A long-time volunteer with the Peoria Fire Department, Gene Mason undertook to rescue a cat trapped on top of a pole. Mason had reached and was trying to grab the cat when power from a line knocked him to the ground, an injury from which he died. The manager of a garage and former town councilman as well as holder of other civic positions, Mason had been a member of the Fire Department for twenty-three years.
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