Saint George Hotel Fire (115 East Third Street), 1952

Saint George Hotel Fire (115 East Third Street), 25 March 1952. Emil Monge -- 29 years (fire started in his room);Emmett Richeson -- 52 years;Nurse Herminia Lopez;Tom Campbell -- 61 years (injured -- at General Hospital);John Arthur Karr -- 50 years;Nurse Shirley Bailey;Miss Margaret Lynch -- 79 years;William Claridge -- 23 years;John Wright -- 50 years;James McNett -- 45 years;Ben Wohl -- 63 years;Owen Rogers -- 67 years;Captain Harry Hjorth (in room where fire started);Fred Leat;Mrs Jean Clower;Alfred Buckee;William Ray;John Richard;Charles Black (body);J.R Moore (body);A.D Bernhardt (body);Leiland Whitehouse;Don Barnett -- 18 years;Fenton Campbell -- 56 years;Little Chief White Eagle (Hotel elevator operator).`;Supplementary material reads: 'After fire that claimed 6 lives, St. George Hotel, 3rd Street & Main Street. Fireman in window of room where fire started -- St. George Hotel. Dropladder at St. George Hotel. Fred Leat (went down ladder to escape fire). 3 dead bodies tagged for identification: front to rear: Chas. E Black;J.R Moore;A.D Bernhardt.115 East Third Street; Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images)