Bio: Sommers, Vernon (Fire – 1964)

Contact:  Pat Braun

Email:  braunp@tds.net

Surnames:  Sommers

 ----Source:  Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark Co., Wis.) 7/9/1964

 Sommers, Vernon (Fire – 1964)

V. SOMMERS HOME RUINED BY FIRE

EARLY MORNING PLAZE BLAMED TO WIRING

Faulty wiring has been credited with the origin of an early morning fire that gutted the second story of the rural farm home of Vernon Sommers in the Town of Green Grove.  The blaze was noticed at 2:15 Sunday morning by a passing motorist.

Sommers told Owen firemen that when he was aroused, he didn’t smell smoke, but saw a glow reflected in a window and immediately knew what was up.

The fire started near the power line entrance at the west side of the two story eight-room home.  The blaze was checked by the Owen Fire Department although the entire upstairs of the home is ruined.  A new two stall garage and breezeway was saved from damage by firemen.

Firemen and neighbors that responded to the alert saved practically all of the furniture and personal effects.  Nevertheless damages were estimated at between six and seven thousand dollars. 


 

 


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