Waterbury Police Department, Connecticut
End of Watch: Thursday, August 7, 1913
Age: 34
Tour of Duty: 3 years
Badge Number: 81
Cause of Death: Electrocuted
Date of Incident: August 7, 1913
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Daniel Lane was electrocuted by an exposed wire from a lamp post at the intersection of Grove Street and Cooke Street in Waterbury at 10:33 pm.
He had notified the desk sergeant of the broken lamp, but when the electric company failed to show up, he attempted to fix it himself. As he climbed up the lamp post, the entire lamp post collapsed and landed on top of him. An exposed 2200-volt wire came in contact with him, killing him.
Officer Lane had served with the Waterbury Police Department for three years. He was survived by his parents, four brothers, and two sisters.