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  • 01 Mar

    1857 Existing Watch Would Be ABOLISHED

    Today in Baltimore Police History 1 Jan 1857, came an important change under the provisions of this act; the ordinance introduced an entirely new order of things and placed Baltimore's Department of Police on practically the same footing as those of the other large cities of this country. It declared that after; 1 March 1857, The existing watch and police systems of the time would be ABOLISHED, and all ordinances for the establishment and regulation of the same be repealed.
  • 01 Mar

    First Detective Squad

    1 March 1857 - First Detective Squad - The first squad of detectives was appointed by the mayor, under the New Police Bill in Dec of 1856
  • 01 Mar

    1857 Existing Watch Would Be ABOLISHED


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    Today in Baltimore Police History 1 Jan 1857, came an important change under the provisions of this act; the ordinance introduced an entirely new order of things and placed Baltimore's Department of Police on practically the same footing as those of the other large cities of this country. It declared that after; 1 March 1857, The existing watch and police systems of the time would be AB
  • 02 Mar

    Fallen Officer John H Spencer

    On this day in Baltimore Police History, 2 March 1979, we lost our Brother, Police Officer John H. Spencer to gunfire based on the following: http://www.baltimorepolicemuseum.org/index.php/en/component/k2/item/819-officer-john-h-spencer #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 02 Mar

    Fallen Officer Frank L. Latham

    On this day in Baltimore Police History, 2 March 1924, we lost our brother Police Officer Frank L. Latham to gunfire based on the following: http://www.baltimorepolicemuseum.org/index.php/en/component/k2/item/987-patrolman-frank-l-latham #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 03 Mar

    Baltimore Police Newsletter

    Today in Baltimore Police History, 3 March 1967, Commissioner Pomerleau officially started the Baltimore Police Newsletter, it was distributed every payday to officers of our agency. Here's a link to an article on the newsletter as well as links to as many of the newsletters as we could find.

    https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/en/item/1112-baltimore-police-newsletters.html
  • 04 Mar

    Radio Communication was established

    Today in Baltimore City Police History 4 March 1933 - Our Radio Communication was established. The First radio communications system between Patrol Vehicles and a Central Dispatcher went into service on this day 1933. https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/index.php/en/bpd-units/communications
    #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 04 Mar

    Fallen Patrolman Thomas H. Worthington

    On this day in Baltimore Police History 4 March 1909 - We lost our Brother Patrolman Thomas H. Worthington in the line of duty to Electrocution based on the following: https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/index.php/en/component/k2/item/785-patrolman-thomas-h-worthington #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 04 Mar

    National Sons Day

    National Sons Day is celebrated on March 4. It is a day to show appreciation for the boys in our lives, and for the parents of boys to reflect on how we are raising our sons.

    The official National Sons Day is on March 4, but it is also celebrated on September 28

    Happy Sons Day

    Kennith James
    James Patrick

    Kyle
    Josh
  • 05 Mar

    Fallen Officer Patrolman Charles R. Bozman

    Patrolman Charles R. Bozman Today in Baltimore Police History 5 March 1932 we lost our brother Patrolman Charles R. Bozman to an accidental discharge as he was making a joke and wrongfully playing around with his service weapon. In doing so, he attempted to make a joke and his firearm went off instantly taking his life ‬ https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/en/item/1089-patrolman-charles-r-bozman.html #‎BPDNeverForget
  • 05 Mar

    Fallen Officer Retired Officer Calvin McCleese

    On this day in Baltimore Police History 5 March 1989 – Retired Officer Calvin McCleese in the line of duty based on the following -

    https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/en/item/1119-retired-officer-calvin-mccleese.html #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 05 Mar

    Final Roll Call - Joseph 'Joe' Barnes

    Today in Baltimore Police History, 5 March 2020 our Brother Joseph 'Joe' Barnes passed away. he was retired at the time. Joe was a former Central District officer. he will be missed.
  • 05 Mar

    Detective Badge #12 Retired from Service

    By an announcement of Baltimore Police Commissioner, Kevin Davis on 5 March 2016 it was said, 'Now and forever Detective Al Marcus' badge and number have been retired from service! and Detective Badge #12 will never be issued or worn by another detective!'
  • 06 Mar

    Remember the Alamo

    Remember the Alamo?

