MARCIA TERENS
(1948 - 1953)
FIRE SWEEPS MANITOWOC HOME; 3 ARE HOSPITALIZED
Girl, 5, Is Most Seriously Hurt Early Saturday
Faulty Wiring Eyed As Cause Of Blaze At A.J. Terens Home
MANITOWOC—Fire early Saturday gutted a shipfitter's house while the family slept sending his wife and two children to the hospital. Five year old Marsha Terens, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Terens, was critically burned before Assistant Fire Chief Clarence Schmatz rescued her from a blazing smoke filled bedroom of the home at 1206 S. 26th St.
Also taken to the Holy Family Hospital were Gloria, 6, suffering from smoke inhalation, and Mrs. Terens, 41, under treatment for shock.
Six Escape Unhurt
Terens, 44, and five other daughters ranging in age to 15, escaped from the house unhurt. Roger, 17, was not at home when the fire broke out. It was discovered shortly after 1 a.m. when one of the girls looked out her second-story bedroom window and saw flames coming from a three room woodshed attached to the rear of the house. She awakened Terens, and he roused the family.
Gloria and Marsha were trapped in their downstairs bedroom, but Terens smashed a window and pulled Gloria out.
Marsha, apparently terrified, had hidden under the bed where she was critically burned and overcome by smoke.
Schmatz entered the smoke filled home without a mask, accompanied by Fireman Jim Porkorsky. The assistant chief spotted Marsha under the bed and pulled her to safety.
Condition Critical
She suffered third degree burns on most of her body, and was given plasma. Her condition was critical at noon Saturday.
Her doctor said there is no immediate need for blood, but suggested donors might call the family in case of an emergency.
Terens said the fire may have resulted from faulty wiring in a jukebox in the shed, which Roger used as a clubhouse for his friends.
The family lost most of their possessions in the blaze. Value of their eight room, brick home was estimated at $14, 000 partially covered by insurance. The remaining girls who were unhurt were housed with relatives in the city until more permanent arrangements can be made.
They were Diane, 15, Nancy, 14, Patsy, 13, Karen, 11, and Iris, eight.
Terens, a shipfitter at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc., said he had been given a jukebox last week for helping a friend. He said the family had trouble with the wiring during the week, and suspected it may have started the blaze Saturday. It was brought under control by 2:50 a.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Saturday, August 22, 1953 pg. 1
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MARCIA TERENS IS FIRE VICTIM
Injuries Suffered in Home Fire Prove Fatal.
MANITOWOC—Marcia Helen Terens, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Terens of 1206 South 26th St., seriously burned in the fire that gutted the Terens died Sunday afternoon.
The parents and five other sisters, escaped from the blazing smoke filled two story brick home, just before firemen arrived but Marcia was missing. Asst. Fire Chief Clarence Schmatz aided by a fellow fireman, Jim Pokorsky, entered the first floor bedroom where the girl and her sister had been sleeping. He found her under the bed and brought her outside. She was rushed to the hospital.
Also hospitalized were the mother, Mrs. Arthur Terens, suffering from shock and her daughter, Gloria, 6, suffering from smoke inhalation. Mrs. Terens was released from the hospital late Sunday but the daughter is still a patient. Meanwhile the Terens' are staying with relatives and are so dazed by the fire they have made no plans for rebuilding the wrecked interior of the home.
Funeral services for Marcia Terens were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Leschke Funeral Home. The Rev. John Landowski of the St. Mary Catholic Church officiated and burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors are the parents; a brother, Roger; and six sisters, Diane, Nancy, Patricia, Karen, Iris and Gloria.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Monday, August 24, 1953 pg. 1
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(1948 - 1953)
FIRE SWEEPS MANITOWOC HOME; 3 ARE HOSPITALIZED
Girl, 5, Is Most Seriously Hurt Early Saturday
Faulty Wiring Eyed As Cause Of Blaze At A.J. Terens Home
MANITOWOC—Fire early Saturday gutted a shipfitter's house while the family slept sending his wife and two children to the hospital. Five year old Marsha Terens, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Terens, was critically burned before Assistant Fire Chief Clarence Schmatz rescued her from a blazing smoke filled bedroom of the home at 1206 S. 26th St.
Also taken to the Holy Family Hospital were Gloria, 6, suffering from smoke inhalation, and Mrs. Terens, 41, under treatment for shock.
Six Escape Unhurt
Terens, 44, and five other daughters ranging in age to 15, escaped from the house unhurt. Roger, 17, was not at home when the fire broke out. It was discovered shortly after 1 a.m. when one of the girls looked out her second-story bedroom window and saw flames coming from a three room woodshed attached to the rear of the house. She awakened Terens, and he roused the family.
Gloria and Marsha were trapped in their downstairs bedroom, but Terens smashed a window and pulled Gloria out.
