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Patrol Driver

Michael Mulvihill

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH
Accident
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End of Watch September 8, 1906
Age 36
Tour of Duty 5 yrs 3 mo
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 105

Incident

Patrol Driver Michael Mulvihill died when he was thrown from a patrol wagon while responding to another accident. On the afternoon of September 8, Patrolman Mulvihill was driving Patrol 3 on a “hurry call” to 1324 Clay Street for a man injured in a fall from a ladder. At 1417 Walnut Street, a streetcar drove into the path of the patrol wagon. Patrolman Muvihill jerked the heads of his horses to the side, but the wheels of the wagon struck a coal wagon and vaulted him off the wagon head first to the pavement. Fellow officers, Patrolmen Lottes and Hennekes jumped forward and caught the reins of the galloping horses. They then went to Mulvihill’s aid and found him unconscious and bleeding, then they put him into the wagon and took him to the City Hospital where he died later that day from a brain injury and broken neck. He had served with the agency for over five years. He was survived by his sister and is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery.

Survivors

He was survived by his sister and is buried at St.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrol Driver Mulvihill gave the Cincinnati Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Driver Mulvihill.

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

Agency

Department Cincinnati Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 8, 1906
Tour of Duty 5 yrs 3 mo
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Michael is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1906, 27 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 118th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Michael was 36. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Michael had served 5.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Cincinnati Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Michael among them.

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Where

Patrol Driver Michael Mulvihill

Cincinnati Police Department · End of Watch September 8, 1906

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 55-W

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