Truckman Arthur J. Krenn was a passenger in the chief’s vehicle with Chief’s Driver James Russell, Chief Charles Doll and Chief’s son Arthur on 12/11/1917. The vehicle was struck by a Northwestern passenger train to an active fire alarm on the city’s west side. Truckman died as a result of his traumatic injuries while Driver James Russell was confined to the hospital; Arthur Doll sustained facial burns caused by a broken jar of acid and Chief Doll was confined to bed at home from the injuries.