ESCAPES HOTEL FIRE
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

ESCAPES HOTEL FIRE Mrs. Jesse Shanklin, well known in this city, was seriously burned and hurt while es- caping from a hotel at Morenci, Arizona, which was on fire. She was in the second story and did not know the building was on fire until it was too late to escape by the stairway. She finally succeeded in raising the window, but not until she had been badly burned. The baby was dropped into the arms of a friend, Mrs. Shanklin then jumped out and was badly hurt in the fall. The baby was slightly burned. Mrs. Shanklin will recover.