Firefighter Herman N. Lewis, age 56, of the Indianapolis Fire Department died of a heart attack shortly after arriving to a 2-alarm fire on March 22, 1944.
Herman had over 25 years in the department and was stationed at Engine 18. He was detailed to Engine 13 at the time of the fire.
He was survived by Anna; two sons, Harold and Kenneth; daughter Laura Mae Wright; three brothers Frank, Charles, Price; and sister Ida Lewis.
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