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Show CAUGHT IN FRAME FIRE TRAP. People Are Forced to Witness Hotel Patrons Burned Alive. Tacoma, Wash. Flm at Sholton, Wash., at 1:45 Thursday morning destroyed de-stroyed tho Hotel Wobb, a thrco-story thrco-story frame structure, nnd other property. prop-erty. At least cloven porsons aro dead, several nro mlBidng nnd ono moro will dlo. Soventcen woro injured. in-jured. Tho buildings burned In tho block woro: Hotol Webb nnd annex, run by Manager Honry Faubort; Bordeaux nros., Balloy's Baloon and restaurant, Sam Hughes's shoo shop. Across tho Btrcot from tho hotol, J. E. Connolly'B rosldonco wns burned. Iho total loss la estimated at $35,000. Tho Insurance will only ba $3,500. Screams of pain and fright from tho Imprisoned guests awakened mnny persona per-sona in tho neighborhood, and tho work of rcscuo began Immediately. Thero Is no organized firo department depart-ment nnd no apparatus In Sholton, and many persons hnd to stand by nnd seo pcoplo burning to death beforo their very oyes. |