Bio: Rueden. Robert – Silo Fire (Sep 1965)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Rueden

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 09 Sep 1965

A fire which broke out Wednesday, September 1, 1965 in the silo on the Robert Rueden far, three miles north and three miles east of Abbotsford, was finally extinguished at about 3 a.m. Friday morning.

Mr. Rueden discovered the fire in the silo, which had about 30 feet of grass silage in his 20-foot diameter silo, while milking Wednesday morning. Flames were visible beneath a wood door in the silo, which at the bottom edge, did not fit tight to the silo.

He called the Abbotsford fire department, which stayed on the scene until early Friday morning. The fire seemed to burn through parts of the silage, tunneling its way, and leaving other areas untouched.

The silo was unloaded and the grass silage was piled outside the barn, where any burning parts were extinguished.

There was no damage reported to the silo, but in the unloading process, good feed remaining became mixed with the charred and smoked silage.