November 23, 2008
During a chilly, lakeside memorial Saturday in Evanston, Chicago firefighters laid to rest own of their own—more than a century after his death.
Lt. Patrick O'Donnell was one of four firefighters killed Nov. 21, 1895, fighting a blaze in the Dry Goods and Woolen Exchange building in downtown Chicago. The 36-year-old father of eight was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Evanston four days after the fire, but—and no one seems to know why—without a grave marker. That changed on Saturday.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-evanston-fireman-grave-23nov23,0,4710840.story
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