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Mackeyville, WV Hotel Fire, Mar 1895
Posted August 13th, 2008 by Teri
THREE LIVES LOST
Disastrous Fire in a Hotel in West Virginia
Parsons, W. Va, Mar 14 -- At Mackeyville, six miles north of here, a disastrous fire occurred yesterday in the lobby of the hotel. Eugene Sisson, Homer Cotlet and Squire Corley, were burned to an unrecognizable mass and Jacob R. Cofner, William Wilson, J. E. Williams were severely if not fatally injured. Fifteen persons escaped by jumping from windows. The dead are single men. Hotels and store are a total loss, amounting to about $3,000, and no insurance.
Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN 14 Mar 1895
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