10.01.2007, 10:37
Columbia Missourian
Columbia, Missouri
11 April 1966
Wrestlers Help in Fire Rescue
Kansas City (AP) - Two professional wrestlers turned rescuers Sunday morning when a fire in a downtown Kansas City hotel forced evacuation of about 100 residents.
Bell boys and a desk clerk roused most of the residents in the upper four floors of the hotel as smoke filled the corridors. Paul Vachon, known in the ring as The Butcher, and Bobby Brown, another pro wrestler, aided in the evacuation.
The blaze, confined to one room in the Kansas Citian Hotel, was blamed on careless smoking.
There were no injuries.
Columbia, Missouri
11 April 1966
Wrestlers Help in Fire Rescue
Kansas City (AP) - Two professional wrestlers turned rescuers Sunday morning when a fire in a downtown Kansas City hotel forced evacuation of about 100 residents.
Bell boys and a desk clerk roused most of the residents in the upper four floors of the hotel as smoke filled the corridors. Paul Vachon, known in the ring as The Butcher, and Bobby Brown, another pro wrestler, aided in the evacuation.
The blaze, confined to one room in the Kansas Citian Hotel, was blamed on careless smoking.
There were no injuries.