The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-15
Notorious Belle Mitchell Again De-
stroys the Town.
LOSS HALF A MILLION
MANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO
LIVE IN TENTS THIS WINTER.
Forty Buildings Were Burned and
There Was No Insurance-Fire
Was Started by the Same Woman
Who Fired the Town Before by
Throwing Lighted Lamp.

skagway, Alaska, Nov. (via Vic
toria, B. c., Nov 14).-Returning Klon-
dikers arriving here today bring the
news that the city of Dawson has been
visited with 100000 fire, in which 40
buildings were burned, including the
new postoffice building and some OF the
best buildings in the city. The fire
took place on the night of Oct. l6, and
started in the Green Tree saloon. me
blaze was started as the result OF
row between two women OF the town,
in which one of the women, known as
Belle Mitchell threw lighted lamp at
another woman The lamp broke, the
oil spread, and in a few seconds the
building was on fire. The hre started
at $40 a. M.
The fire of a year ago was caused by
this same woman, who threw lamp at
a man with whom she had quarrel
A month ago she burned her own place,
on Third avenue in Dawson, by throw
ing a lamp at woman, and now she
caused a confiagration by again losing
her temper and welding another light
ed lamp. The news of the conf1agra-
ton was brought out by several OF the
miners who arrived in this city today.
At the time the police gong sounded
down the Yukon and the people at once
saw that it would require speedy work
to save the town from total destruc-
ton. The postoffice was the next build
ing south of the Green Tree saloon,
and the work of getting the letters and
parcels of mail matter out was quickly
attended to. Although nearly all the
mail matter was saved, it is in great
confusion
she XXr1
merly stood 40 buildings are few
blackened logs, and the town was
saved from total destruction by the fire
engine.
If it had not been that about 1000
men turned out and worked like Iro-
ians with wet blankets, buckets OF
water and axes, and aided in the on
Grafton of the fire apparatus, the whole
town would have gone up in smoke.
STATEMENT OF LOSSES.
The Klondike Nugget of the 18th ul-
tino says that the losses will be diff
cult to estimate, but the following list
is given out:
Worden hotel, total loss, $4,000; Pat
tison & McGrath's New England saloon
+! $4,000: postoffice building, owned by
| Alex Mcdonald, $4,000; Green Tree sa-
loon, total loss, $35, 900; Empire bakery
fully occupied, $4,000; Mcpherson
Johnson, stock and building, S20OoO;
[ Vancouver hotel, $25, 900; John Sargent
saloon, So 900; New York store and Ia
| dies bazaar. S21 600; Case 81 Gilsey's
| SIS. 900; Maison Tortoni, Jack Thorn, pro
prietor and Nellie Lewis and several
| others, $4,000; Hubbard boot and shoe
stoor and Is small buildings, $4,000; D.
A. Suter, jewelry, lost everything ne
had; l. Flatew, tailor, in same building
both were away, total loss, SIG, 000; Johr
| Mcdonald stock and building, tailor
| Sc, 900; George Brewett, tailor, SS,0Oo
Foley. butcher, $500. Seattle lunch
counter total loss, $4,000; restaurants
/ small stores, ETC., on opposite side OF
street. $29, 900; twelve cabins, furniture
ETC.. $4,000.
! Damage to buildings by water tc
| stocks, etc, $4,000; damage to goods
and stocks throughout entire burned
district claimed by losers to be SlO0O
| deducting 80 per cent, $4,000. Iotal
| $500, GEO. There is no insurance at paw
son. and the loss falls entirely upon The
| Individuals
The passengers now in Skagway left
IsDa,wson on the Ora, and at White
Horse transferred to the steamer Olive
May and came to Bennett. From
Whites pass they came to this city OF
the railroad, which is operating Two
trains daily between this city and tht
pass Very little ice was found IN the
| upper river, which is remarkable a
this time of the year. The first ice
seen was coming out of the Tehena7
into the Yukon At Marsh lake there
was a little ice, but it was in patches
and not over quarter Of an inch thick
and the steamer had no difficulty II
pushing her way through. The Ora i
the last steamer of the season. Al
the rest are now tied up until the rive
opens in the spring.
II is said that there is not enough
lumber and window glass in Dawson t.
rebuild the burned district, and tina
the people are in distress and will hav
to live in tents for the rest of the win