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---— ^.1r ^— ....... « . XHFireman battle blaze at Swiss Inn in Elkhart where five people died ^Ap Phot®/Woman wants her gravesite backINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Someone else has been buried at EvaLawson’s gravesite, right next toher husband, and she wants thewas a year old, you know. And it was right around the holidays and it’s really tough to get a hold of anyone around that time of year.”She claims that Doughty told her several persons were buried in the wrong cemetery plots, but he denies making the statement.Monday, Jan. 2«, 19C0 Kokomo (tod.) Tribune 3Authorities ‘suspicious’of fire which killed fiveELKHART, ind. (AP) — A four-alarm Are that claimed five lives and injured six others had suspicious trlglns”, authorities said as they lagan an investigation of the blaze.Autlhrities said nearly 40 peoplefcei......were deeping in the downtown Elkhart hrtel when the fire began early Sundar.Seveal people jumped from the top foor or the three-story,30-ap#tment brick building, au-rit . -thoritks said, adding that the 3:30 a.m. fire was contained to the third floor stairway.It Iras chaos out there, said Don Stacker, Elkhart’s first assistant fie chief. When we got there, peopb who had already jumped were hying on the ground and there were itlll people hanging from the wlndiws.“Tie hallways were full of smokt. People had returned to their apartnents to their windows, and were seeking escape there,” Stacter said.if‘We feel this is a classic example of wien an early warning smoke dcvUe could have averted the tragedy ve had here, he said.Oie fireman was overcome by smote while battling the blaze at the Swiss Inn. Two other persons wef* treated and released and three others remained hospitalized in fair condtlon Sunday night.■Officials found three bodies about 10 feet from a fire escape, where the victims were apparently overcome while trying to escape. The other two victims were found in their separate rooms, one by the window and the other near the door.The dead were identified as Terry Bowlan, 29, and his wife, Judy, 23;Treated arid released from Elkhart General Hospital were fireman Robert Wilson; Kathy Chapman, 23, and Rick Snider, 45.Body rocovorodThomas Cunningham, 27; Eugene J. Simon, 70, and fils wife Janette, 05.The Bowlans, who were married on Jan. 7, and Simons lived in the hotel, and Cunningham was appar ently visiting, officials said.Still hospitalized .Sunday night were Larry Eagen, 28, listed in fair condition with a broken left hip and a possible skull fracture; Emmett Gooden, 58, and Patrick Pettit, 16. Pettit and Gooden both had hip injuries after jumping from a third floor window, authorities said.PEOGA, Ind. (AP) — The body of an Indianapolis man who drowned in Green Lake in Brown County was recovered Sunday. The victim, Randy Lannan, 21, was boating on the lake with friends about 11 p.m. Saturday when the boat overturned, officials said. His friends safely made it to shore, officials said.MASON ID FIREWOODAU HARDWOOD IWTIN RICK, STACKED AND KUVUttDIMMEDIATE DELIVERY AVAILABLEPHONE 453-94*9 or493.3971 AFTER S25% offSelected fabrics, labor,lining and installation for Custom Draperies. Plus 25% off fancy toptreatments.
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Kokomo Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Mon, Jan 28, 1980
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