Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant John Berry was killed in a warehouse fire at the corner of 13th Street and Mulberry Alley. He was assisting at the scene of the fire when 600 barrels of whiskey exploded causing a wall to collapse, killing him. Eighteen other people were killed in the fire. Lieutenant Berry had served with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for nearly 12 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and other relatives.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
128 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Lieutenant Berry gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 11 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant John Alexander Berry 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, 38 of 101 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Alexander Berry's cause is highlighted.
How John Alexander Berry Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Alexander Berry is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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