In memory of

David B. Burns

1925

Killed that day
August 18, 1925, aged 33

Their life

Special Officer David Burns drowned while attempting to rescue a child who was thrown into Narragansett Bay when the boiler on the excursion ship Mackinac exploded.

The owner of the ship had invited Officer Burns and other officers on board just prior to the explosion. Fifty-three people were killed as a result of the accident.

Officer Burns was a British Army veteran of WWI.

Survived by

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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