| Show Library wet Vern Winters and janitor have just of suchtragedy was community The it had that night knocked led into and said Oh our there great big furnace had been terrific limb down over room The the hot This little red of the school water from This the fateful boiler morning and rolled to to school and the furnace and furnace had to the our radiators janitor shock whole storm and wires been moved rooms becuase it the school build in Kanute each block the class room Terkelsen head of the stairway leading down into turned on the 1ight switch he fell the bottom of the stairs found there was no heat so saw wind brick house was about one fourthlarge underground pipe carried opened the door at the the basement and as he dead came The and electric into the basement of the boys and girls rest would get so hot it scorched the floors in ing south principal been killed by electricity terrible blow to the school before the she Mr Terkelsen laying on Elmer Johansen he went to check the floor He immediately ran for Dr Olaf Sundwall who lived justblock north of the school and he slipped on his robe and ran back to the scene with Elmer They both reached the 1ight switch but Elmer knowing where it was touched it first and dead so Dr Sundwall knew immediately they had both fell been electrocuted put Mr Terkelsen was taken home and they Mr Johansen on the couch in the faculty room until his family could be notified The children gathered around like flies to see what was going on and Supt Anderson told them what had home and stay who was the the year and happened until music also and that they were after the joint teacher was the took Elmer all excused funeral principal Johansen Marjorie for house where nutritious lunches the rest go Pratt of classes The restrooms were later moved to the 2nd school andnice kitchen was installed in the brick to were floor of the little red prepared for the children Our first school lunch wasbowl of soup prepared inroom on the 3rd floor by Sadie Allred and Esther Lindberg for one pennybowl Fire drills were held frequently and the building was evacuated in 2-3 minutes gong withmetal chain running from the first to the third floor served assignal Five gongs in rapid succession meant FIRE and everyone knew exactly what to do The grades on the ground floor marched out with precision and the children on the second and third |