Marsha, apparently terrified, had hidden under the bed where she was critically burned and overcome by smoke.
Schmatz entered the smoke filled home without a mask, accompanied by Fireman Jim Porkorsky. The assistant chief spotted Marsha under the bed and pulled her to safety.
Condition Critical
She suffered third degree burns on most of her body, and was given plasma. Her condition was critical at noon Saturday.
Her doctor said there is no immediate need for blood, but suggested donors might call the family in case of an emergency.
Terens said the fire may have resulted from faulty wiring in a jukebox in the shed, which Roger used as a clubhouse for his friends.
The family lost most of their possessions in the blaze. Value of their eight room, brick home was estimated at $14, 000 partially covered by insurance. The remaining girls who were unhurt were housed with relatives in the city until more permanent arrangements can be made.
They were Diane, 15, Nancy, 14, Patsy, 13, Karen, 11, and Iris, eight.
Terens, a shipfitter at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc., said he had been given a jukebox last week for helping a friend. He said the family had trouble with the wiring during the week, and suspected it may have started the blaze Saturday. It was brought under control by 2:50 a.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Saturday, August 22, 1953 pg. 1
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MARCIA TERENS IS FIRE VICTIM
Injuries Suffered in Home Fire Prove Fatal.
MANITOWOC—Marcia Helen Terens, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Terens of 1206 South 26th St., seriously burned in the fire that gutted the Terens died Sunday afternoon.
The parents and five other sisters, escaped from the blazing smoke filled two story brick home, just before firemen arrived but Marcia was missing. Asst. Fire Chief Clarence Schmatz aided by a fellow fireman, Jim Pokorsky, entered the first floor bedroom where the girl and her sister had been sleeping. He found her under the bed and brought her outside. She was rushed to the hospital.
Also hospitalized were the mother, Mrs. Arthur Terens, suffering from shock and her daughter, Gloria, 6, suffering from smoke inhalation. Mrs. Terens was released from the hospital late Sunday but the daughter is still a patient. Meanwhile the Terens' are staying with relatives and are so dazed by the fire they have made no plans for rebuilding the wrecked interior of the home.
Funeral services for Marcia Terens were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Leschke Funeral Home. The Rev. John Landowski of the St. Mary Catholic Church officiated and burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors are the parents; a brother, Roger; and six sisters, Diane, Nancy, Patricia, Karen, Iris and Gloria.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Monday, August 24, 1953 pg. 1
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MARCIA TERENS
(1948 - 1953)
FIRE SWEEPS MANITOWOC HOME; 3 ARE HOSPITALIZED
Girl, 5, Is Most Seriously Hurt Early Saturday
Faulty Wiring Eyed As Cause Of Blaze At A.J. Terens Home
MANITOWOC—Fire early Saturday gutted a shipfitter's house while the family slept sending his wife and two children to the hospital. Five year old Marsha Terens, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Terens, was critically burned before Assistant Fire Chief Clarence Schmatz rescued her from a blazing smoke filled bedroom of the home at 1206 S. 26th St.
Also taken to the Holy Family Hospital were Gloria, 6, suffering from smoke inhalation, and Mrs. Terens, 41, under treatment for shock.
Six Escape Unhurt
Terens, 44, and five other daughters ranging in age to 15, escaped from the house unhurt. Roger, 17, was not at home when the fire broke out. It was discovered shortly after 1 a.m. when one of the girls looked out her second-story bedroom window and saw flames coming from a three room woodshed attached to the rear of the house. She awakened Terens, and he roused the family.
Gloria and Marsha were trapped in their downstairs bedroom, but Terens smashed a window and pulled Gloria out.
Marsha, apparently terrified, had hidden under the bed where she was critically burned and overcome by smoke.
Schmatz entered the smoke filled home without a mask, accompanied by Fireman Jim Porkorsky. The assistant chief spotted Marsha under the bed and pulled her to safety.
Condition Critical
She suffered third degree burns on most of her body, and was given plasma. Her condition was critical at noon Saturday.
Her doctor said there is no immediate need for blood, but suggested donors might call the family in case of an emergency.
Terens said the fire may have resulted from faulty wiring in a jukebox in the shed, which Roger used as a clubhouse for his friends.
The family lost most of their possessions in the blaze. Value of their eight room, brick home was estimated at $14, 000 partially covered by insurance. The remaining girls who were unhurt were housed with relatives in the city until more permanent arrangements can be made.
They were Diane, 15, Nancy, 14, Patsy, 13, Karen, 11, and Iris, eight.
Terens, a shipfitter at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc., said he had been given a jukebox last week for helping a friend. He said the family had trouble with the wiring during the week, and suspected it may have started the blaze Saturday. It was brought under control by 2:50 a.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Saturday, August 22, 1953 pg. 1
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MARCIA TERENS IS FIRE VICTIM
Injuries Suffered in Home Fire Prove Fatal.