    On this date, 6 March 1836, the Battle of the Alamo came to an end. Remember the Alamo! From February 23 to March 6, 1836. The Alamo Battle was a pivotal turning point in the Texas Revolution. After a 13-day siege in the vicinity of San Antonio de Béxar, Mexican forces under the command of President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission, killing the majority of the Texans and Tejanos who were inside (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States). Due to Santa Anna's brutality during the conflict, many Texans and Tejanos joined the Texian Army. By defeating the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, the Texans, spurred on by a desire for vengeance, put an end to the uprising in favor of the newly formed Republic of Texas. Several months prior, Texans had driven all Mexican troops out of Mexican Texas. Then, about 100 Texans were manning the Alamo. The size of the Texian force slightly increased with the arrival of reinforcements led by eventual Alamo co-commanders James Bowie and William B. Travis. On February 23, about 1,500 Mexicans marched into San Antonio de Bexar as the opening act in a campaign to retake Texas. Over the next ten days, the two armies engaged in a number of skirmishes with few casualties. Travis realized that his garrison would not be able to repel such a large force and made repeated requests for more troops and supplies from Texas and the United States. Although the United States had a treaty with Mexico, sending troops and supplies would have been an open declaration of war, so the Texans only received a small amount of reinforcement from the country. On March 6, early in the morning, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Two of the attacks were successfully repelled by the Texans, but a third was not. As Mexican soldiers scaled the walls, the majority of the Texas fighters retreated inside buildings. Inhabitants who attempted to flee but were unable to do so were killed by the Mexican cavalry. It's possible that five to seven Texans gave up; if so, they were immediately put to death. Several noncombatants were sent to Gonzales to spread the word of the Texian defeat. The announcement caused a panic that became known as 'The Runaway Scrape,' during which the majority of settlers, the Texas army, and the newly established but unofficially recognized Republic of Texas government fled eastward toward the United States in order to elude the advancing Mexican Army. In Mexico, events from the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848 have frequently overshadowed the battle. In Texas in the 19th century, the Alamo complex gradually lost its reputation as a former mission and came to be known as a battleground. The Alamo Chapel was designated a Texas State Shrine by the Texas Legislature at the beginning of the 20th century after claiming ownership of the land and buildings. The Alamo has been the subject of many nonfiction books since 1843. The myths and legends that have been made popular by a number of movies and television shows, including the 1950 Disney miniseries Davy Crockett and the 1960 John Wayne film The Alamo, are more well-known to most Americans. The Alamo is a symbol of Texan independence and a significant part of American history. It is a popular tourist attraction, drawing in millions of visitors every year.
  • 06 Mar

    Remember the Alamo

    Today, 6 March 1836 was last day of the Battle of the Alamo. Remember the Alamo, it went from the 23rd of February until the 6th of March 1836.

    The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States), killing most of the Texians and Tejanos inside.
    Santa Anna's cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians and Tejanos to join the Texian Army. Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, ending the rebellion in favor of the newly-formed Republic of Texas.

    Several months previously, Texians had driven all Mexican troops out of Mexican Texas. About 100 Texians were then garrisoned at the Alamo. The Texian force grew slightly with the arrival of reinforcements led by eventual Alamo co-commanders James Bowie and William B. Travis. On February 23, approximately 1,500 Mexicans marched into San Antonio de Béxar as the first step in a campaign to retake Texas. For the next 10 days, the two armies engaged in several skirmishes with minimal casualties. Aware that his garrison could not withstand an attack by such a large force, Travis wrote multiple letters pleading for more men and supplies from Texas and from the United States, but the Texians were reinforced by fewer than 100 men because the United States had a treaty with Mexico, and supplying men and weapons would have been an overt act of war.

    In the early morning hours of March 6, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. After repelling two attacks, the Texians were unable to fend off a third attack. As Mexican soldiers scaled the walls, most of the Texian fighters withdrew into interior buildings. Occupiers unable to reach these points were slain by the Mexican cavalry as they attempted to escape. Between five and seven Texians may have surrendered; if so, they were quickly executed. Several noncombatants were sent to Gonzales to spread word of the Texian defeat. The news sparked both a strong rush to join the Texian army and a panic, known as 'The Runaway Scrape', in which the Texian army, most settlers, and the new, self-proclaimed but officially unrecognized, Republic of Texas government fled eastward toward the United States ahead of the advancing Mexican Army.

    Within Mexico, the battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War of 1846–48. In 19th-century Texas, the Alamo complex gradually became known as a battle site rather than a former mission. The Texas Legislature purchased the land and buildings in the early part of the 20th century and designated the Alamo chapel as an official Texas State Shrine. The Alamo has been the subject of numerous non-fiction works beginning in 1843. Most Americans, however, are more familiar with the myths and legends spread by many of the movie and television adaptations, including the 1950s Disney mini-series Davy Crockett and John Wayne's 1960 film The Alamo.
  • 06 Mar

    Officer Donald Fisher

    P/O Fisher was shot 6 March 1956, the round entered his mouth split his tongue and penetrated the roof of his mouth lodging by his ear.
  • 07 Mar

    Fallen Lt. Cornelius J. Roche

    On this day in BPD history 7 Mar 1933 we lost our Brother Lt. Cornelius J. Roche to a heart attack and paralytic stroke while working the Presidential Inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC. https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/en/component/k2/item/836-lt-cornelius-j-roche.html #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 07 Mar

    Epic Disaster Shook Curtis Bay with the Impact of a Tactical Nuclear Weapon

    Epic Disaster Shook Curtis Bay with the Impact of a Tactical nuclear weapon

    The explosion of the Alum Chine from roughly two miles away in the Patapsco River.
    One of the worst maritime disasters in Baltimore history occurred when a stevedore aboard the British cargo steamer Alum Chine accidentally set off a blasting cap in the ship’s hold that ignited 350 tons of dynamite on Friday, March 7, 1913. The resulting fire set off a series of earthshaking explosions in the Patapsco River that killed 33 men, injured another 60, and shook buildings as far north as Philadelphia.

    The tragedy was borne out of impatience, clumsiness, and quarreling among the ship’s crew and stevedores (longshoremen) who were loading the cargo. Everyone was behind schedule on that bitterly cold morning. The ship, which was scheduled to depart for Panama later that day with explosives that would be used to help carve the Panama Canal, was still 150 tons short of its contracted load. U.S. Revenue Service and Customs inspectors had been aboard to approve the cargo and had already left. The remaining dynamite crates were being brought by railroad to Curtis Bay and ferried out to the freighter via small barges to its anchorage off Leading Point, just 2,000 feet from the Quarantine Station at Hawkins Point.

