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DALLAS, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1945 FIRE FIGHTER DIES IN TRUCK-CAR CRASH Battalion Fire Chief F. J. Bachman was injured fatally and three other firemen were hurt in a collision of chief Bachman's car and a pumper at Hall and Thomas Tuesday afternoon. Chief Bachman died at Parkland Hospital at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, seven hours after the crash. His driver, J. R. Higgins, was under treatment at Parkland for a head injury, broken right hand and possible internal injuries. R. C. Jennings, with a possible broken back and pelvis, also was at Parkland. H. E. Victory was at St. Paul Hospital with serious head injuries. Chief Bachman's car was heading north on Hall and the pumper truck, from No. 1 Station at Ross and Leonard, was going east on Thomas when the two collided. They were en route to a small fire at 3414 State. Jennings and Victory were riding the rear of the pumper truck. The truck careened to the north side of Thomas, sideswiped a parked car, then swerved to the sough side of the street to stop with another parked car jammed between it and a telegraph pole. Y. D. Cody, driver of the pumper, was not injured. Chief Bachman's car smashed in a violent halt in the middle of the intersection. Its front demolished. Bachman was thrown to the pavement, but his driver, Higgins, clung to the steering wheel. A city ambulance, driven by George Nobles, was following closely behind Bachman's car. Nobles radioed for another ambulance and ten took Bachman to Parkland. Nobles made another trip to carry Jennings to Parkland. An Oneal ambulance took Victory to St.. Paul Hospital and Higgins to Parkland. Chief Bachman, 60, who lived at 5118 East Side, is survived by his wife; two brothers, Henry Bachman and Fred Bachman, Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Harry H. Moses and Mrs. Tom Riddle of Dallas and Mrs. Bertha Nally of Chicago. DALLAS MORNING NEWS DECEMBER 13, 1945 PAGE 15 F. J. Bachman Funeral Set For Thursday Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday for Battalion Fire Chief f. J. Bachman, injured fatally in a collision of his car and a pumper at Hall and Thomas Tuesday afternoon while en route to a fire. Chief Bachman died at Parkland Hospital seven hours after the crash. Fireman H. E. Victory, one of three other firemen hurt in the crash, was still in critical condition at St. Paul Hospital late Wednesday. At Parkland, J. Higgins, Chief Bachman's driver, and R C Jennings, both seriously injured, were reported to be doing well. A member of the fire department for thirty nine years Chief Bachman was assigned to the Central Station about thirty five years where he rose to district chief. Since Oct. 20, 1943, he had served as battalion chief of station no 8, Live Oak and Carroll. He was born and reared in Dallas. Surviving are his wife, 5118 East Side, three stepdaughters, Miss Polly Plummer of Denton, Mrs. C. G Grazier of McKinney, and Mrs. Joe Gordon of Dallas, two brothers, Henry Bachman of Dallas and Fred Bachman of Seagoville and three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Nallay of Chicago, and Mrs. Harry M Moses and Mrs. Tom Riddell both of Dallas, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be at the Chas. F. Weiland Undertaking Company, 2909 Live Oak. Burial will be in Fort Worth. |