From the Alton Evening Telegraph, Saturday, December 27, 1969, pages 1-2:
Man, Woman Die In Fire at Farm Near Prairietown
Prairietown--Two persons died in a fire at a rural farm home north of this Madison County community early today as a member of the family and a neighbor tried unsuccessfully to call the fire department by telephone.
After being unable to get through on the telephones at either house, the Telegraph was told, a neighbor drove into Prairietown and summoned firemen.
Bunker Hill District firemen rushed to the scene and found the bodies of the two victims in upstairs bedrooms. They were identified as Mrs. Mary Bruene, 74, and Clarence Seegar, 42.
Both were pronounced dead on arrival at Staunton Community Memorial Hospital.
Prairietown Fire Chief Harold Crabtree said the damage at the home of Erhhardt Bruene mostly was confined to smoke and water damage. He said Mrs. Bruene and Seegar apparently died of smoke inhalation.
According to unofficial reports, Ehrhardt Bruene apparently discovered the fire shortly after 6 a.m. today and after trying unsuccessfully to get the fire department on the telephone, ran next door to the home of Walter Wieseman.
Mrs. Wieseman told the Telegraph today that she and her husband were in the barn tending to chores when Bruene rushed in shouting, "My house is on fire."
She said her husband ran to the Bruene house to help as she tried to telephone the fire department.
Mrs. Wieseman said that Bruen apparently had left his own phone off the hook and this had disabled the Wieseman telephone. She said she drove into Prairietown to the home of a fireman who then sounded the alarm.
Bunker Hill Fire Chief Ed Gerdes said firemen quickly extinguished the smoldering flames and remained at the scene for at least two hours. He said the first alarm was sounded at 6:50 a.m.
A member of the family said the dead woman was the mother of Ehrhardt Bruene, with whom she made her home. Seegar was a cousin of Mrs. Ehrhardt Bruene, the Telegraph was told.
Both bodies were taken to the Jacoby-Wise Funeral Home in Bunker Hill.
The Macoupin County coroner's office was investigating the deaths.
Man, Woman Die In Fire at Farm Near Prairietown
Prairietown--Two persons died in a fire at a rural farm home north of this Madison County community early today as a member of the family and a neighbor tried unsuccessfully to call the fire department by telephone.
After being unable to get through on the telephones at either house, the Telegraph was told, a neighbor drove into Prairietown and summoned firemen.
Bunker Hill District firemen rushed to the scene and found the bodies of the two victims in upstairs bedrooms. They were identified as Mrs. Mary Bruene, 74, and Clarence Seegar, 42.
Both were pronounced dead on arrival at Staunton Community Memorial Hospital.
Prairietown Fire Chief Harold Crabtree said the damage at the home of Erhhardt Bruene mostly was confined to smoke and water damage. He said Mrs. Bruene and Seegar apparently died of smoke inhalation.
According to unofficial reports, Ehrhardt Bruene apparently discovered the fire shortly after 6 a.m. today and after trying unsuccessfully to get the fire department on the telephone, ran next door to the home of Walter Wieseman.
Mrs. Wieseman told the Telegraph today that she and her husband were in the barn tending to chores when Bruene rushed in shouting, "My house is on fire."
She said her husband ran to the Bruene house to help as she tried to telephone the fire department.
Mrs. Wieseman said that Bruen apparently had left his own phone off the hook and this had disabled the Wieseman telephone. She said she drove into Prairietown to the home of a fireman who then sounded the alarm.
Bunker Hill Fire Chief Ed Gerdes said firemen quickly extinguished the smoldering flames and remained at the scene for at least two hours. He said the first alarm was sounded at 6:50 a.m.
A member of the family said the dead woman was the mother of Ehrhardt Bruene, with whom she made her home. Seegar was a cousin of Mrs. Ehrhardt Bruene, the Telegraph was told.
Both bodies were taken to the Jacoby-Wise Funeral Home in Bunker Hill.
The Macoupin County coroner's office was investigating the deaths.
