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Aftermath of the Glenwood Hotel [1886-1945] fire in 1945. Five people died in the fire, including Cornelius C. Brown of Eagle, Colorado.
CORNELIUS BROWN LOSES LIFE IN GLENWOOD FIRE; MOST DISASTROUS FIRE IN TOWN'S HISTORY DESTROYS HOTEL GLENWOOD AND FIVE ARE KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR MISSING IN GUTTED BUILDING.
"...Among the known dead is Cornelius C. Brown of Eagle, whose body is the only one to be recovered so far from the ruins of the 59-year old hostlery....
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Photo postcard of the Gypsum Hotel (formerly the Skiff Hotel) after the fire in 1912.
Eagle Valley Enterprise, Feb. 9, 1912, p.1: GYPSUM TOWN HAS BIG FIRE. Early Sunday Morning Blaze Destoys Three Buildings and Portion of Contents.
The most disastrous fire in the history of Gypsum or Eagle county took place in that town last Sunday morning at four o'clock, and before the fire was discovered it gained such headway that every effort to quench the flames...
