Roll of Honor
Incident
Special Policeman Patrick Gorman drowned while on duty after being thrown into a water-filled ditch when the wagon he was driving overturned at the intersection of Ashland Avenue and Evans Street (modern-day 18th Street).
Bystanders pulled him from the water but were not able to revive him. He was taken to his home where he died a short time later.
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153 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Special Policeman Gorman served with the Chicago House of Correction.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Special Policeman Patrick Gorman is one of 10,094 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,586 officers honored here.
In IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Patrick Gorman's cause is highlighted.
How Patrick Gorman Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Patrick Gorman is highlighted in Mar.