February 4, 1946, Two Rivers Reporter
FATHER DIES AFTER HE RESCUES 2 CHILDREN FROM BURNING HOME
Sylvester Qualman, 31, Manitowoc, Fatally burned; Oil Stove Exploded
A father's valiant effort to save his home from destruction by fire, and the lives of his two small daughters, asleep at the time, proved fatal to Sylvester Qualman, 31, of 3606 Division street, Manitowoc, Saturday night.
Qualman, seriously burned when he carried an exploding oil stove from the kitchen into a rear entrance, died Sunday morning at the Holy Family hospital there at 10 o'clock.
His two daughters, Mary Jane, 6, and Jean, 4, whom he rescued from their bed and tossed out the window before he himself dived from the smoke-filled little one-story cottage in the Kadow addition, were not seriously injured. The oldest sustained a cut foot, suffered from flying glass.
Wife was Working
Mrs. Qualman was not at home at the time. She is employed on a night shift in the kitchen at Billy's Cafe.
The home, located about 400 feet west of 35th street, which marks the west Manitowoc city limits was not seriously damaged except for the seared interior of the rooms.
Qualman's call for help brought Christ Miller, who resides a half block to the west. He found the two Qualman children, wandering around in their bare feet in the snow in near - zero weather. Mr. Qualman exhausted and nearly unconcious, was located near the burning home on his hands and knees in the snow, unable to move.
Taken to the Hospital
Qualman and the two children were moved across the street to the residence of Viggo Madsen, a brother-in-law and Dr. T.H. Rees and the city ambulance summoned. The doctor ordered Qualman moved to the hospital.
In the meantime residents of the Kadow addition joined in controlling the blaze in the home. While some carried water from wells, others moved most of the furniture from the home. Officer Joseph Michel and Emil Schultz answered the ambulance call. Later the two squad cars, manned by Charles Saduske, Anton Glysch and Dan Langankamp, one bringing two large fire extinguishers, reached the scene.
Under restrictions Manitowoc fire trucks and firemen are not permitted to answer fire calls outside the city limits. The town of Manitowoc Rapids has no fire truck.
Mrs. Qualman, summoned home from the restaurant shortly before 11 o'clock, was driven at once to the hospital. In his moments of consciousness, the husband first asked about his 2 daughters and then if the home was saved.
Tragic End
The patient was given penicillin and oxygen through the night and Sunday morning, but his lungs had been so seared through inhaling the flames and smoke that he died 12 hours after the fire.
The fire proved a tragic end to a happy family which set up the little home in the Kadow addition, following the marriage of Mr. Qualman to Miss Florence Masterlark in 1939. They built the cottage just before their marriage. Mr. Qualman has been employed for years in Plant No. 2 of the Aluminum Goods company.
Funeral services for Mr. Qualman will be held at Manitowoc at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Pfeffer funeral home and at two o'clock at the First German Evangelical Lutheran church, the Rev. L.H. Koeniger officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Qualman, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Qualman, was born in Manitowoc in 1914 and always resided there. For a number of years he has been employed as a press operator for the Aluminum Goods company. He married Miss Florence Masterlark in 1939.
Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mary Jane and Jean, parents, a brother, and two sisters.
FATHER DIES AFTER HE RESCUES 2 CHILDREN FROM BURNING HOME
Sylvester Qualman, 31, Manitowoc, Fatally burned; Oil Stove Exploded
A father's valiant effort to save his home from destruction by fire, and the lives of his two small daughters, asleep at the time, proved fatal to Sylvester Qualman, 31, of 3606 Division street, Manitowoc, Saturday night.
Qualman, seriously burned when he carried an exploding oil stove from the kitchen into a rear entrance, died Sunday morning at the Holy Family hospital there at 10 o'clock.
His two daughters, Mary Jane, 6, and Jean, 4, whom he rescued from their bed and tossed out the window before he himself dived from the smoke-filled little one-story cottage in the Kadow addition, were not seriously injured. The oldest sustained a cut foot, suffered from flying glass.
Wife was Working
Mrs. Qualman was not at home at the time. She is employed on a night shift in the kitchen at Billy's Cafe.
The home, located about 400 feet west of 35th street, which marks the west Manitowoc city limits was not seriously damaged except for the seared interior of the rooms.
