FIREMEN LOOK
IN HOTEL RUINS
FOR FIR!
Old Point Comfort, Va., March 8
Firemen, aided by civilians and sol
diers from Fortress Monroe today be
gan searching the ruins of the. Cham
berlain Hotel for possible victims of
the fire which last night destroyed the
big structure. Effort also was being
made to cheek up the 200 or more
guests as well- as the list of the 170
employes but this task was slow be
cause the hotel register and other
records were burned in the flames.
The Chamberlain probably one of
the best known tourist hotels on the
Atlantic coast was located on the gov-
ernment reservation. It was seven
stories high and of frame construc
tion. The flames broke out on the
ground floor and soon were beyond
control. Fire apparatus from For
tress Monrce and nearby cities could
do little more than prevent the spread
! of the fire to the government dock
1 and surrounding buildings. The loss
including the effects of guests, was
estimated at more than $3,000,000.
COAST GUARD
CUTTER TOWS
N GUILFORD
Steamer
Crew-
Abandoned By
-Sarcoxie Also
Reported Disabled
i Boston, March 8. The Shipping
' Board steamer Guilford, abandoned
in a sinking condition yesterday about
15 miles off Nantucket Shoals, was lo
cated; . early today by the coast guard
cutter Aeushnet which had been sent
out from Woods Hole to take her in
tow. A wireless message from the
j Aeushnet said that while the coal-
laden derelict was low in the water,
jit appeared posible to beach her with
i in a few hours. The Guilford was
bound from Norfolk for Boston.
