Chief Espey, Elmira, Dead
Three days after he observed his fiftieth anniversary in the Fire Department, Chief John H. Espey, veteran Chief of Elmira, N. Y., passed on at the age of seventy-four. He had been ill for the past eight months of heart and kidney complications.
根据他的儿子,陆军少尉艺术hur Espey, the last request of the Chief was for him to read an article prepared by the columnist of a local newspaper, in which the character and accomplishments of the Chief were praised. Chief Espey passed into a coma on June 30 and died eight hours later.
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