Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Thomas McCarrick was struck and killed by a streetcar while crossing the intersection at West St. Paul and University Avenue. He had just stepped off of another streetcar and was crossing behind it when he stepped into the path of the oncoming streetcar. Officer MCCarrick suffered a deep wound over his right ear three inches long, a severe wound six inches long over the top of his head running from ear to ear, and a deep wound over his right eye. Officer McCarrick was taken to St Joseph's hospital where he died June 19, 1891.
Survivors
Officer McCarrick had been with the agency for three years and was survived by his wife and two children.
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Tributes
135 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer McCarrick gave the Saint Paul Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Thomas C. McCarrick 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 MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Saint Paul Police Department, 11 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas C. McCarrick's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas C. McCarrick Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas C. McCarrick is highlighted in Jun.
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