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NAME: Walter Taube
AGENCY: Chicago Fire Department
RANK: Firefighter TYPE OF FIREFIGHTER: Career
AGE RANGE: 36 to 40 GENDER: Male
DATE OF DEATH: 11/3/1930 DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
CAUSE OF DEATH: Vehicle collision   
NATURE OF DEATH: Trauma   
ATTRIBUTE OF DEATH: [not applicable]
TYPE OF DUTY: Responding to/returning from incident  
INCIDENT CITY: Chicago INCIDENT STATE: IL
DATE OF INCIDENT: 11/2/1930
TIME OF INCIDENT: Unknown
INCIDENT LOCATION TYPE: Street/Road   
INCIDENT ATTRIBUTE: Traffic accidents    
INCIDENT SUMMARY:

On November 2, 1930, Chicago Fire Department Firefighter Walter Taube of Truck 23 was fatally injured following a vehicle collision at the intersection of Grace Street and Lockwood Avenue. Taube’s fire truck was struck by a stolen car driven by a teenager, and he was pinned between the truck and a tree. Taube died the following day, November 3, at Belmont Hospital.

Citations:

“Boy, 12, Killed by Auto as He Crosses Street: Collision with Truck Fatal to Fireman,” Chicago Daily Tribune, November 4, 1930.

 
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