While responding to regular alarm for a house fire, Chief Bishop’s open cab Locomobile collided with Engine Company No.7 at the intersection of East Commerce and Alamo. The Chief was sitting in the front passenger side of the vehicle when #7’s motor hit the car broadside. Chief Bishop was crushed by the truck and pronounced dead at the scene. Two other firefighters, Lt. Robert W. Kopplin and Firefighter Claude A. Ratterree were also killed along with a 10-year-old bystander. Chief Bishop was survived by his wife, two sisters, and one brother. Chief Bishop, who had served as Fire Chief since 1911 buried at Anchor Masonic Cemetery.

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