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--- Te Gish enlisted at fileiige of
<br /> u of Farlter Party. �17 w hen fie joined the Nair He;
<br /> Earlier the old Gang lancinark,llatcr was in the Army anal then'
<br /> the Air Force.
<br /> a popular stopping;place for such while he suss asi He mother dyedn Germany� during
<br /> {,persanaacs' as President Grover World War II, '
<br /> Cleveland and Daniel Wtbster,! Gray's wife Dorothy, and their
<br /> had, been the scene of a happy.2-areal old ron. Jerome Arthur
<br /> Christmas,party staged by some`Gray,live in Bainbridge,Go
<br /> 35`men from Otis Air Base, 11 He also leaves four brothers,i
<br /> When the party ended, 32 of the Carl of this town, Clark of North'
<br /> men returned to the Base. Con-'Chclm"sford, Charles of Cranston. '.
<br /> canpon, Tucker, and Gray eleeted i}„ L, and Frederick of Neivuort
<br /> to remain overnight at the hotel.. iB, I and five sisters Mrs, Fhza
<br /> Miss Fitzpatrick discovered the beth il'fulinifl'of Chehu Ford liza-
<br /> fire shortly before"4 a. m. whcn Eunic, Barrows and Mrs Harriet
<br /> she Kent to her room to retire :Erick:rn of Narhur Mrs. Grace
<br /> She smelled . smoke secTtng Blake`of Blnchel,�Ky., and Tirs.t'
<br /> through the floor, The.fire shorVUlth'Bradfield of Newport R. h
<br /> circulted the lights as she ran into _
<br /> the-hallway, buf ,Miss FltzpatrIc7r r._>,
<br /> groped through the'dark to knock l 1
<br /> at r=ray's bedroom,
<br /> Then she'ran into Lyons' room'`
<br /> ito rouse the pro rietor, then out_
<br /> Into the corridor again to awaken t
<br /> the other occupants.
<br /> "Tbe ball ryas fiT1Ing up fast' `
<br /> X'th smoke and I knew I'd never .
<br /> make it unless I nut something
<br /> over my heart," she said.
<br /> Dashing into a vacant room 'sl5ea i
<br /> grabbed a blanket, threw it over ..
<br /> then head and rhouiders, their r-,an,
<br /> lout into the eorridbfaeain to warn!
<br /> do
<br /> cannon and Tucker, r
<br /> t)riven Raok by smoke
<br /> il?afrt,Ck hell_trio t .
<br /> r-cape down the rear staircase- l
<br /> but was forced back by smoke rid;
<br /> flames. She"returned and entered;`
<br /> Tucker's,room,
<br /> 4 wss� out of breath arid half,
<br /> fiflocated, ibut I told him to
<br /> smash the window,"sbe said.
<br /> 1Tucker broke i with his bare'
<br /> hand and the waitress easel,
<br /> through, then dropped 12 feet to, '
<br /> the`ground, n0rowly missing a:
<br /> first floor metal window awning,t '
<br /> Fier arm was broken in tine fall'
<br /> ,and her kimono tarn wheel" she
<br /> landed,in a bush. Site lay stunned!
<br /> for"a moment, but the free g#°
<br /> early _morning temperatures:
<br /> snapped her out of shock.!
<br /> Painfully she rose and ran bare
<br /> footed to the home of Chl f Hicks
<br /> The flames had spread to the
<br /> street utility Poles,disrupting tele i
<br /> phone and electric service as well
<br /> as the automatic alarm system
<br /> for call firemen,
<br /> Picks was forced to summon aid
<br /> iby;radio from Otis Air Base; Fal-
<br /> mouth and Gotult.
<br /> When he reached the scene he.
<br /> found Lyons clad only in nightf
<br /> clothes and ahlvering in the front'
<br /> seat of his parked automobile.
<br /> Zile proprietor bad attempted .
<br /> to climb out over a first,floor '
<br /> ledge but stumbled and plunged
<br /> 12 feet to the ground. Though
<br /> f stunned by the fall, he managed
<br /> to erawl to his car.
<br /> Tucker was found wandering in
<br /> a dazed condition at the rear of j
<br /> the,building,
<br /> Firemen, working in 16-de�rced
<br /> ivc<other, battled for hours before
<br /> thew could enter the burning sti'uc.1
<br /> tune and recover the bodies,
<br /> They had to pump water; 1500,,
<br /> feet from a nearby pond and an!;
<br /> icy coating
<br /> formed on ladders and tl
<br /> underfoot, making `corking eon-„
<br /> ditions treacherous
<br /> Ellsworth Peters tr.rmed
<br /> The blase the ,worst in this &ec� '
<br /> tlon of the Cape in 40 years." i
<br /> State Tire Marshal George F:.
<br /> Killen raid the blaze was caused;
<br /> by 4efecfive miring and began in
<br /> the" ceiling beans between the
<br /> Gr&t and second floors,
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