    There was bickering among the crew that morning, witnesses said, and the pace was lagging when the stevedore assistant foreman, William J. Bomhardt, in trying to speed up the work, carelessly jammed a bale hook into a crate storing dynamite caps. The steel hook pierced the crate, punctured one of the caps, and made a sound like a pistol shot. The noise reverberated through the hold and seconds later the crate was on fire. The adjacent dynamite crates — sitting atop mounds of coal — started to burn too. Well aware of the unstable nature of their cargo, the stevedores abandoned the ship; others aboard weren’t warned and never knew. Plumes of thick, black smoke began billowing from the hold, and within minutes, a series of three titanic explosions decimated the ship. The last explosion disintegrated the Alum Chine, and the sheer force of the blast leveled the tugboat Atlantic; the naval collier vessel Jason was also anchored close by and sustained serious damage. The explosion was the equivalent of 0.02 megaton blast, roughly the same explosive power of a tactical nuclear weapon.


    Map illustration of the Patapsco River, Curtis Bay and the placement of ships and landmarks of the Alum Chine disaster. (Baltimore Sun illustration)
    The thunderous eruption shook Curtis Bay, Brooklyn, and Baltimore. Every window in every building was shattered at Flood’s Park, the popular beach resort at the head of Curtis Creek, which was roughly a mile and a half away. The blast sent shock waves up and down the Eastern Seaboard. The governor’s office in Annapolis thought it was an earthquake, and officials at the Naval Academy thought a munitions ship had exploded. When a tremor shook Dover, Delaware, the speaker of the house for Delaware’s House of Representatives paused a speech and asked if there had been an earthquake. The switchboards to the local weather bureaus lit up in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, the Susquehanna Valley, Salisbury, Easton, and St. Micheals where people pilloried staffers with questions about the phantom earthquake. Windows were shattered as far north as Havre De Grace and Aberdeen.

    The Alum Chine was reduced to a burning, floating mass of timbers and steel that quickly slipped beneath the surface of the Patapsco River. Its explosion created four- and five-foot-long shards of steel and wood that became projectiles as if shot out by a cannon. Nearby ships and buildings were thrashed with debris. The Quarantine Hospital at Hawkins Point took the full brunt of the explosion. Patients and staff there had been watching the burning ship with curiosity as the billowing smoke emitting from the ship in long black coils. The sudden blast shattered all the hospital’s windows and shards of glass and debris sprayed people inside, lacerating their hands, arms, and faces. Heavy oak doors, which had been closed and locked, were blown off their hinges. The frames of some of the outbuildings were shaken off their foundations. The only room untouched by the explosions was the kitchen, so the hospital staff moved the patients there to warm them since none of the wards had windows any longer. The clock in the hospital’s main doctor’s office stopped at 10:39 a.m., which became the official time of the explosion. “It was an awful sight,” resident physician Dr. Thomas L. Richardson told the Baltimore Sun. “It looked like a cyclone had struck the grounds. The employees were running about with their heads, faces and hands bleeding. The whole place was in confusion.”

    Anchored 300 feet away, the brand-new U.S. Navy collier vessel Jason, which was built by the Maryland Steel Company in Fairfield, sustained more than $100,000 in damages. The Jason’s crew sent out the first distress call for the Alum Chine, then raised anchor and tried to get as far away from the burning vessel as possible. It wasn’t fast enough. The Jason’s captain ordered the crew’s firemen to start shoveling coal for its steam engines, but it became clear quickly that it would not be able to escape. Some crew members were thrown against the ship’s walls with enough force to render them unconscious. One crew member was decapitated, and others were killed by projectiles. Despite the heavy damage it sustained, the Jason remained afloat and would go on to a long naval career. Six boats would respond to the Jason’s call. It would take two days to fully account for all the victims. Some who had been reported missing were never found and assumed killed in the blast or drowned.

    James and Jerome Goodhues were shipping agents who worked the docks in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, Sparrows Point, and Curtis Bay. The brothers had a gasoline launch, the Jerome, named in honor of their father, and they had dropped off two engineers to the Alum Chine earlier that morning. While preparing for their next job, they saw the smoke billowing from the ship and headed out to assist. They steered up alongside it and panicked crew members, including several shirtless, smoke-grimed firemen, jumped onto the launch. Now nearly full, the Jerome began pulling away when Howard South, a clerk with the Joseph R. Foard Company who accounted for the dynamite, screamed for the launch to come back. The Jerome backed up and South leaped 10 feet down, bellyflopping roughly onto the rail as the launch pulled away. At the helm, “Jimmie” Goodhues considered returning to the burning boat to get others, but south alerted him to the ship’s cargo and frantically urged him to speed away. The Jerome had made it 200 feet away when the first explosion occurred. Goodhues and South watched with amazement as a hoisting winch was catapulted 1,000 feet in the air alongside a severed leg. Somehow, the launch managed to avoid the spray of debris. Alongside them was Philip Berlin, the ship’s outfitter, who said that the last thing he saw before the explosion was the captain’s black retriever, who stood motionless at the bow of the ship as if carved in stone.

