| Show BURNED TO DEATH six persons lose their lives in two hotels st louie ma aug 20 A special to the post dispatch from little Roc kArk bays six persons loat their lives today by the burnlee of the national and windsor hotels at hot springs ark five bodies of persons that had been burned were recovered from the ruins A mr hudgins of indian territory was killed by jumping from an upper hotel window only two of th other bodies hav been identified their names being abe matthews of greenville mies and W H wells residence unknown abt until after the coroners inquest can the names of the other dead be learned A number of persons were injured by jumping from the hotel windows in addition to the two hotels a cottage belonging to col obrien and the kentucky livery stable were burned the two hotels suffered the destruction of all their contents but the horses and carriages in the livery stable were taken out bately the fire started about 2 a m in the national hotel and spread rapidly A number of guests escaped down the stairways while others jumped from the windows of the second and third stories in their night clothes barely getting out with their lives several who leaped were severely injured and one unknown man is expected to die directly across the street from the national is the avenue hotel which narrowly escaped burning fire in banea city oregon baker city oregon aag 20 birb this morning destroyed the mccord building two other frame buildings and rusts opera bouse total loss to buildings and various stocks insurance about rusts storage build ing was partially destroyed but is covered by insurance |
