People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — Hotel Guests Given a Scare. [ARTICLE]

Hotel Guests Given a Scare.

Elwood, Ind., May 13.—At 3 o’clock this morning a fire broke out in the cooking department of the Hotel Stevenson, and soon the entire building was filled with smoke. The frightened guests made a wild dash for the stairways, men, women and children fleeing in their night robes. The kitchen was gutted before the fire could be extinguished, but no fatalities occurred. The loss will not reach over 3500, and is covered by insurance. The excellent work of the fire department saved the adjacent block.