As practical jokes go, this one was a doozy! My thoughts on reading this account were how much fun it would have been to see, but that something like this sure wouldn’t happen now!
![oie_26174424aQxY5eqZ](https://www.southpeacearchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/oie_26174424aQxY5eqZ.jpg)
Feb. 24,1918 pg.5
![SPRA 0032.08.07.15: Corona Hotel. Early stages of the fire, taken from the street in front of the hotel. Horses, sleigh and men in foreground, February 1936.](https://www.southpeacearchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Corona-Hotel-burning.jpg)
As practical jokes go, this one was a doozy! My thoughts on reading this account were how much fun it would have been to see, but that something like this sure wouldn’t happen now!