Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Los Angeles, California, United States || Dorothy Mae Hotel

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

At the coroner's inquest, driver Arthur James Edsall stated that he had been driving at only 4 mph and that when he saw Driscoll he rang his bell and shouted "Stand back!".
(17 August 1896)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3366 births, 3927 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.

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Dorothy Mae Hotel

821 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Saturday 4th of September 1982 (x) — Mass murderer Humberto De La Torre torches his uncle's hotel after a dispute
Nineteen people including an unborn baby and its mother perished as the fire roared through the 50-year-old three-story structure. Thirty-six other people were injured and within 10 days six of them had died. At least nine victims were relatives of Humberto de La Torre. His uncle Mateo survived. Humberto de la Torre was arrested the following December in Texas, pleaded guilty to 25 counts of murder and in 1985 was sentenced to 625 years in prison.