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This photo shows the smoke-darkened shell of the Fraser House fire — once a landmark hotel in Bay City — after a disastrous downtown fire. Reports at the time said the blaze broke out in an annex area tied to the boiler and laundry, then raced through the building as guests fled into the cold in night clothes. One hotel fireman, John O’Neil, was badly burned and later died.
The site didn’t stay empty long. The Wenonah Hotel was later built on the same corner.
What stories have you heard about the Fraser House — or the hotels that came after it?
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