Qualman's call for help brought Christ Miller, who resides a half block to the west. He found the two Qualman children, wandering around in their bare feet in the snow in near - zero weather. Mr. Qualman exhausted and nearly unconcious, was located near the burning home on his hands and knees in the snow, unable to move.
Taken to the Hospital
Qualman and the two children were moved across the street to the residence of Viggo Madsen, a brother-in-law and Dr. T.H. Rees and the city ambulance summoned. The doctor ordered Qualman moved to the hospital.
In the meantime residents of the Kadow addition joined in controlling the blaze in the home. While some carried water from wells, others moved most of the furniture from the home. Officer Joseph Michel and Emil Schultz answered the ambulance call. Later the two squad cars, manned by Charles Saduske, Anton Glysch and Dan Langankamp, one bringing two large fire extinguishers, reached the scene.
Under restrictions Manitowoc fire trucks and firemen are not permitted to answer fire calls outside the city limits. The town of Manitowoc Rapids has no fire truck.
Mrs. Qualman, summoned home from the restaurant shortly before 11 o'clock, was driven at once to the hospital. In his moments of consciousness, the husband first asked about his 2 daughters and then if the home was saved.
Tragic End
The patient was given penicillin and oxygen through the night and Sunday morning, but his lungs had been so seared through inhaling the flames and smoke that he died 12 hours after the fire.
The fire proved a tragic end to a happy family which set up the little home in the Kadow addition, following the marriage of Mr. Qualman to Miss Florence Masterlark in 1939. They built the cottage just before their marriage. Mr. Qualman has been employed for years in Plant No. 2 of the Aluminum Goods company.
Funeral services for Mr. Qualman will be held at Manitowoc at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Pfeffer funeral home and at two o'clock at the First German Evangelical Lutheran church, the Rev. L.H. Koeniger officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Qualman, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Qualman, was born in Manitowoc in 1914 and always resided there. For a number of years he has been employed as a press operator for the Aluminum Goods company. He married Miss Florence Masterlark in 1939.
Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mary Jane and Jean, parents, a brother, and two sisters.
February 4, 1946, Two Rivers Reporter
FATHER DIES AFTER HE RESCUES 2 CHILDREN FROM BURNING HOME
Sylvester Qualman, 31, Manitowoc, Fatally burned; Oil Stove Exploded
A father's valiant effort to save his home from destruction by fire, and the lives of his two small daughters, asleep at the time, proved fatal to Sylvester Qualman, 31, of 3606 Division street, Manitowoc, Saturday night.
Qualman, seriously burned when he carried an exploding oil stove from the kitchen into a rear entrance, died Sunday morning at the Holy Family hospital there at 10 o'clock.
His two daughters, Mary Jane, 6, and Jean, 4, whom he rescued from their bed and tossed out the window before he himself dived from the smoke-filled little one-story cottage in the Kadow addition, were not seriously injured. The oldest sustained a cut foot, suffered from flying glass.
Wife was Working
Mrs. Qualman was not at home at the time. She is employed on a night shift in the kitchen at Billy's Cafe.
The home, located about 400 feet west of 35th street, which marks the west Manitowoc city limits was not seriously damaged except for the seared interior of the rooms.
Qualman's call for help brought Christ Miller, who resides a half block to the west. He found the two Qualman children, wandering around in their bare feet in the snow in near - zero weather. Mr. Qualman exhausted and nearly unconcious, was located near the burning home on his hands and knees in the snow, unable to move.
Taken to the Hospital
Qualman and the two children were moved across the street to the residence of Viggo Madsen, a brother-in-law and Dr. T.H. Rees and the city ambulance summoned. The doctor ordered Qualman moved to the hospital.
In the meantime residents of the Kadow addition joined in controlling the blaze in the home. While some carried water from wells, others moved most of the furniture from the home. Officer Joseph Michel and Emil Schultz answered the ambulance call. Later the two squad cars, manned by Charles Saduske, Anton Glysch and Dan Langankamp, one bringing two large fire extinguishers, reached the scene.
Under restrictions Manitowoc fire trucks and firemen are not permitted to answer fire calls outside the city limits. The town of Manitowoc Rapids has no fire truck.
