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Title: Tragic Awakening
Description: Ten died in a fire at a group home in Anderson, Missouri. Cause as yet unknown. Along with the article is a chart with the deadliest fires in Missouri history: Feb. 17, 1957: Katie Jane Nursing Home in Warrenton, 72 dead; March 9, 1914: Missouri Athletic Club and Bank building in St. Louis, 37 dead; April 2, 1979: Wayside Inn board and care home in Farmington, 25 dead; and January 28, 1978: Coates House fire in KC, 20 dead.
Date: 2006-11-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Hyatt Collapse Joins Long List of Disasters in the History of Kansas City
Description: Last entry in list of disasters, with unfortunate results: "[t]wenty residents of the Coates House hotel perished. The fire was largely blamed on the lack of smoke detectors and the initial failure of residents to take reports of the fire seriously."
Date: 1981-07-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Renovation Possible: Historic Old Coates House, Ravaged by Disastrous Fire, May Be Restored
Description: History of the old hotel after the 1978 fire, including description of its near-destruction by fire earlier in 1901.
Date: 1978-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Opening and Closing Nights for a Grand Hotel
Description: Story of the Coates House from its construction and grand opening in 1891 to its near destruction by fire in 1978.
Date: 1979-01
Object Type: Magazine Article