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Show BIG TOURIST HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE . .... . 4 :. SAN.LUIS OBISPO.' Ca!., Nov. lO.-The handsome Hotel Ramona has been totally destroyed by a Are which is believed to have started In the kitchen at 2 o'clock this morning. There were 150 guests In the building, most of them being Eastern tourists, but all escaped In safety with their personal effects. The building was a modern frame structure, struc-ture, and though the local fire department depart-ment did excellent work, it was Impossible Impossi-ble to check the spread of the flames. The loss is estimated -at about $100,000. of which $18,000 was covered by insurance. |