Minneapolis Fire Department

Thomas Jefferson - Minneapolis FD

Thomas Jefferson, Tillerman, Ladder 3 - December 8, 1892

Jefferson died in an accident while exercising his truck's horses. The truck skidded on icy streets, throwing himoff the truck and beneath its wheels.


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.