The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15

r UNEAU. Alaska, Nov. 10 (by
 steamship Cottage City to Victo-
 ria, Nov. 14.-Dawson City was al- U most wholly destroyed by fire on
 October 14. Owing to the close of navigation on the Yukon and Lewis rivers, the news has only Just reached here. Four blocks, comprising about fifty buildings, were burned. Fear, confusion and consternation seized thousands who stood appalled, or stam- peded at the sight. while few cool headed. active men saved the city. Never was there a better illustration of the maxim, There Is always a man for the emergency
 Thieves applied the torch to spread the confagration. Intoxicated men and women staggered on the streets Lots wife did not look back upon more shameless wantonness; no careless Nero sat upon the battlements and piled his bow across a violin. but when the wind was highest and the fire fercest there were reeling orators and drunken operations to the flames. A change of wind. a most timely provi- dence, came and thus Dawson was not entirely consumed.
 The loss is nearly three-quarters of a million dollars It is distributed as follows, so far as is possible to itemize it at the present time:
 Worden Hotel, $4o,ooo.
 Pattison 6 McGrath, New Eng land saloon, S44,o
 Postoffice building, Alex McDon- ald, S1o,oco.
 Green Tree Hotel and saloon, $35, 900.
 Empire Bakery, $4o,ooo.
 McPherson 6 Johnson's store, S2o, 900.
 Vancouver Hotel, S25, 900.
 John sargent's store, $3ooo.
 New York store, S21, ,ooo.
 Case & Gilsey's new building, Seooo.
 Maison Tortoni, "Jack" Horns place, Nellie Lewis and several others, S43, 900.
 Sixteen small buildings and Hib- bard's shoe store across Front street, S6ooo.
 E. A. Sutor, ieweler, and T. Flatow, tailor, in same building, S16,ooo,
 John Mcdonald, tailor, S6ooO.
 George Brewitt, tailor, $6OOO.
 Foley, butcher, $5OoO.
 Seattle restaurant, $9ooo.
 Restaurants and small stores in sixteen small buildings, $29, ,ooo.
 Twelve small houses, finely fur nished, and occupied by the demi- monde, the cabins being worth easily $500 each, $18,ooo.
 Buildings damaged by fire or tear Ing down, $50, 900.
 Damage to goods in such build ings, S5o,ooo.
 Goods damaged by hasty removal and stolen, $5O,oOo.
 Gold dust cached, mostly by indi- viduals, in small lots, $S5, 900.
 Provisions cached, $15 5,OOO.
 Total loss, $eo3, 900.
 Max Landreville occupied the Green Tree saloon and hotel. He was one of the special Commissioners to Ottowa appointed last winter to present the claims of Klondike miners for reduc- tion of the royalty on the output. The building was owned by James Hall, who refused s25,000 for it the day before the fire
 Among the losers who occupied the smaller buildings are: H. F. Peters, jeweler; Anderson, painter; J. F. Drew, restaurant; McWaechter, butcher; B. and M. News, Fruit and Candy Stand; Phillips, news agent; F. F Hough. tailor; Mesdames Servant & Jackson, variety store; Dr. Good, office; Miss Ruby Ellis, bazaar; Frank Ha- demo, Snug cafe; Butcher & Carroll bakery; Dr. J. W. Reed, office: Mrs, Sheppard, ladies' bazaar; Mrs. Lich- tenstader, fur store; D. Colsky and s. Steinfeld, merchants; Albert Meyer. jeweler; Lew Craden, mining broker: McRae, watch maker; Woodwork. law office; not dollar of insurance on any thing.
 Police bugle calls sounded fire alarm on the frosty air at Dawson at 5:20 o'clock on the morning of October I4. Half-dTessed mounted police. sol diers of artillery and infantry and cit tzens rushed to the Green Tree Hotel and saloon on Front street, next to the postoffice, from the upper story win dows of which flames were ieaping forth and licking the eyes. A light wind. steadily increasing in volume was blowing down the river to the north Densely- built Front street poured its population out of doors and windows in various degrees of dress. In twenty minutes the postofice building