Show SEARCH A CH HOTEL RUINS UN FOR fon VICTiMS 4 IJ d i t t. t vf Chamberlain House Famed Virginia Tourist Resort I Is Destroyed r Y a L LF D POINT COMFORT Va March i f J F aided by civilians and ja is t rs from Fortress Monroe today egan began eg n searching the ruins of ot the thoe Cham- Cham hotel for possible victims of oft t the e fire which last destroyed the theY Y y lg structure Effort also w was being made to check up the or more guests as well wen as Rumors Rumors Rumors Ru Ru- mors that two or three persons had perished were discounted by the hotel management GREAT TOURIST RESORT t 1 Th The Chamberlain probably one of the best ast known tourist hotels on the Atlantic coast was located on the government o reservation It was seven In height and of frame con con- 1 The flames broke out cut on the floor and soon were beyond control The loss Including the ef effects effects effects effects' ef- ef of or guests was estimated at more than FIREMEN F REPORT VICTIMS It was was- Impossible early today for tor the police to ascertain definitely whether there had been loss of life Ufe A fireman reported that In the early struggle With the flames while he was directing a stream m of water into an upper 4 dow low h he heard screams from within Another fireman said he lie saw an elderly man and woman appear at a window which was almost instantly o obscured by smoke and that he did trot see fee them again HOTEL REGISTER MISSING In the conf confusion slon and sudden alarm the hotel register either was forgotten an and burned or was locked In the hotel I tare sale In addition to the Chamberlain a large general store stor adjacent and the Adams Express company's building were destroyed During the excitement several women women put themselves In peril In efi ef- ef i I t to return to their rooms to o save b belongings Several of these r s' s CUed by firemen who took th then them m down the fire escapes when they were cut u t from tram the halls b by flame and smoke |