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Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander | Boston Police Department, Massachusetts Boston Police Department, Massachusetts

Lieutenant

Benjamin Alexander

Boston Police Department, Massachusetts

End of Watch: Saturday, July 4, 1925

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 42

Tour: 16 years

Badge # Not available

Cause: Structure collapse

Incident Date: 7/4/1925

Weapon: Not available

Suspect: Not available

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Lieutenant Benjamin Alexander was killed when a building collapsed. He was trailing a pickpocket through Chinatown when a building on Bench Street collapsed.

A total of 44 people were killed in the collapse.

Lieutenant Alexander had served with the Boston Police Department for 16 years.

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July 4, 1924 he died Lieutenant Inspector Alexander was killed when a building collapsed Pickwick club in Chinatown, Lt Inspector was the best pickpocket detective in the Dept. He was trailing a Jewelry Thief he was trailing for a Week at the time of the accident. Seventy-five persons were killed and at least fifty hurt when the building housing the Pickwick Club at No. 12 Bench street, collapsed early today, according to police estimates. Many were buried in the ruins. The collapse killed 44 people.

Lieutenant Alexander had been with the agency for 16 years.

Chau Nguyen
BPD
May 26, 2011

 

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