On April 7, 1920, firefighters with scaling ladders and ropes rescued guests from a blaze at the Hotel Lincoln in Seattle. Four people died, including Firefighter Charles F. Lacasse of Ladder 4, who was trapped by a collapsed wall, according to historylink.org. Fire Marshal Harry Bringhurst described the hotel - built in 1899 - as ``little else than a lumber yard with four brick walls around it," The Seattle Times reported.
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