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<pre>DROPS DEAD Lt AT TELEPHONE
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Bayonne Exempt Fireman
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Dies After Answering
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Daughter's Call.
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  While he still held the receiver of
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the telephone in his hand after prom-
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ising his daughter he would leave
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the pool game immediately and go
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up for his supper, Richard Burke,
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60, of 943 Avenue C, Bayonne, an
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exempt fireman, collapsed in the
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booth and expired before the arrival
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of the physician who was summoned
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to his assistance. Dr. Harold Loksa,
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who responded to the call for the
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ambulance, pronounced Burke dead
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upon examination. Death was said
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to be due to a heart attack.
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  Burke, former Freeholder William
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F. Hogan, Frank Toby and Silvie Os-
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borne, all members, were enjoying a
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game of pool in the headquarters of
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the Exempt Firemen's Association on
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47th St., near Broadway, when the
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telephone bell sounded and the re-
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quest was made that Burke come to
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the phone. Burke • had just broken
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the pyramid of balls, but he ex-
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cused himself and answered the call.
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  It was from his daughter, Mrs.
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Estelle Irwin, with whom he makes
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his home, and she reminded him that
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it was 5:45 p. m., time for him to go
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after his supper.
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  "All right, dear," Burke responded.
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this is our last game and I'll be up
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before you have the table set"
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  Burke started to hang up the re-
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ceiver and his companions noticed he
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seemed to have difficulty in doing so.
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As they watched,. they' saw Burke
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bring both hands to his heart and
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fall to the floor.
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  Hogan and Osborne went to his
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assistance, while Toby immediately
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notified Lieut. Patrick J. Donovan at
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police headquarters. The latter noti-
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fied the hospital and Dr. Loksa. was
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on the scene in a few minutes. He
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was too late. however, for when he
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arrived, Burke had already expired. </pre>
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