    “I well remember that terrible day,” John W. Forrest, a steward who escaped from the Alum Chine, recounted in an essay he wrote for the Baltimore Sun in 1960. “I had just finished a cigarette in my cabin when, in mid-morning of that cold March 7, I felt a slight shudder run through the ship, and then I heard shouting out on deck. I thought the lighter [a small barge] had bumped the ship and the stevedores were quarreling, but when I went out, I saw, to my horror, a lot of black smoke blowing aft.” Forrest said he raced to the engine room and shouted to the crew, “Down below there, the ships on fire!” After alerting what crew could hear him, Forrest jumped off the portside bridge dock into the water and started swimming frantically toward a boat he saw some distance away. Weighed down by his waterlogged clothes, he began to tire, but was unexpectedly pulled from the water by the Jerome. The Goodhues brothers then quickly turned their now-full launch around and headed toward the safety of Sparrows Point across the river.

    As they sped away, thick clouds of black smoke continued belching from the ship, Forrest said. When he turned to look back, there was a terrific flash that seemed to reach the sky and a deafening explosion rung out. “It seemed to go dark as night and debris began falling all around us,” he said. “When that rain stopped there was simply nothing where the ship had been, but from her position a white-crested wave as big as a mountain was coming at us, and when it struck it lifted our little boat in the air and tumbled us all over each other, leaving us bruised, wet and numb with cold.” Forrest and the rest of the rescued men were taken ashore to a cabin and given hot coffee and dry clothes. At a hastily organized disaster recovery center called “Anchorage,” they were all reported as survivors of the explosion. The Goodhues brothers officially rescued the chief engineer, one officer and eight crew members, including Forrest, along with four stevedores.

    Along with the Jerome, five other vessels responded to help those fleeing from the Alum Chine, but none more tragically than the tugboat Atlantic. As the flagship tugboat for the Atlantic Transport Company, the Atlantic and its skipper, William E. Van Dyke, were well known and respected around Baltimore’s waterways; he was born in Baltimore, spent a decade working in Curtis Bay, and lived with his wife and 11-year-old son in Locust Point. That morning, the Atlantic was anchored next to Fort Carroll near the center of the Patapsco River. Van Dyke and his first mate, Robert W. Diggs, saw the smoke engulfing the Alum Chine and opened up the Atlantic’s engines to get there quickly.

    As they pulled up to the bow, a dozen men jumped aboard, stevedore foreman Bomhardt among them. Van Dyke turned the tug about and started heading away, but just as it completed its turn, two Alum Chine crewmen appeared at the bow and waved frantically. Van Dyke turned the boat around and steamed back to get them. The men climbed aboard, and the Atlantic began backing away. But moments later, a solitary flare soared into the air from the burning ship and then the epic explosion rocked Curtis Bay. The Atlantic took the full force of the explosion at point-blank range. Witnesses said when the dust cleared, it was flayed down to the waterline. Crew members who had been rescued by the Atlantic jumped off the tug at the point of explosion and, being under water, some were saved from the concussive blast. Witnesses said that Van Dyke and Diggs might have survived the blast too, but were killed by the scalding water from the boat’s steam engine. Some survivors were also severely burned by the scalding water.

    The aftermath was gruesome. The Baltimore Port patrol boat Lannan had the sad duty of gathering bodies from the water. Police combed the shores of Curtis Bay and Hawkins Point looking for survivors and bodies. The four remaining tugboats in the area gathered more wounded from the cold river, including survivors of both the Alum Chine and the Atlantic, and brought them ashore. The dead were taken to a makeshift morgue in a small house on the riverfront before being moved to the city morgue; the wounded were transported to St. Joseph’s and Johns Hopkins Hospitals in the city. The real tragedy of the grim day came when police were dispatched to family homes to bring the tragic news to wives and children. Most of the dead were poor stevedores of Polish descent and African Americans. Baltimore Sun reporters followed police to the Locust Point home of Captain Van Dyke, who broke the heartbreaking news to his disbelieving wife of his valor and sacrifice.

    In the days that followed the disaster, those around Curtis Bay assessed the damages. The fortified structures that supported the big guns at Fort Armistead showed visible cracks from top to bottom and even extended underground; the guns were rendered useless until repairs were made several weeks later. The mine-planting building at the fort was completely destroyed and every pane of glass in the facility’s barracks was broken. Doors were ripped off their hinges with such force that many of them splintered on impact with the ground. Two boilers at the Davison Chemical Company in Curtis Bay “went off like cannons,” and the company’s towering brick smokestack was toppled; no one was injured in either incident. The lighthouse at Leading Point had its windows shattered and doors blown open, but the beacon was not damaged and kept shining.

    The shoreline at Hawkins Point was freckled with fragments of steel, rivets, and human remains. Local fishermen plucked floating fish killed by the concussive blast out of the water up and down the Patapsco River that day. Debris from the explosion was strewn across Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties. The lighthouse inspector for Maryland’s Fifth District said the Alum Chine was found on the westerly side of the main ship channel, at the anchorage of the Quarantine Station of Leading Point on the line at Fort McHenry. It had settled at the bottom of the Patapsco River with 13 feet of water between it and the surface. Because it was in a shipping lane, it was deemed a hazard and plans were made for its removal. A gas buoy was placed over the wreck with a light that flashed red every seven seconds.

    The Baltimore Harbor Board initially started an investigation but lost a jurisdictional fight with the U.S. Army Ordinance Department, which claimed investigative powers over the transport of explosives. In press reports immediately after the tragedy, Wiliam Bomhardt, the stevedore foreman who negligently ignited the blasting cap that started the fire, attributed the fire to the spontaneous combustion of gas that had built up in the mounds of coal. In another report, he said the friction of two sticks of dynamite rubbing against each other set off the explosion. Witnesses agreed that there were mounds of soft coal throughout the hold, and that dynamite cases were stored atop piles of coal. Some thought it possible that a burning ember might have found its way into those coal piles. But the grand jury decided there was enough evidence to charge Bomhardt and he was arrested; he was released on $1,000 bail. Even as the trial began, he denied culpability, insisting he was being treated unfairly. “It isn’t just,” he told reporters after he was indicted. “I was the unfortunate devil who happened to handle the box that exploded. The men who testified before the grand jury have bail hook on the brain.”

