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Special Remembrance Event
Wed, Apr 01
|Perkasie Fire Company Number 1
The Perkasie Fire Company is planning an event for the evening of April 1, 2026, to mark the 100 th anniversary of the Line of Duty Deaths of Firefighters Jacob Crouthamel and Will Sames.
Time & Location
Apr 01, 2026, 6:00 PM
Perkasie Fire Company Number 1, 100 N 5th St, Perkasie, PA 18944, USA
About the event
Firefighters Crouthamel and Sames were riding on the sideboards of a Perkasie fire
truck responding to what was believed to be a fire at the Bush Hotel in Quakertown on
April 1, 1926. As the truck approached the scene, the driver made an evasive
maneuver to avoid another vehicle, causing it to briefly leave the roadway. Firefighters
Crouthamel and Sames encountered a telephone pole on the side of the road, which
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