Denver, CO Gumry Hotel Explosion and Fire, Aug 1895 - Denver's Disaster
Posted December 24th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
DENVER'S DISASTER.
Denver, Colo., Aug. 19. --- A portion of the Gumry hotel, the scene of frightful disaster, is standing, a gaunt and sinister ruin, resulting from an explosion caused through a drunk engineer. The list of dead and missing numbers twenty-five, making the disaster the worst that ever occurred in the city.
Only seven bodies have been recovered, being those of Manager GREINER and wife, clasped in each other's arms; GEORGE BURT, a Rock Island railroad conductor; MRS. GEORGE R. WOLFE and daughter; FRED HUBBOLD and WILL RICHARDS, the elevator man.
A vast crowd surrounds the building on every side, pressing forward as far as the ropes will allow. The police are constantly guarding against any one stepping through the lines, on account of great danger that the front of the building may fall.
Daily Enquirer Utah 1895-08-20
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