    Indeed, there were sixteen stevedore witnesses who testified that Bomhardt was upset with the pace of work that morning and started the fire when he carelessly struck the crate of blasting caps with a boat hook. But the grand jury spread blame further than with just the foreman. It said there were “manifest evidence of carelessness” among all the stevedores, including the wearing of steel-spiked shoes rather than rubber shoes as required when working with dynamite. The principal officers of the stevedore company also showed an “utter ignorance” of the Inter-State Commerce Commission’s recommendations on handling explosives.

    Bomhardt and the stevedores worked for the Joseph R. Foard Company and its subsidiary, the General Stevedoring Company, which operated as independent contractors. The company was sued by the owner of the Alum Chine, the Munson Line, the Maryland Steel Company, and an array of different victims for more than $500,000, but Judge John C. Rose awarded just $220,000 (roughly $5.8 million in 2020 dollars) to the various petitioners. The owners of the Alum Chine received the biggest award at $75,000 ($1.9 million in 2020), and the courts ordered “allowances” (annuity payments) to the families of victims for a period of years. Foard filed for bankruptcy immediately afterwards, so it was unclear whether anyone ever received the awards grant by the court. As for Bomhardt, there was no published evidence of a conviction or civil charges.

    John Forrest, the Alum Chine steward rescued by the Goodhues brothers, was cared for in Baltimore and weeks later returned with his surviving crewmates to Liverpool, England. The voyage home was a challenge for him as he grew ill. Newspapers far and wide covered the tragedy and when the crew arrived at Newport, Monmouthshire, England, they were welcomed as heroes by a large crowd and were given a police escort to their homes. Forrest ended up in the hospital and neurological damages confined him to a wheelchair. It would take him two-and-a-half months to be able to walk with two canes, and another fourteen months to walk with just one. Two years later in 1915 he was finally able to walk unassisted.

    The Goodhues brothers officially rescued between twelve and fifteen people that cold March morning. Other published reports suggested they rescued far more than they were credited with. They received medals of valor for their heroism from the British government later in 1913. Ninety-four years later in 2007 James’ granddaughter, Patricia Lee Goodhues, would appear with her grandfather’s memorabilia from the disaster on the PBS show Antique Roadshow, where she told the story of his heroism. The Carnegie Heroes Fund, a charity established by Pittsburgh steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, granted lifelong annuity payments to the Atlantic Captain Van Dykes’ wife and mother, and a smaller annuity for his son until he became of age. Diggs’ wife was presented with a silver medal honoring his bravery; four other crew members of the Atlantic were also recognized.

    The Alum Chine disaster remains one of the worst disasters in Baltimore history. In the years prior to the Curtis Bay disaster the city’s dynamite shipments were managed in the heavily populated Canton district. But residents expressed concern that a disaster was looming; the city acceded to their removal requests in 1912 — just one the year before the Alum Chine explosion — and moved dynamite shipments offshore from Quarantine and Hawkins Point. Weeks after the blast the city codified that decision by formally requiring that all high explosive shipments be moved even further away from the city, requiring loading, and unloading further south that the Quarantine Station. A blast of its kind would not happen again for another 25 years when an explosion in the Montebello Loch Raven tunnel killed ten and injured seven in July 1938.
  • 08 Mar

    Fallen Officer Jamie Allen Roussey

    On this day in Baltimore Police History, 8 March 2000, we lost our brother Police Officer Jamie Allen Roussey - Based on the following - https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/index.php/en/component/k2/item/834-officer-jamie-a-roussey #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 08 Mar

    Women's Day

    This Women's Day was first observed on March 19, 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Campaigns across Europe against WWI inspired women in other countries to adopt International Women's Day. The date of observance moved to March 8 in 1913.

    https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/en/bpd-history/women-police.html
  • 09 Mar

    Fallen Hero - Capt Charles H Burns

    On this day in BPD history 9 Mar 1933 we lost our Brother Capt. Charles H. Burns to a LODD due to a work related illness see the following link - https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/en/item/1109-captain-charles-h-burns.html #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 09 Mar

    Duties of the BOC established

    9 March 1807 - A general ordinance was passed defining the duties of the city commissioners. They were given large powers. Among other things, with the Mayor they were authorized to employ as many captains, officers, and watchmen as they might, from time to time, find necessary, but the expense should not exceed the annual appropriation for the service. The board was also required to make regulations and define the hours of duty of the watch; see that they attended to their duties with punctuality, receive their reports and cause them to be returned to the Mayor's office.
  • 09 Mar

    Eastern, Western, Central Districts all open on this day 1826

    1826 - 9 March, 1826 - The Mayor was given control of the police of the city by an ordinance which provided that there should be appointed, annually, two captains and two lieutenants of the watch for the Eastern District; two captains and four lieutenants of the watch for the Middle District and two captains and two lieutenants of the watch for the Western District. They were expected to perform such duties as the Mayor might, from time to time, direct. The latter was also given the power to appoint as he chose any number of watchmen and to dismiss them at his pleasure. He was also to prescribe their duties.


