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Show TWO DIE IN FIRE State Hoom Inn at Portland Becomes a Fiery Furnace. PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 15. Fire at an early hour today destroyed the State Room Inn, one block from the main entrance of the Lewis and Clark exposition, and resulted In the deaths of two unknown men, whose badly-charred badly-charred bodies have not been recognized. recog-nized. A number of the occupants of the place, including four women and two men, were Injured and removed to hospitals". hos-pitals". The State Room Inn was a well-patronlzed well-patronlzed hostelry and It la thought that about thirty people wore In the building when tho lire broke out. A search of the ruins today revealed no more bodies und it Is believed that but two lives were lost. Late this afternoon the Identity of one of the victims of. the State Room Inn was established. The identified body was that of Thomaa Sorenson of Notch Hill, B. C. Tt Is believed that the other unidentified victim was from tho flame place. |