Jess I. Steene - Minneapolis FD

Jess I. Steene, Firefighter, Rescue Squad - January 18, 1940

Steene died in action at a blaze in the Spruce Villa apartments, 1365 Spruce Place. Overcome while searching upper floors for victims early in the fire, he fell through a fire weakened floor into a blazing apartment before he could be rescued. He was dead of burns and asphyziation when found after the fire had been controlled.

The above material used with permission from the book “Mill City Firefighters, The First 100 Years 1879 – 1979” by Richard Heath (deceased) and copyright by The Extra Alarm Association of the Twin Cities.