The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-09-09
BELIEVE Is DEAD
IN HOTEL HORROR
TWELVE KNOWN DEAD IN RAIL-
ROAD WRECK-LIST OF IN
JURED STILL LARGE.

Klamath Falls, Oregon-(By A. P.)
l-Firemen working in the ruins estl-
mate that at least 25 bodies are with
in the smoldering debris. Heat pre-
vents the recovery of the bodies.
Discovery of two unidentified
bodies in the ruins of the Heidrick
apartment house today brought the
known dead in yesterdays fire to II.
Ten charred bodies were recovered
from the ruins of the Houston hotel.
Many Are Homeless
Sixteen bodies are believed to be
| in the ruins of the hotel. Seven
guests of the hotel who escaped incin-
Grafton are suffering from burns or
injuries sustained by jumping.
Mrs. Marie Camposa, to whom a
baby was born only three days ago,
threw the infant from a hotel room
window into a blanket held by rescu-
ers, then jumped herself. The infant
was uninjured by Mrs. Campora sus-
tanned painful injuries. She will re-
cover, physicians say.
Difficulty was experienced IN 1den-
tifying the bodies that have been
taken from the ruins. The bodies of
four others have been definitely To-
Gated but the heat was so intense res
cue was not practicable late today.
All the deaths occurred in the hotel
building, it's 38 rooms being filled to
capacity. 1t is estimated that close
to 100 persons went to sleep in the
hotel last night.
The flames were discovered about 8
O'Clock this morning, but had gained
great headway before water could be
thrown on the building, a three-story
frame structure Guests were fleeing
away from the hostelry when the first
equipment arrived, many of them
jumping from the second and third
story windows Three men appeared
in a third story window, according to
Fire Chief Ambrose, and gesticulated
for assistance; then they were seen to
fall back into the blazing building.
The fire had its inception, fire Off +
cials say, in pile of rubbish beneath I
q back stairway. Tt ate into the
frame fabric of the hotel, the flames
the entire building within
a few minutes Leaping the street
5he Houston opera house was ignited
and a frame business block adjacent. I
Before it was checked it had con- (
sumed nine buildings, including the
Houston houses, two business struc-
lures and two residences.
Klamath Falls was crowded with
hundreds of visitors who had come
acre to participate in a LABOR day
celebration.
Crisped bits of flesh and charred
ZONES of victims were being removed I
hat could not be identified. One of I
he bodies recovered was supposed to
oe that of Grace Hall, q 17-year-old I
Medford, Oregon, girl.
Two hundred and fifty persons
made shelterless by the fire were
,eing cared for tonight in private
ZONES and at Red Cross headquarters
n an unoccupied court house.
The injured include H. Mechanics,
William Morse, Thomas Higgins,
-ames Pofder, the latter from Ma
era, Cal.
Twelve Dead At Denver
Denver, Colo-(By A. P.-William
simmons, of Boulder, Colorado, who
vas injured in the collision of inter
rban cars yesterday, died today, i
naking the total of dead, IL. Doctors
ay that eight others of the injured
viii probably die There are more
han 100 injured who are being cared
or in hospitals and private homes.
How The Wreck Occurred
A special car and trailer carrying a
Dad of holiday pleasure seekers to
,ldorado Springs, a resort, collided
nth a regular car returning from
ioulder to Denver on the Denver &
nteruban railroad.
Accordig to officials in charge of
he Globeville station, the conductor
{ the outbound car failed to obey or
ers to wait at Globeville for the in
oming car. The incoming car was
wo minutes behind schedule and was
inning at high speed to make up the
me.
When the cars struck they plowed a
ito each other distance of fifteen Q
let. 3
Most of the casualties occurred on n
lie inbound car, but few on either t
II escaped injury.
At least two nersons were killed a