Show The Burned Hotel MONTEREY Cal April 4The clerk who was first notified of the fire made the most strenuous efforts with his brigade to putout put-out the flames but water could not be got Tho horror of the night was made worse by the pitch darkness for soon after the fire i broke out the gfls main burst and the hotel was plunged in gloom In less than half an hour the huge building was enveloped inflames in-flames and within three hours it was totally consumed the only vestige remaining being be-ing the brick chimneys The total loss including in-cluding the losses of the guests will probably proba-bly reach 1500000 The only guest who was at all injured was Captain Scott a Boston capitalist who burned his hands in his rapid descent on the rope from the window win-dow of the room he occupied From the fact that the water pipes had been tampered with and immediately after the first outbreak out-break of the fire the flames were noticed in another part of the building it is firmly believed be-lieved it was the work of an incendiary The matter will be strictly investigated Colonel Fred Crocker confirms the state ment made in the morning of the compa nys intention to rebuild the hotel The new building will be similar in style to the one destroyed but very much larger and one story higher Architects are already at work on the plans and every effort will be I made to have it finished within six months |