From the Alton Evening Telegraph, Saturday, December 27, 1969, pages 1-2:
Man, Woman Die In Fire at Farm Near Prairietown
Prairietown--Two persons died in a fire at a rural farm home north of this Madison County community early today as a member of the family and a neighbor tried unsuccessfully to call the fire department by telephone.
After being unable to get through on the telephones at either house, the Telegraph was told, a neighbor drove into Prairietown and summoned firemen.
Bunker Hill District firemen rushed to the scene and found the bodies of the two victims in upstairs bedrooms. They were identified as Mrs. Mary Bruene, 74, and Clarence Seegar, 42.
Both were pronounced dead on arrival at Staunton Community Memorial Hospital.
Prairietown Fire Chief Harold Crabtree said the damage at the home of Erhhardt Bruene mostly was confined to smoke and water damage. He said Mrs. Bruene and Seegar apparently died of smoke inhalation.
According to unofficial reports, Ehrhardt Bruene apparently discovered the fire shortly after 6 a.m. today and after trying unsuccessfully to get the fire department on the telephone, ran next door to the home of Walter Wieseman.
Mrs. Wieseman told the Telegraph today that she and her husband were in the barn tending to chores when Bruene rushed in shouting, "My house is on fire."
She said her husband ran to the Bruene house to help as she tried to telephone the fire department.
Mrs. Wieseman said that Bruen apparently had left his own phone off the hook and this had disabled the Wieseman telephone. She said she drove into Prairietown to the home of a fireman who then sounded the alarm.
Bunker Hill Fire Chief Ed Gerdes said firemen quickly extinguished the smoldering flames and remained at the scene for at least two hours. He said the first alarm was sounded at 6:50 a.m.
A member of the family said the dead woman was the mother of Ehrhardt Bruene, with whom she made her home. Seegar was a cousin of Mrs. Ehrhardt Bruene, the Telegraph was told.
Both bodies were taken to the Jacoby-Wise Funeral Home in Bunker Hill.
The Macoupin County coroner's office was investigating the deaths.
Man, Woman Die In Fire at Farm Near Prairietown
Prairietown--Two persons died in a fire at a rural farm home north of this Madison County community early today as a member of the family and a neighbor tried unsuccessfully to call the fire department by telephone.
After being unable to get through on the telephones at either house, the Telegraph was told, a neighbor drove into Prairietown and summoned firemen.
Bunker Hill District firemen rushed to the scene and found the bodies of the two victims in upstairs bedrooms. They were identified as Mrs. Mary Bruene, 74, and Clarence Seegar, 42.
Both were pronounced dead on arrival at Staunton Community Memorial Hospital.
Prairietown Fire Chief Harold Crabtree said the damage at the home of Erhhardt Bruene mostly was confined to smoke and water damage. He said Mrs. Bruene and Seegar apparently died of smoke inhalation.
According to unofficial reports, Ehrhardt Bruene apparently discovered the fire shortly after 6 a.m. today and after trying unsuccessfully to get the fire department on the telephone, ran next door to the home of Walter Wieseman.
Mrs. Wieseman told the Telegraph today that she and her husband were in the barn tending to chores when Bruene rushed in shouting, "My house is on fire."
She said her husband ran to the Bruene house to help as she tried to telephone the fire department.
Mrs. Wieseman said that Bruen apparently had left his own phone off the hook and this had disabled the Wieseman telephone. She said she drove into Prairietown to the home of a fireman who then sounded the alarm.
Bunker Hill Fire Chief Ed Gerdes said firemen quickly extinguished the smoldering flames and remained at the scene for at least two hours. He said the first alarm was sounded at 6:50 a.m.
A member of the family said the dead woman was the mother of Ehrhardt Bruene, with whom she made her home. Seegar was a cousin of Mrs. Ehrhardt Bruene, the Telegraph was told.
Both bodies were taken to the Jacoby-Wise Funeral Home in Bunker Hill.
The Macoupin County coroner's office was investigating the deaths.
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