KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — The remains were burned so badly there were questions about how many victims there were, but at least 14 people died in 1920 in a hotel fire in downtown Klamath Falls.
The Herald and News reports (http://bit.ly/vFI1Bt ) that the Houston Hotel fire on Labor Day of that year was the deadliest in the city’s history. The hotel was so crowded people slept in cots in the halls, and a pile of greasy rags ignited about 3 a.m.
The victims were buried in the Linkville Cemetery, in unmarked plots.
Members of the historical society say those victims shouldn’t be forgotten.
So, on Saturday, the society will dedicate a monument at the graveyard designating the burial site of seven victims.
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Information from: Herald and News, http://www.heraldandnews.com
