Carl Eugene “Gene” Smith, was an 11-year veteran of the Knoxville (TN) Fire Department. He was critically injured enroute to a fire in July 1952 while driving the/an assistant chief. Their vehicle was struck by a ladder truck at night at a blind intersection while responding to the same fire. He never regained consciousness and died 2 days later at 43. He left behind a wife and two children.
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