Mrs. Qualman, summoned home from the restaurant shortly before 11 o'clock, was driven at once to the hospital. In his moments of consciousness, the husband first asked about his 2 daughters and then if the home was saved.
Tragic End
The patient was given penicillin and oxygen through the night and Sunday morning, but his lungs had been so seared through inhaling the flames and smoke that he died 12 hours after the fire.
The fire proved a tragic end to a happy family which set up the little home in the Kadow addition, following the marriage of Mr. Qualman to Miss Florence Masterlark in 1939. They built the cottage just before their marriage. Mr. Qualman has been employed for years in Plant No. 2 of the Aluminum Goods company.
Funeral services for Mr. Qualman will be held at Manitowoc at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Pfeffer funeral home and at two o'clock at the First German Evangelical Lutheran church, the Rev. L.H. Koeniger officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Qualman, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Qualman, was born in Manitowoc in 1914 and always resided there. For a number of years he has been employed as a press operator for the Aluminum Goods company. He married Miss Florence Masterlark in 1939.
Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mary Jane and Jean, parents, a brother, and two sisters.
FATHER DIES AFTER HE RESCUES 2 CHILDREN FROM BURNING HOME
Sylvester Qualman, 31, Manitowoc, Fatally burned; Oil Stove Exploded
A father's valiant effort to save his home from destruction by fire, and the lives of his two small daughters, asleep at the time, proved fatal to Sylvester Qualman, 31, of 3606 Division street, Manitowoc, Saturday night.
Qualman, seriously burned when he carried an exploding oil stove from the kitchen into a rear entrance, died Sunday morning at the Holy Family hospital there at 10 o'clock.
His two daughters, Mary Jane, 6, and Jean, 4, whom he rescued from their bed and tossed out the window before he himself dived from the smoke-filled little one-story cottage in the Kadow addition, were not seriously injured. The oldest sustained a cut foot, suffered from flying glass.
Wife was Working
Mrs. Qualman was not at home at the time. She is employed on a night shift in the kitchen at Billy's Cafe.
The home, located about 400 feet west of 35th street, which marks the west Manitowoc city limits was not seriously damaged except for the seared interior of the rooms.
Qualman's call for help brought Christ Miller, who resides a half block to the west. He found the two Qualman children, wandering around in their bare feet in the snow in near - zero weather. Mr. Qualman exhausted and nearly unconcious, was located near the burning home on his hands and knees in the snow, unable to move.
Taken to the Hospital
Qualman and the two children were moved across the street to the residence of Viggo Madsen, a brother-in-law and Dr. T.H. Rees and the city ambulance summoned. The doctor ordered Qualman moved to the hospital.
In the meantime residents of the Kadow addition joined in controlling the blaze in the home. While some carried water from wells, others moved most of the furniture from the home. Officer Joseph Michel and Emil Schultz answered the ambulance call. Later the two squad cars, manned by Charles Saduske, Anton Glysch and Dan Langankamp, one bringing two large fire extinguishers, reached the scene.
Under restrictions Manitowoc fire trucks and firemen are not permitted to answer fire calls outside the city limits. The town of Manitowoc Rapids has no fire truck.
Mrs. Qualman, summoned home from the restaurant shortly before 11 o'clock, was driven at once to the hospital. In his moments of consciousness, the husband first asked about his 2 daughters and then if the home was saved.
Tragic End
The patient was given penicillin and oxygen through the night and Sunday morning, but his lungs had been so seared through inhaling the flames and smoke that he died 12 hours after the fire.
The fire proved a tragic end to a happy family which set up the little home in the Kadow addition, following the marriage of Mr. Qualman to Miss Florence Masterlark in 1939. They built the cottage just before their marriage. Mr. Qualman has been employed for years in Plant No. 2 of the Aluminum Goods company.
Funeral services for Mr. Qualman will be held at Manitowoc at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Pfeffer funeral home and at two o'clock at the First German Evangelical Lutheran church, the Rev. L.H. Koeniger officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Qualman, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Qualman, was born in Manitowoc in 1914 and always resided there. For a number of years he has been employed as a press operator for the Aluminum Goods company. He married Miss Florence Masterlark in 1939.
Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mary Jane and Jean, parents, a brother, and two sisters.
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