Show fiRE f T TRAPS AP GI GIRLS l IN INI N I 0 One De Dead d Many Missing Missing Missing Miss Miss- ing When Bla Blaze e ConI Consumes Con Con- 5 Story 4 Building Building Building Build Build- I ing in Los Las Angeles LOS 1 OS ANGELES Cal Ca Oct 21 Lj Several Sever l persons were we're were believed to have bee been beel burned to death in ina a fire which partially destroyed I a four four- four tory tory building in inthe the downto downtown down down- to toy town n wholesale wholesale- district here toda today I I. I One body that of Miss t L. LA A. A Hepburn Hep- Hep burn bookkeeper was recovered from the Cl duet Chief burning b building according to J. J Fire S Several veral other of wholesale firms firm are missing a cording according to reI re- re I ports orts gath gathered red by firemen n. n Over Oyer persons were were inside ca iti inside the building when the fire started WIRING CAUSE CAUSE The fire originating from defective wiring spread rapidly through the structure Several women were severely burned Their Their- injuries Injuries' were cared cared- for forat forat forat at the receiving hospital where it was said at least one woman might die The story four-story building w was s occupied occupied occupied pied by by- four who wholesale firms employing employing em em- more than a hundred persons many of or them women The property loss was placed at I FIRE CONTROLLED J i I The flames names which broke out shortly after 9 o'clock were reported tinder n er control at 1010 John Ric Richards ards fireman was overcome overcome overcome over- over j i come b by r smoke i Many of the women of the building were driven to the roof of the building by bythe the intense heat their escape being cut off oft from below They were carried down fire e escapes capes and ladders The body of Miss Hepburn was I burned to a crisp when it She had evidently been overcome by byI smoke in attempting to make her way I to the roof according to Fire Chief Scott S |