Jay B. Taylor Incident Case Study

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Jay B. Taylor (1884-2/18/1926) buried Sunnyside Cemetery. Shrewsbury would have been very upset to see the state of the Long Beach Fire Department in 1926. Chief Jay B. Taylor, caught up in a departmental dispute, committed suicide. Taylor was ranking officer of more than 90 men in the department who had signed a petition asking for the removal of second assistant chief James Headley (1867-3/10/1937). Taylor, well aware of Headley’s alleged inefficiency, had also signed the petition. Fire Chief G. Clarence Craw (8/28/1875-7/11/1935, buried Santa Ana Cemetery) was not happy with his underlings taking matters into their own hands. He angrily told the men they were guilty of insubordination and asked that the signers be disciplined. Craw pressured …show more content…
Forgive me for what I have done...I have disgraced you all, but not intentionally, but I have been careless trying to be a good fellow.” (LA Times 2/20/1926). The 41-year-old Taylor had been a member of the fire department for 20 years, and was eligible for retirement under a newly adopted twenty-year pension ordinance. He could have brushed things off and simply retired, instead he stood by his men, but the pressure had been too great. It seemed his death meant nothing when the city council decided not to interfere in fire department affairs. On February 27, 1926, angry citizens packed the council chambers hurling cries of “cowards” “quitters” and similar names. Earlier the council had granted Chief Craw a 30 day vacation and Assistant Chief Headley a fifteen day vacation with pay and a fifteen day leave of absence without …show more content…
April 6, 1924, was a memorable day. Not only did Long Beach lose assistant fire chief H. Stanley Ellis, but all roads into Los Angeles County were barricaded and an extra 500 extra deputy sheriffs hired to supervise the few entries open into the county. Why? Hoof and mouth disease. The “cattle” disease, also known as aphthous fever, was extremely contagious among cloven footed animals, including wild animals such as deer; but horses, dogs and birds were also known to be carriers. Germs could also cling to shoes and clothing, even the tires of cars, while spreading for miles in the air. Though rare, humans could become infected. Despite all attempts to limit driving which could spread the disease on tires, Ellis was killed later that day, while responding to a fire alarm. Ellis’ vehicle collided with an automobile driven by Harry Jenson of Los Angeles when Jenson tried to cross Seventh Street in front of the fireman’s automobile. Ellis was thrown clear of the vehicle when it turned over and crashed into a telephone wire but Ellis soon died at Seaside Hospital from internal hemorrhaging. Jensen escaped serious
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