    1826 - Central/Middle District History - 9 March 1826 - Holiday and Saratoga Streets, established 03-09-1826, the building that housed it was built in 1802 and was in use until 1870. 202 N. Guilford Avenue, (North Street) built in 1870 used until 1908. Saratoga and St. Paul Streets, renovated school, March 4, 1908, until 1926. Fallsway and Fayette St. built in 1926 and used until 09-12-1977 when they moved to 500 E Baltimore St. from 12 Sept 1977 until present.


    1826 - Eastern District History - 9 March 1826 - 1621 Bank Street built around 1822, still stands. Used until 31 Aug 1959 at 12:01 am when they opened their new station house at the old Northeastern station at Ashland and Rutland Avenue until a new building was erected at Edison highway and federal streets, in Dec of 1960 and is the current site of the Eastern District. When it opened (in 1959) it was run by Capt. Millard B Horton.


    1826 - Western District History - Green St between Baltimore St, and Belvidere St. Used from 1826 until 1876 when they moved to their new location, Pine Street, (still stands today and is used by the Maryland University Police) Baltimore Police used it from 1876 until 31 Aug 1959 at 12:01 am when they opened their new station house at Riggs Ave and Mount St. (1034 N Mount St), which is the current site of the Western District. When it opened it was run by Capt. Wade H. Poole.
  • 09 Mar

    A 'Supplement” to this Ordinance

    1835 - 9 March, 1835 - A 'Supplement” to this ordinance, which was passed on this day, provided for the appointment of twelve lieutenants of the watch, constituted policemen ' to preserve the peace, maintain the laws and advance the good government of the city.' These lieutenants were required to reside in certain districts by the Mayor and have conspicuous signs on their houses bearing their names and office. In addition to their police duties, they were required to act as city bailiffs about the markets, their compensation was fixed at $20 a month for their night work as lieutenants of the watch and they received an additional sum of $220 a year for the services mentioned in the ordinance.
  • 09 Mar

    Dennis' Birthday

    Dennis' Birthday
  • 12 Mar

    Fallen Agent Michael Joseph Cowdery, Jr.

    On this day in Baltimore Police History 12 March 2001 we lost our Brother Police Agent Michael Joseph Cowdery, Jr. to gunfire based on the following - https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/index.php/en/component/k2/item/908-agent-michael-joseph-cowdery-jr #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 13 Mar

    Its 10 pm Do you know where your children are

    It's 10 p.m., Do you know where your children are?
    Today In American History 13 March 1967, America's longest-running prime-time newscasts: WNYW ( aka WNEW-TV) first premiered its 10 p.m. newscast – Each night, the newscast originally known as The 10 O'clock News was famously preceded by the simple, announcement: 'It's 10 p.m., Do you know where your children are?' The announcement was coined by Mel Epstein. And was first uttered by Tom Gregory. Soon stations across the country began using the tagline for their own 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. news slots depended on the start of the local markets. The entire PSA was initiated as a reminder to parents of the youth curfews. In Baltimore, it was 11 PM and came with a brief introduction of the announcer. With that

    Its 10 pm Do you know where your children are
  • 15 Mar

    Final Roll Call - Major Joe Chianca

    Today in BPD History 15 March 2018 we lost our brother Retired Major Joe Chianca - He is gone but will never be forgotten https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/component/content/article/465-final-roll-call
  • 15 Mar

    Fallen Night Watchman George Workner

    On this day in Baltimore Police History 15 Mar 1808, we lost our Brother Night Watchman George Workner – Based on the following https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/index.php/en/component/k2/item/983-officer-george-workner #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 15 Mar

    Final Roll Call - Officer Bill Hackley Passed

    Today in Baltimore Police History we lost our brother Retired Police Officer William 'Bill' Hackley, Bill Passed away on 15 March 2012 - A historian, Bill started the BaltimoreCityPoliceHistory website. https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/en/k2/p-o-bill-hackley.html #BPD_History
  • 16 Mar

    FOP formally recognized by D.D.P.

    16 March 1967 – A bill to direct Donald D. Pomerleau, Baltimore Police Commissioner, to recognize the Fraternal Order of Police as the “Official Representative” of members of the force was introduced in General Assembly Today (16 March 1967). Already pending is a rival measure designed to force recognition of a non-striking AFL-CIO union local of Baltimore police patrolman and sergeants. https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/en/component/k2/item/1049-history-of-fop-lodge-3.html #BPD_History
  • 16 Mar

    Today, March 16, 1966, is Gemini's first docking of two spacecraft in Earth orbit

    Today, March 16, 1966, is Gemini's first docking of two spacecraft in Earth orbit. On March 16, 1966, command pilot Neil Armstrong and pilot David Scott successfully docked their Gemini VIII spacecraft with the Agena target vehicle, the first-ever linking of two spacecraft together in Earth orbit. https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-history/spaceflight-heritage-nasas-first-emergency-space-story-gemini-8
  • 17 Mar

    Dad passed away

    Today 17 March 2021 our father, Charles Driscoll passed away
  • 19 Mar

    An Officer became known as a “High Constable,” by City Ordinance

    19 March 1798 - An officer then known as “The City” or “High Constable”, was created by the ordinance on 19 March 1798. His duty was 'to walk through the streets, lanes, and alleys of the city daily, with mace in hand, (a mace was a Billy club) He was to make rounds, so that within a reasonable time he could visit all parts of the city, and give information to the Mayor, or other Magistrate, of all nuisances within the city, and all obstructions, and impediments in the streets, lanes, and alleys, as well as all offenses committed against the laws, and ordinances.' He was also required to report the names of the offenders against any ordinance, and the names of the witnesses who could sustain the prosecutions against them and regard the Mayor as his chief. The yearly salary of the city constable was fixed at $350, and he was required to give a bond for the performance of his duty.
  • 19 Mar

