Albert Thuleen - Minneapolis FD

Albert Thuleen, Firefighter, Ladder 5 - April 17, 1930

Thuleen died in a collision between Ladder 5 and a streetcar at Hennepin Avenue and 31st Street. Ladder 5, northbound on Hennepin on a fire run, swung out to pass the streetcar when its tiller broke. The ladder trailer slammed sideways into the rear of the streetcar, throwing Thuleen to the street with fatal results.

The above material used with permission from the book “Mill City Firefighters, The First 100 Years 1879 – 1979” by Richard Heath (deceased) and copyright by The Extra Alarm Association of the Twin Cities.