Lincoln House Fire ?

[Gene C]

Me too. I suspected as much. Perhaps (don't we just love that term in dealing with history)
something in the kitchen was left on the stove, never caught fire, but filled the house up with smoke?

Which reminds me of a song. You may be more familiar with the how the Platters sang it,
but I like this version from 1942 by Connee Boswell - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_m1b8BYmhA