Roused from Sleep: A Family Left Destitute by a Flue Fire Near Green Lake
A defective chimney destroys the home of a Scandinavian family north of Ravenna Park, leaving them nearly without possessions as neighbors take them in.
A six-room house occupied by Fred Jergeson and his family, Scandinavians, was destroyed by fire late Thursday night, north of Ravenna Park, near Green Lake. The fire was caused by a defective flue, and the family had to be roused from their sleep by neighbors. Most of the contents were destroyed, and the family, almost destitute, is being cared for by friends.
“The family had to be roused from their sleep by neighbors.”
A defective flue and a family asleep in a wooden house — the ordinary catastrophe of a city built of timber. The same story plays out today in the same neighborhood each winter, though now it is often a space heater and a rental with no renter's insurance standing between a family and the street.
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