Bio & Incident Details
Age: 35
Tour: 13 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Explosion
Incident Date: 7/15/1942
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Sergeant Carl Hille was killed when a gas line exploded on Sycamore Street. He had responded to an alarm reporting that the line was leaking. While he was on the scene it exploded, throwing his body onto the roof of a nearby church on 5th Street.
Sergeant Hille had served with the Cincinnati Police Division for 13 years. He was survived by his wife and four children and is buried in Vine Steet Cemetery, Section 24, Grave 1157.
