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T. Henry Howlett was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from Gregory,Michigan who was one of six members of the state House killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11,1934. Also killed were representatives Charles D. Parker,Vern Voorhees,John W. Goodwine,Don E. Sias,and D. Knox Hanna,along with state senator John Leidlein. The men were in Lansing for a special session of the Michigan legislature.
John W. Goodwine (1879-1934) was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was one of six members of the state House killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11,1934. Also killed were representatives Charles D. Parker,T. Henry Howlett,Vern Voorhees,Don E. Sias,and D. Knox Hanna,along with state senator John Leidlein. The men were in Lansing for a special session of the Michigan legislature.
Donald E. Sias was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was one of six members of the state House killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11,1934. Also killed were representatives Charles D. Parker,Vern Voorhees,T. Henry Howlett,John W. Goodwine,and D. Knox Hanna,along with state senator John Leidlein. The men were in Lansing for a special session of the Michigan legislature.
D. Knox Hanna was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was one of six members of the state House killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11,1934. Also killed were representatives Charles D. Parker,T. Henry Howlett,Vern Voorhees,John W. Goodwine,and Don E. Sias,along with state senator John Leidlein. The men were in Lansing for a special session of the Michigan legislature.
Charles Parker was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was one of six members of the state House killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11,1934. Also killed were representatives D. Knox Hanna,T. Henry Howlett,Vern Voorhees,John W. Goodwine,and Don E. Sias,along with state senator John Leidlein. The men were in Lansing for a special session of the Michigan legislature.
The Kerns Hotel fire of December 11,1934,in Lansing,Michigan,United States,killed 34 people,including seven Michigan state legislators,and according to the Lansing Fire Department,was the worst fire disaster in the history of Lansing. The fire occurred around 5:30 am and spread rapidly through the building's wooden interior,trapping many of the hotel's 215 guests in their rooms and forcing them to escape via fire ladders or life nets. In addition to the fatalities,42 more people,including fourteen firemen,were injured in the fire,which was thought to have been caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette.
John Leidlein was a member of the Michigan State Senate. He was one of those killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11,1934. Also killed were state representatives Charles D. Parker,Vern Voorhees,T. Henry Howlett,John W. Goodwine,D. Knox Hanna,and Don E. Sias. The men were in Lansing for a special session of the Michigan legislature.
John Dykstra was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1927 to 1934. A Republican,he was defeated for reelection in 1934;he later unsuccessfully ran for Michigan State Senate. Dykstra was born in Holland,Michigan,and served as a street railway motorman outside politics. He was a survivor of the devastating fire at the Kerns Hotel in Lansing on December 11,1934 which killed six of his fellow representatives,T. Henry Hewlett,Charles D. Parker,Vern Voorhees,John W. Goodwine,Don E. Sias,and D. Knox Hanna;also killed was state senator John Leidlein.
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Events from the year 1934 in Michigan.
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