MANITOWOC—Marcia Helen Terens, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Terens of 1206 South 26th St., seriously burned in the fire that gutted the Terens died Sunday afternoon.
The parents and five other sisters, escaped from the blazing smoke filled two story brick home, just before firemen arrived but Marcia was missing. Asst. Fire Chief Clarence Schmatz aided by a fellow fireman, Jim Pokorsky, entered the first floor bedroom where the girl and her sister had been sleeping. He found her under the bed and brought her outside. She was rushed to the hospital.
Also hospitalized were the mother, Mrs. Arthur Terens, suffering from shock and her daughter, Gloria, 6, suffering from smoke inhalation. Mrs. Terens was released from the hospital late Sunday but the daughter is still a patient. Meanwhile the Terens' are staying with relatives and are so dazed by the fire they have made no plans for rebuilding the wrecked interior of the home.
Funeral services for Marcia Terens were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Leschke Funeral Home. The Rev. John Landowski of the St. Mary Catholic Church officiated and burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors are the parents; a brother, Roger; and six sisters, Diane, Nancy, Patricia, Karen, Iris and Gloria.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Monday, August 24, 1953 pg. 1
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(1948 - 1953)
FIRE SWEEPS MANITOWOC HOME; 3 ARE HOSPITALIZED
Girl, 5, Is Most Seriously Hurt Early Saturday
Faulty Wiring Eyed As Cause Of Blaze At A.J. Terens Home
MANITOWOC—Fire early Saturday gutted a shipfitter's house while the family slept sending his wife and two children to the hospital. Five year old Marsha Terens, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Terens, was critically burned before Assistant Fire Chief Clarence Schmatz rescued her from a blazing smoke filled bedroom of the home at 1206 S. 26th St.
Also taken to the Holy Family Hospital were Gloria, 6, suffering from smoke inhalation, and Mrs. Terens, 41, under treatment for shock.
Six Escape Unhurt
Terens, 44, and five other daughters ranging in age to 15, escaped from the house unhurt. Roger, 17, was not at home when the fire broke out. It was discovered shortly after 1 a.m. when one of the girls looked out her second-story bedroom window and saw flames coming from a three room woodshed attached to the rear of the house. She awakened Terens, and he roused the family.
Gloria and Marsha were trapped in their downstairs bedroom, but Terens smashed a window and pulled Gloria out.
Marsha, apparently terrified, had hidden under the bed where she was critically burned and overcome by smoke.
Schmatz entered the smoke filled home without a mask, accompanied by Fireman Jim Porkorsky. The assistant chief spotted Marsha under the bed and pulled her to safety.
Condition Critical
She suffered third degree burns on most of her body, and was given plasma. Her condition was critical at noon Saturday.
Her doctor said there is no immediate need for blood, but suggested donors might call the family in case of an emergency.
Terens said the fire may have resulted from faulty wiring in a jukebox in the shed, which Roger used as a clubhouse for his friends.
The family lost most of their possessions in the blaze. Value of their eight room, brick home was estimated at $14, 000 partially covered by insurance. The remaining girls who were unhurt were housed with relatives in the city until more permanent arrangements can be made.
They were Diane, 15, Nancy, 14, Patsy, 13, Karen, 11, and Iris, eight.
Terens, a shipfitter at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc., said he had been given a jukebox last week for helping a friend. He said the family had trouble with the wiring during the week, and suspected it may have started the blaze Saturday. It was brought under control by 2:50 a.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Saturday, August 22, 1953 pg. 1
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MARCIA TERENS IS FIRE VICTIM
Injuries Suffered in Home Fire Prove Fatal.
MANITOWOC—Marcia Helen Terens, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Terens of 1206 South 26th St., seriously burned in the fire that gutted the Terens died Sunday afternoon.
The parents and five other sisters, escaped from the blazing smoke filled two story brick home, just before firemen arrived but Marcia was missing. Asst. Fire Chief Clarence Schmatz aided by a fellow fireman, Jim Pokorsky, entered the first floor bedroom where the girl and her sister had been sleeping. He found her under the bed and brought her outside. She was rushed to the hospital.
Also hospitalized were the mother, Mrs. Arthur Terens, suffering from shock and her daughter, Gloria, 6, suffering from smoke inhalation. Mrs. Terens was released from the hospital late Sunday but the daughter is still a patient. Meanwhile the Terens' are staying with relatives and are so dazed by the fire they have made no plans for rebuilding the wrecked interior of the home.
Funeral services for Marcia Terens were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Leschke Funeral Home. The Rev. John Landowski of the St. Mary Catholic Church officiated and burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors are the parents; a brother, Roger; and six sisters, Diane, Nancy, Patricia, Karen, Iris and Gloria.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Monday, August 24, 1953 pg. 1
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