark along with colleagues, attended a fire in a warehouse on Grundy Street in the Sandhills area, containing 4000 bales of cotton belonging to Zerega & Co. It proved to be the largest fire in the City for years.
The fire spread to an adjoining warehouse where as it developed a gas explosion took place. The roof of the first warehouse later collapsed, venting the fire. In all it took 18 hours to subdue the flames.
It was only later after the fire had been brought under control that PFmn Newark was missed. His helmet was found discarded in the street. A search was made and his body was found lying in several feet of water that had pooled in the basement of the building.
He was survived by his wife and six children, the youngest child a baby 2 weeks old. He joined the Liverpool City Police in August 1908, as a Constable then in November 1913 went on the permanent staff of the Police Fire Brigade
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and six children, the youngest child a baby 2 weeks old.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Fireman Newark served with the Liverpool Police Fire Brigade.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Fireman Newark.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Fireman Joseph Newark 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 ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Liverpool Police Fire Brigade, 21 of 24 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 87.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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