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Location:
Montana -
Date:
08/02/1934 -
Incident Type:
Hit by Tree -
Description:
Joseph Howard, a 24-year-old firefighter with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was struck and killed by a large cedar tree on the Meadow Creek Fire on the Kootenai National Forest, Montana. Howard was killed instantly when the tree fractured his skull. Another CCC firefighter, George Banks, was also injured (back contusions) by the falling tree. The Meadow Creek Fire was controlled at 2000 acres.
Hit by Tree, Fatality, Hand Crews
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