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Central Lake, MI Waller House Hotel Fire, Mar 1895

Posted November 25th, 2007 by Linda Horton

A PORTER CREMATED.

Other Inmates of a Michigan Hotel Have Narrow Escapes.

Traverse City, Mich., March 25.---The Waller house, a small hotel at Central Lake, burned at midnight. James Miller, the porter, was cremated and the other inmates narrowly escaped with their lives.

Centralia Enterprise and Tribune, Centralia, WI 30 Mar 1895
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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