Show J J- J 3 Fire Fires Fire's I t S II Horror Described by Eye EyeWitness Witness LANSING Mich Dec 1 11 r A P IP A dramatic witness eye-witness account of or the fire which struck the Kerns hotel here early today was given by State Senator John W. W Reid of Highland Park who made his way to safety I was awakened awaken by the smell of ot smoke and a peculiar noise which sounded like rushing water r S Senator Reid said I first thought that I was just dreaming and tried to go p again Then I heard shouts ari and i got up to to find smoke pouring into the roo room m. m This was about a. a zm am m. 1 I op opened n the door of or my room loom and found a fireman fireman fireman fire fire- man or policeman in the completely darkened hallway using a flashlight ht to C guide guid some people out If H it had not been en for that light I dont don't thInk think I would have made it State Senator Charles B. B Asselin of ot Bay City who also occupied a room on the second floor said When I opened the door of r. r my room the flames were ra raging ing at my ray feet I slammed the door and opened a window A fireman put up a ladder almost immediately afterward after and I climbed down Representative John Dykstra of Muskegon said he staggered into the hall hail to the the elevator elevator shaft after being awakened by br the commotion The el elevator vator was not running and all the thc lights were out he said He said he made his way in the thc dark to the stair stair- way The only reason I am alive now nv he ic said is that I spent so much time in lit the hotel that I knew every crook and turn in its corridors I was almost late ate at that The stairway was full of flames lames as I r I came down I dont don't know how low I got through I |