DALLAS MORNING NEWS

MAY 17, 1945

McCarthy, Third Wreck Victim Dies

Injuries received when the emergency fire car in which he was riding collided with a pumper truck at Harwood and Corinth Monday proved fatal to District Fire Chief F. E. McCarthy, 49, of 6932 Clayton, at St. Paul Hospital early on Wednesday afternoon.

Two other firemen, jack Edward Sullivan, driver of McCarthy’s car, and Amil Hahnl, driver of the pumper truck, were killed almost instantly in the collision which sent both vehicles careening into a barbecue stand at the corner.

McCarthy, a native of Dallas, was a member of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and of the Holy Name Society there. He also belonged to Dallas Council, Knights of Columbus.

Rosary will be recited at the residence at 8 p.m., Thursday. Requiem High Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Robert Forliti at the cathedral, Ross and Pearl, at 10 a.m., Friday, with burial in Calvary Hill Cemetery.

McCarthy is survived by his wife, two sons, Lt. James F. McCarthy, Aberdeen, Md., and Ensign Billy McCarthy, Cambridge, Mass.; two brothers, Fire Capt. M. E. McCarthy, Dallas, and W. T. McCarthy, Dallas, and W. T. McCarthy, United States Government service, Alaska, and a sister, Mrs. W. D. Mathews, Dallas.

Services for Sullivan were held Wednesday afternoon with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Attendants at the McKamy Campbell Funeral Home, where the body of Hahnl was taken, said Wednesday night funeral arrangements were still pending arrival of out of town relatives. Final rites for Carey C. Moore, former fireman who died of a heart attack on hearing news of the crash, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Bethany Presbyterian Church, 4212 Brown.

McCarthy’s death brings the traffic toll in Dallas County to thirty-four for the year—fourteen within the city limits, nineteen in the county outside the city limits and one in University park.