Delores and her husband, tragically lost their lives in a house fire. The "McCurtain Gazette" of 23 Nov. 1981, reported the incident as follows:
Enid, Okla. (AP) --Firemen were investigating the ruins of an $80,000 house in which two people died during this northern Oklahoma city's second killer fire in three days.
Alvin and Delores Meinhardt died in the fire reportedly early Sunday. Even though they had heat-detecting fire alarms in other parts of their home, Enid Fire Chief Everett Brewer said they apparently were awakened too late and were overcome by smoke.
Firemen broke through the windows of the front bedrooms and found them empty, but didn't know about the garage bedroom the Meinhardts were sleeping in, Brewer said. "It was about 10 minutes after they got there before someone told them there were some bedrooms behind the garage," he said. That room didn't burn."
The house was totally engulfed when firemen arrived, the roof had collapsed, and intense flames visible for at least three miles were shooting 30 feet into the air. Brewer said the cause of the fire wasn't known and investigation would be hindered by the extent of the fire damage. "This is one of those cases where a smoke alarm would have saved their lives, " Brewer said.
The house in the northern side of the city burned unnoticed for some time before a passing motorist saw it and knowked at the door of a neighbor of the Meinhardts, Brewer said. An autopsy will be held to determine what killed the tow, he said.
The $80,000 house was a "near total loss," Brewer said.
Enid, Okla. (AP) --Firemen were investigating the ruins of an $80,000 house in which two people died during this northern Oklahoma city's second killer fire in three days.
Alvin and Delores Meinhardt died in the fire reportedly early Sunday. Even though they had heat-detecting fire alarms in other parts of their home, Enid Fire Chief Everett Brewer said they apparently were awakened too late and were overcome by smoke.
Firemen broke through the windows of the front bedrooms and found them empty, but didn't know about the garage bedroom the Meinhardts were sleeping in, Brewer said. "It was about 10 minutes after they got there before someone told them there were some bedrooms behind the garage," he said. That room didn't burn."
The house was totally engulfed when firemen arrived, the roof had collapsed, and intense flames visible for at least three miles were shooting 30 feet into the air. Brewer said the cause of the fire wasn't known and investigation would be hindered by the extent of the fire damage. "This is one of those cases where a smoke alarm would have saved their lives, " Brewer said.
The house in the northern side of the city burned unnoticed for some time before a passing motorist saw it and knowked at the door of a neighbor of the Meinhardts, Brewer said. An autopsy will be held to determine what killed the tow, he said.
The $80,000 house was a "near total loss," Brewer said.
Delores and her husband, tragically lost their lives in a house fire. The "McCurtain Gazette" of 23 Nov. 1981, reported the incident as follows:
Enid, Okla. (AP) --Firemen were investigating the ruins of an $80,000 house in which two people died during this northern Oklahoma city's second killer fire in three days.
Alvin and Delores Meinhardt died in the fire reportedly early Sunday. Even though they had heat-detecting fire alarms in other parts of their home, Enid Fire Chief Everett Brewer said they apparently were awakened too late and were overcome by smoke.
Firemen broke through the windows of the front bedrooms and found them empty, but didn't know about the garage bedroom the Meinhardts were sleeping in, Brewer said. "It was about 10 minutes after they got there before someone told them there were some bedrooms behind the garage," he said. That room didn't burn."
The house was totally engulfed when firemen arrived, the roof had collapsed, and intense flames visible for at least three miles were shooting 30 feet into the air. Brewer said the cause of the fire wasn't known and investigation would be hindered by the extent of the fire damage. "This is one of those cases where a smoke alarm would have saved their lives, " Brewer said.
The house in the northern side of the city burned unnoticed for some time before a passing motorist saw it and knowked at the door of a neighbor of the Meinhardts, Brewer said. An autopsy will be held to determine what killed the tow, he said.
The $80,000 house was a "near total loss," Brewer said.
Enid, Okla. (AP) --Firemen were investigating the ruins of an $80,000 house in which two people died during this northern Oklahoma city's second killer fire in three days.
Alvin and Delores Meinhardt died in the fire reportedly early Sunday. Even though they had heat-detecting fire alarms in other parts of their home, Enid Fire Chief Everett Brewer said they apparently were awakened too late and were overcome by smoke.
Firemen broke through the windows of the front bedrooms and found them empty, but didn't know about the garage bedroom the Meinhardts were sleeping in, Brewer said. "It was about 10 minutes after they got there before someone told them there were some bedrooms behind the garage," he said. That room didn't burn."
The house was totally engulfed when firemen arrived, the roof had collapsed, and intense flames visible for at least three miles were shooting 30 feet into the air. Brewer said the cause of the fire wasn't known and investigation would be hindered by the extent of the fire damage. "This is one of those cases where a smoke alarm would have saved their lives, " Brewer said.
The house in the northern side of the city burned unnoticed for some time before a passing motorist saw it and knowked at the door of a neighbor of the Meinhardts, Brewer said. An autopsy will be held to determine what killed the tow, he said.
The $80,000 house was a "near total loss," Brewer said.
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