    Fallen Police Matron Cecelia A. Foll

    On this day in Baltimore Police History 19 March 1918, Police Matron Cecelia A. Foll, dies in her chair in her office while working. https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/index.php/en/component/k2/item/921-police-matron-teresa-foll #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 20 Mar

    Baltimore City's 1st Seal


    Today in Baltimore City History 20 March 1797 Baltimore's first Seal was put into use. It was a figure of Liberty overcoming tyranny. This seal remained in use until 1827 when the current seal was introduced. The first seal is only a few very old documents. As we were looking for Baltimore Police history and memorabilia for exhibit we came across a copper electrotypes plate made in 1880 by John Ryan as a representation of 'The First Seal of the City of Baltimore' it measures 4.75' tall, and was made to resemble a printers type plate (except not reversed) but made to celebrate the Baltimore City Seal for an 1880 Sesqui-Centennial presentation. This is the center plate from the set of three. It is believed the set was broken up because the other two seals were s far off, collectors didn't want them together. http://www.baltimorepolicemuseum.org/portal/index.php/en/our-police/item/1034-the-1st-seal-of-baltimore #Baltimore_History
  • 20 Mar

    Patrolman August Harting

    On this day in BPD History 20 March, 1885 we lost our Brother Patrolman August Harting after he died while on duty from Bright's Disease https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/en/item/1092-augustus-harting.html #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 20 Mar

    Anniversary of the Birth of the Republican Party

    Today 20 March 1854 is the anniversary of the birth of the Republican party on in Ripon, Wisconsin.
  • 21 Mar

    Final Roll Call - Officer Richard Mioduszewski Sr.

    Today in Baltimore Police History, 21 Mar 2002, we lost our Brother Retired Officer Richard Mioduszewski Sr., 56, The city officer who helped end the 1971 shooting spree. #‎BPDNeverForget https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/component/content/article/465-final-roll-call
  • 22 Mar

    Cameron's Birthday

    Cameron's Birthday
  • 24 Mar

    Final Roll Call - Lieutenant Lorenzo 'Renny' Miles

    Years and years ago, Central District's Major Crime Unit started working as part of a Task-force with Baltimore County Police, a few PI Firms, and the Secret Service when the guy I worked with the closest; Agent Greg Tate was transferred to the White House. As a going-away gift, he gave me a brand new friend; I believe he was initially a Deputy, eventually promoted to Sergeant, and then Lieutenant. Lt. Lorenzo 'Renny' Miles, called me for the first time all those years ago and said, 'Agent Greg Tate gave me your number, he said you were an expert at Statement Analysis, and you could help me.' this was more than 20, closer to 25 years ago, Renny and I talked at least once a week, sometimes more, and at least once a month we talked for hours. Greg was right, Renny knew his stuff, and was ready to work with me on statements to become better at what we did (that is to say, I helped make him better, as much as he was working to make me better, we complimented each other and had fun knowing just how powerful this Statement Analysis technique could be. I let him know from the start, he knew it, he understood it, he had the same knowledge I had, the only difference between us, I trusted the technique and I trusted myself to use the technique. He just needed to believe in himself, so we worked on his confidence to show him he understood the technique and was as proficient as he needed to be to start using it in the interrogation room. Before long, those around him knew he was one of, if not the best, and it would be better to confess and tell him what they wanted him to know, rather than to try and hold back and have him tell them everything about themselves, and the crime they committed. Once he got the confidence he initially lacked and BTW he didn't lack confidence long, once he passed that block in his training, he was a machine. It would take a lot to get one past him. But more, he was my friend. And on this day 24 March 2019 my best friend Renny Miles passed away. The world lost what we in Baltimore would identify as 'Good Police...' I hope we can all take a minute and remember my best friend, or a similar best friend you may have had or still have. Let them know how important they are while you still have a chance. I am glad I told Renny before it was too late, I know it made him proud that I knew how hard he worked to become as good as he was. https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/component/content/article/465-final-roll-call
  • 24 Mar

    Fallen Patrolman Henry Mickey

    On this day in Baltimore Police History, 24 March 1970, we lost our brother Patrolman Henry Mickey of the Central District, his cause of death was Gunfire based on the following; https://history23.bcpserver.com/component/content/article/327-officers-henry-m-mickey #‎BPDNeverForget‬
  • 25 Mar

    Fallen Patrolman Henry E. Auld

    On this day in Baltimore Police History 25 Mar 1938, we lost our Brother, Patrolman Henry E. Auld to heart failure. To learn more please visit the following - https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/index.php/en/component/k2/item/696-patrolman-henry-e-auld #‎BPDNeverForget ‬
  • 25 Mar

    Maryland Day

    Maryland Day commemorates March 25, 1634. On that day, settlers disembarked from two small sailing ships - the Ark and the Dove - on to Maryland soil. At St. Clement's Island, they landed in what is now St. Mary's County, Maryland.

