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Police Officer Samuel Eugene Tovrea | Galveston Police Department, Texas Galveston Police Department, Texas

Police Officer

Samuel Eugene Tovrea

Galveston Police Department, Texas

End of Watch: Saturday, September 8, 1900

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 34

Tour: 10 years

Badge # Not available

Cause: Weather/Natural disaster

Incident Date: 9/8/1900

Weapon: Not available

Suspect: Not available

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Officer Tovrea and three other officers were killed in the Storm of 1900. The storm claimed the lives of over 6,000 citizens and destroyed over 1,500 acres of the city. To date it is the deadliest natural disaster to ever occur in the United States.

Officer Tovrea had served with the agency for 10 years. Officer Tovrea's wife, four children, and mother-in-law were also killed in the hurricane. He was survived by his parents and 11 siblings.

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Recently, this country experienced a spate of natural disasters; an earthquake on the east coast, the latest hurricane and Texas is suffering through a huge brush fire.

Natural disasters are a way of life that must be dealt with head on. Today we are blessed to have radar and various other early warning devices that allow us to prepare for what is coming. In 1900, these devices weren’t even a thought.

Think how, if we knew then what we know now, this brave Police Officer might have been able to live out his days to retirement. However, it was not meant to be and the City of Galveston lost four brave men and countless others.

To the people of Galveston, I say, bravo to you for your courage and tenacity to hold on. On this anniversary of his ultimate sacrifice I say to the brave Officer Tovrea and his brethren who died as a result of that storm, I say, God Bless you and may you forever Rest in Peace, Brother.

Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.
September 8, 2011

 

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