James E. Barton, Chief
Date of Birth:
LODD Death Date: July 11, 1932

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
FALLEN FIREFIGHTER

NAME: James E. Barton                                                                             AGE: 36

RANK:  CHIEF                                                                                           BADGE #: N/A

STATION: Riviera BeachVolunteer Fire Company, Station #13

DATE OF DEATH: July 11, 1932

CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH: The apparatus Chief Barton was responding to a reported house fire on, overturned. “The driver was attempting to avoid a road scraper and over turned in the soft dirt on Tick Neck Road (The Capital).” Chief Barton’s death was very similar to Firefighter John Balcer’s death in 1970 – same station, almost same location.

BURIAL LOCATION: Loudon Park Cemetery – 3620 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229. (Baltimore County adc map 42-b-2. Front of the Chapel, Cedar lot 321, grave #5. Grave unmarked – Large memorial to Lillian Estella Barton. Chief Barton is also buried at this location! (Historical Larrimore Monument).

Notes: Articles – Evening Capital – July 12, 1932
                           

PLAQUES, MEMORIALS, DEDICATIONS, ETC.:

• Plaque hanging at Station #13 
• Maryland Fire and Rescue Memorial, Annapolis
• Anne Arundel County Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Millersville

Capital Article

ANNAPOLIS, MD , TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1032

RIVIERA BEACH FIRE CHIEF KILLED IN CO.

  Fire Chief J. E. Barton of Riviera Beach, was killed instantly yesterday when a fire truck overturned on the Tick Neck Road in Anne Arundel County. An inquest has been ordered for tomorrow.
    Cw. W. Schaefer, driver of the truck, is said to have attempted to avoid a road scraper and overturned in the soft dirt. Schaefer was uninjured and another fireman on the truck also escaped unscathed.
    The truck had been to a small fire at Fort Smallwood and was near Riviera Beach when the accident accurred.