Incident
Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander was killed when a building collapsed. He was trailing a pickpocket through Chinatown when a building at 6 Beach Street collapsed. A total of 44 people were killed in the collapse, including an off-duty police officer who was patronizing the business inside. Lieutenant Alexander had served with the Boston Police Department for 16 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and six children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Alexander gave the Boston Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Alexander.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Accident
Boston Police Department has lost 106 officers; 31 of them lost to accidents.
Benjamin is one of 158 officers lost to accidents in MA, 33.7% of the 469 remembered there.
Benjamin is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.
Benjamin is one of 10,100 officers lost to accidents worldwide, 29.8% of the 33,917 remembered here.
33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1925, 1 officer at Boston Police Department was lost to accidents, the 6th heaviest of 24 years on record. The heaviest was 1934, with 4.
In 1925, 2 officers in MA were lost to accidents, the 15th heaviest of 86 years on record. The heaviest was 1934, with 9.
In 1925, 88 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 16th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.
In 1925, 96 officers worldwide were lost to accidents, the 26th heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1930, with 131.
Who
Benjamin was 42. Of the 31 lost to accidents at Boston Police Department whose age is recorded, half were between 34.5 and 42; the middle age was 39. Benjamin had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 9.5 years.
Benjamin was 42. Of the 154 lost to accidents in MA whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 46; the middle age was 39. Benjamin had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 8 years.
Benjamin was 42. 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. Benjamin had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.
Benjamin was 42. Of the 9,451 lost to accidents worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 36. Benjamin had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.
When
July holds 9.7% of these deaths at Boston Police Department; December holds the most, 12.9%. Saturdays: 12.9%.
July holds 10.1% of these deaths in MA; August holds the most, 12.7%. Saturdays: 14.6%.
July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.
July holds 8.9% of these deaths worldwide; August holds the most, 9.3%. Saturdays: 14.7%.
How
Accident deaths account for 29.2% of all 106 deaths at Boston Police Department, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 33.7% of all 469 deaths in MA, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 29.8% of all 33,917 deaths worldwide, the 2nd most common cause.
His people
Boston Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Benjamin among them.
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Ezekiel Wentworth Hodsdon
Oct 18, 1857
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Seth A. Noyes Oct 18, 1870
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Danford D. Dunn Jul 6, 1886
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Daniel W. Sullivan Feb 11, 1893
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Cornelius F. Regan Jan 13, 1898
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Alonzo Burnham Feb 19, 1899
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Alfred Mitchell Sturdivant
Sep 4, 1904
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Walter E. Harris
Nov 19, 1906
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John T. Lynch
Jan 16, 1908
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John J. Fitzgerald Apr 6, 1908
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Frederick Schlehuber
Nov 10, 1910
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Richard J. Gallivan
Feb 8, 1911
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Thomas Edmond Young
Jan 10, 1912
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Albert R. Peterson
Oct 29, 1912
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Thomas J. Norton
Jun 19, 1914
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Patrick J. Carr
Aug 1, 1916
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John J. Earle
Oct 21, 1916
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Joseph C. Reiser
Jan 20, 1918
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Michael Brennan
Jul 7, 1918
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David Vincent Birmingham
Sep 13, 1918
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Leo Clarence Pollard Sep 19, 1918
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Peter Francis Neary Sep 21, 1918
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William F. Ahern Sep 22, 1918
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Harris Thomas Smith Sep 25, 1918
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Maurice Aloyisus Ritchie
Sep 25, 1918
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Joseph Francis Eberlein Oct 2, 1918
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Lawrence Joseph Nagle Oct 3, 1918
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John Joseph Delaney, Jr. Oct 4, 1918
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John Henry Patten
Oct 8, 1918
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Bernard Joseph Fallon Oct 11, 1918
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Edward M. Day Oct 17, 1918
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Frederick Joseph Gibney
Oct 30, 1918
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William James Irwin
Dec 13, 1918
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Timothy William Hurley Dec 28, 1918
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Thomas H. Lynch
Feb 2, 1919
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Charles E. Deininger
Feb 13, 1919
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Hugh J. Lee
May 3, 1919
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Adolph F. Butterman
Jun 16, 1919
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William G. Clancy
Jan 22, 1920
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Ward M. Bray
Apr 14, 1921
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Andrew B. Cuneo
Aug 13, 1921
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Daniel J. McShane
Jan 31, 1922
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Albert Harry Giles Jun 16, 1922
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Peter P. Oginskis
May 5, 1923
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Joseph E. Gonya
Oct 21, 1923
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Albert Motroni
Sep 22, 1924
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Benjamin Alexander
Jul 4, 1925
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Frank J. Comeau
Mar 24, 1926
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Harris Bruce McInnes
Jul 3, 1927
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John Condon
Oct 7, 1927
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Herbert D. Allen
Dec 25, 1927
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John Franklin Montague
May 24, 1929
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Edward Q. Butters
Aug 14, 1929
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John Ivar Jackson
Sep 4, 1929
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James J. Troy, Jr.
Jan 13, 1930
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Franklin B. Dreyer
Apr 24, 1930
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Frederick W. Bartlett
Dec 10, 1930
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Joseph L. A. Cavagnaro
Nov 17, 1931
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William L. Abbott
Nov 28, 1931
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John P. M. Wolfe
Dec 1, 1931
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George J. Hanley
Mar 20, 1934
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James T. Malloy
Jun 4, 1934
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John G. Ralph
Oct 7, 1934
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James Brickley
Nov 25, 1934
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Daniel A. McCallum
May 12, 1935
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James D. Hughes
Sep 10, 1935
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James B. Roche
Mar 21, 1936
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Laurence V. Sheridan
Jul 28, 1937
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Walter Baxter
Aug 4, 1937
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John H. Manning
Feb 6, 1938
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Paul J. Murnane
Sep 23, 1938
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Thomas A. Davis
Apr 13, 1939
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Patrick C. Gannon
Apr 2, 1940
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Felix Francis Sharkey
Jun 3, 1942
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John Lynch
Sep 19, 1944
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Frank B. Callahan
Feb 20, 1945
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Robert Andrew Maher
Apr 10, 1946
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William F. Healey
Oct 2, 1946
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John J. Mehegan
Jan 11, 1950
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Michael J. Crowley
May 12, 1961
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John J. Gallagher
May 25, 1962
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James B. O'Leary
Aug 2, 1963
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George J. Holmes
Nov 6, 1963
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Edward C. Lynch
Mar 6, 1964
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Charles A. McNabb
Nov 23, 1968
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Francis B. Johnson
Mar 17, 1969
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Walter A. Schroeder
Sep 24, 1970
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Samuel Reynolds
Oct 22, 1971
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Joseph M. Mullen
Dec 18, 1972
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John David Schroeder
Nov 30, 1973
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Donald A. Brown
May 24, 1974
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Francis E. Creamer
Oct 7, 1974
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Richard F. Halloran
Nov 6, 1975
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William R. Beckman
Sep 1, 1976
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Jose A. Maceira
May 1, 1977
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David Ray Brown
Aug 14, 1983
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Roy Joseph Sergei
Oct 26, 1987
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Thomas J. Gill
Feb 10, 1988
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Sherman C. Griffiths
Feb 18, 1988
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Louis Harry Metaxas
Aug 27, 1989
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Jeremiah J. Hurley, Jr.
Oct 28, 1991
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Thomas F. Rose
Feb 19, 1993
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John James Mulligan
Sep 26, 1993
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Berisford Wayne Anderson
Feb 5, 1994
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Dennis Oliver Simmonds
Apr 10, 2014
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Jose V. Fontanez
Apr 14, 2020
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