    The Maryland settlement was authorized under the charter granted June 20, 1632, by Charles Iof England to Cecilius Calvert, Baron of Baltimore. Traveling on the Ark to the new colony, Leonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore's brother, led the Maryland settlers. The purpose of their voyage was not to discover new lands but to settle them. And, as it happened, they journeyed from island to island to find their new world.1

    Departing on November 22, 1633, these travelers (about 140 in number) set off from Cowes on the English Isle of Wight. Three days later a severe storm-tossed them relentlessly at sea. The morning after, the Dove (the smaller ship) could not be seen. The Ark continued its journey, following the European coast south to the Fortunate (now Canary) Islands. From the Canaries, the Ark sailed due west across the Atlantic, touching land at the island of Barbadoes in the West Indies on January 3, 1633/4. There, the ship's weary travelers stayed three weeks replenishing provisions, and there the Dove reappeared, having weathered the Atlantic voyage alone. At other Caribbean isles, they also landed, and then sailed north. They reached Virginia on February 27th, gathered more supplies, and navigated the Chesapeake Bay north to the mouth of the Potomac by March 3rd.

    As these voyagers approached southern Maryland shores in March 1634, their ships alarmed Native Americans, who sent alerts with huge signal fires. To meet the Conoy Indian chief and calm Indian fears, Leonard Calvert on the Dove sailed to Piscataway. There, they negotiated a peaceable accord, and then Calvert sailed back down the Potomac off present-day St. Mary's County. On March 25th, the English settlers climbed down from the Ark and the Dove and rowed to the island which they named St. Clement's. They held a day of thanksgiving for their safe voyage end, and we continue to commemorate it as Maryland Day.

    The formal observance of Maryland Day began in 1903 when the State Board of Education chose one day in the school year to be devoted to Maryland history. March 25th was named Maryland Day by the Board. In 1916, the General Assembly authorized Maryland Day as a legal holiday (Chapter 633, Acts of 1916).
  • 25 Mar

    Officer Charles H. Benjamin - Injury

    Eastern District Officer Wounded During Ambush March 25, 1980, Police Officer Charles H. Benjamin, Eastern District, was wounded on Friday, March 25, 1980 during an apparent ambush.
  • 25 Mar

    Lisa's Birthday

    Lisa Mitchel Driscoll's Birthday
  • 26 Mar

    Fox Trot Two New Unit Obtained

    Today in Baltimore Police History 26 March 1971 Our Fox unit The made two new acquisitions, during the next several days our flight officers received transitional flight instructions from the Hughes Company as they provided test pilots to familiarized our pilots with the new crafts.

    At the termination of the three day orientation period, our officers were certified to fly the model 300-C. On the 1st of April, the crews were ready to begin the return transcontinental trip. However due to a heavy fog that blanketed the area, the departure was delayed almost three hours.

    Further, because of extremely turbulent winds over the mountains, the route for the first leg was modified. The planned route for the return trip was through the southern section of the country to avoid adverse weather and high mountainous terrain farther to the north.

    This route would cover approximately three thousand miles and necessitate a projected figure of forty-two hours of flying time. - Two Hughes 300-C helicopters were formally accepted and registered to the department. The two new helicopters raised to three the total number of such craft available for tactical deployment in the department's continuing efforts to combat crime.

    Purchased under a Federal grant of $100,000, the Hughes model 300-C represented a maximum combination of utility and modernization within the department's crime-fighting efforts at that time.

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  • 28 Mar

    Female Officers given the 1st lesson in Firearms Training

    Today in Baltimore Police History 28 March, 1925 Two female officers became the first women within the agency to receive firearms training!.

    They were Miss Margaret B. Eagleston, and Mrs. Mary J. Bruff.

    A few days later Mrs. Mary Harvey, Miss Eva Aldridge, and Ms. Mildred Campbell were also trained in firearms use, and safety.

    Two interesting side notes about this that will show the dedication of women in law enforcement in general.

    First: 13 years before they were trained with firearms, Policewoman Mary S. Harvey, EOD 19 June 1912, and Policewoman Margaret B. Eagleston EOD 22 July 1912 became the first women to be hired by the Baltimore Police Department.

    Second: The first female officer to have been shot in the line of duty was Policewoman Elizabeth Faber; she and her partner, Patrolman George W. Popp were attempting to arrest a pickpocket on the Edmondson Avenue Bridge, when they were both shot.

    This would be; two years after the first female officers were hired; and eleven years before this day in 1925, when our ladies in the Baltimore police Department would receive firearms training, and become armed.

    http://www.baltimorepolicemuseum.org/audio/firearms-training-1925.mp3

    https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/index.php/en/bpd-history/women-police
  • 28 Mar

    The Baltimore Colts Leave Baltimore

    On this day in 1984 The Baltimore Colts leave Baltimore... Bob Irsay moved the team in the dead of night on March 28 – 29, 1984. After the city of Baltimore proved we were willing to replace Memorial Stadium and Bobby Boy promised he would stay, he went home packed his office and fled this once great city. Unlike Baltimore that had class and left Cleveland their name and records, Fat Bob was at it again, not only wouldn't he leave the name or the records, but he sued our Canadian team when they tried to use the Colt Name forcing them to use The Baltimore Stallions.
  • 29 Mar

    5th Issue badge Introduced

    Today in Baltimore police history 29 March 1976 - the 5th. Issue badge came along and is the Badge currently worn by Baltimore Police Officers to this day. With exception to the 2nd Issue badge the word, Baltimore did not appear on any other official Police badge. The 5th Issue badge is similar to the 4th Issue 'Supervisor's' badge with a new center seal that is the same as worn on the large shoulder patch.

    https://baltimorepolicemuseum.com/index.php/en/bpd-history/badges

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