Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Henry Corbett drowned in the North River while attempting to rescue a 14-year-old girl who had just fallen overboard from a barge attached to the steamer "Seth Low." The ship tried to dock the party excursion barge at 152nd Street so the passengers could disembark. Patrolman Corbett was assisting the passengers off the barge when the steamer pulled away from the dock, causing him and several passengers to fall in. Patrolman Corbett"s body was recovered near 96th Street several days later. The girl he was attempting to rescue also drowned. The captain of the "Seth Low" was held on charges of criminal neglect. Patrolman Corbett had served with the Metropolitan Police Force for eight years and was assigned to the 32nd Precinct of the Metropolitan Police Force, an area now covered by the 30th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and five children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
158 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Corbett gave the New York Metropolitan Police Force 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Henry Corbett 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 NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At New York Metropolitan Police Force, 4 of 22 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 18.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Corbett's cause is highlighted.
How Henry Corbett Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Corbett is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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