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Show Twelve Killed ly Falling fall MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec 19- The east wull of tho O. H. Peck building, which was destroyed by fire last Tuesday night, fell at 1:30 this morning, crushing tho Crocker hotel. Twelve Inmates of the hotel have not been seen since the wall fell, and It Is believed they aro burled In the ruins. Tho wrecked building took lire, probably from gas lights, and Is now burning. Tho missing are: WILLIAM CROCKER, landlord. MRS. LECLAIRE. JENNIE MORRIS-WILLIAM. MORRIS-WILLIAM. MORRIS. WILLIAM BRAY, carpenter and contractor. con-tractor. HANS ANDERSON. Six others unidentified. Mrs. Williams was taken out of the wreckage seriously Injured and may die. The firemen aro directing their efforts to fighting the fire. Tho buildings for one block are of wood. Until the firo 13 out It will be Impossible to tell definitely how many people were killed or Injured. Four bodies have already been taken from the ruins of tho hotel, In three of which llfo 'a extinct, and a fourth, an unidentified woman. Is barely breathing. The latter was taken Immediately to tho hospital and tho three dead removed to tho morgue. The fire In the hotel Is slowly being drowned out, and the firemen uro working underneath tho fallen wall trying to ex-tricato ex-tricato the persons known to havo been In tho hotel. |