In memory of
Charles Henry Roeder
1924
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- May 30, 1924, aged 48
Their life
Railroad Detective Charles Roeder was killed in a train derailment at the McCalla & Co. steel plant in the 1300 block of Beach Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The engine jumped the track and crashed through the wall of the plant, causing part of the building to collapse. Detective Roeder and a freight conductor were killed and the engineer was seriously injured.
Detective Roeder had served with the Pennsylvania Railroad for more than four years.
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