Youth Injured at Fire Dead Robert Campbell, 20, Buried by Collapse of Wall at Convoy Van Wert, O.,  Jan. 10 –Robert Campbell, 20, of Convoy, who volunteered his services in fighting the fire that laid in ruins the Convoy I.O.O.F. Building, died this afternoon at Van Wert County Hospital. The victim was one of four men injured when one of the concrete block walls of the building collapsed while they fought the blaze from a fire escape. Campbell was buried in the debris and suffered internal injuries, a fractured spine at the seventh vertebra and other injuries. He lapsed into a coma eight hours after he entered the hospital.The body has been removed to the Smith & High Funeral Parlor at Convoy. Funeral arrangements will not be made until arrival of a sister from Washington, D.C. The conditions of the other men who are injured when the wall collapsed and two others injured while fighting the fire were reported favorable. The only one not completely out of danger is Homer Sowers. He has a fractured elbow, four or five rib fractures, besides numerous cuts and bruises. Others injured are Floyd Greulach, Robert Green, Virgil Gordon and Paul Myers. Gordon suffered several cracked ribs when he slipped against a post. The victim of the fire was born and was a lifelong resident of Convoy. He was a member of the 1938 graduating class of Tully-Convoy High School and was widely known as a baseball and basketball player.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hanson C. Campbell of Convoy; two brothers, Floyd and Kenneth Campbell, both of Convoy and two sisters, Mrs. Bertrand McGinnis of Van Wert and Miss Fern Campbell of Washington, D.C. Journal-Gazette, Allen County, Indiana January 11, 1940