Cheshire Fire Medical Emergency Fatality 1930

67-year-old John Clancy died suddenly while assisting in fire suppression in the Berkshire Mountains of far western Massachusetts. Clancy was one of about 30 men who mobilized and supervised by the local fire warden to fight two grass fires, which together added to about 25 acres. Clancy suddenly collapsed on the line on March 24 around noon. Fellow firefighters attempted to revive the man, but were unable. It was believed he succumbed to heart failure from overexertion. Another man, Frank Hinckley, also suffered an apparent heart attack and was taken to his home to rest. Initially he seemed to have recovered, but he passed away 6 weeks later from an unspecified illness. 

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