Ebenezer Neagles, Jr.

Lynn Police Department — Lynn, MA

Accident

End of Watch August 20, 1894

Age 50

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Special Officer Ebenezer Neagles succumbed to injuries sustained one month earlier when a gas leak caused in an explosion in a building in the 300 block of Union Street.

Officer Neagles, along with two other officers and three citizens, were investigating the smell of the gas and were walking through the building when the explosion occurred at approximately 3:00 am. All six men suffered severe burns and injuries. Officer Neagles remained hospitalized as his condition worsened. He developed septicemia and died on August 20th, 1894.

Officer Neagles had served with the Lynn Police Department for 19 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

132 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Special Officer Neagles gave the Lynn Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Lynn community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Lynn Police Department

Location Lynn, MA

Platform Identity lynnpd.essex.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 20, 1894

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Explosion

Special Officer Ebenezer Neagles, Jr. 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Lynn Police Department, 2 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 18.2% of this agency's fallen.

Lynn Police Department

of 11 officers

18.2% Accident

MA — Statewide

158

of 469 officers

33.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident