The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-11-15
EDAwSON CITY In ASHES.
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skaguay. Alaska. Nov. 14.-psw4on
city Is all but destroyed by are. As
result though part Of the town Is saw
ed. misery and staryaton will result
from the fearful calamity.
At the time the police gong I5unded
the FIRE alarm a light wind was blow.
ing down the Yukon and the people at
once saw that II would require quick
and speedy work TO save the town from
I total destruction Tue postonice was
/ Tho next building south Of tho Green
Tree saloon ana the work OF geutlns
the mail matter out was quickly done
/ Although nearly all the mail matter
was saved il IS In greot confusion.
HALF a MILLION DESTROYED.
All that re.nalns TO show whore
formerly 30 buildings stood are a few
blacloened logs and the town was saw
ed from total destruction by the nre
engine If Il had not been that about
1900 mer turned out and worked like
trojans , IN wet blankets. buckets Of
/ water an axes and aided a. the oper.
alton OF '~e fire apparatus ihe town
would have GCie up in smoke The
Klondike Budget says that the losses
viii BE- difficult 20 estimate, but the fol-
lowing list is given out: worden hotel.
total loss $40 600: Pattison & McGarths
new han and saloon, $4,000; postoffice
building owned by Alex Mcdonald,
10000; Green Tree saloon. $4,000; En-
plre bakery building, 5000. Vancouv-
er hotel S25,ooO John Sargent, saloon.
ner oedu mfroO asw ID IN
50 600; New York store and ladies ba-
zanr. $2l 900; Case & Gilsey, 5000; Nc
Pherson q Johnson, stock and building
$40 600; Macon Tortonoi. Jack Thorn.
proprietor. and Nellie Lewis and sew
eral others $4,000: Hibbard boot and
shoe store and sixteen small build
ings, $1,000. h A. suuer eweler lost
everything he had; J. Flaocn, tailor,
$40. 900: John Mcdonald, stock and hull
$40. .00OO. John MjoDonald stock 0ni
1l6 900; John Mcdonald. stock ana
building. tailor. $4,000 George Brew
ett. tailor. $1,000: Foley, butcher.
Sc. O0cO. Seattle lunch counter, $1,000.
restaurants. small stores, etc, on oppo-
sic side or strest S29. lo0: twelve cub.
irs furnIture. etc $4,000; damage t1
hmli nRs. by wafer % stocks etc. so.
80 cAmage 10 goods End stacks
throughout the entire burned dlstriv.
per cent. $4,000 Total t5O2.OOo There
Is no insurance az Dawson and the
loss falls entlroly on the individuals
The mounted police are Investigating
the origin Of the ire u was az FIRST
thought that the fire was the result
OF an incendiary but this suspicion has
been entirely dissipated.
OPEN STREAMS A BLESSING.
The miners now IN Skagnav loft
Dawson on the steamer ora and al
white Horse transferred to the steam
er star olive May and camc to Ben
net From White Pass they came to The
city on the railroad which is operat-
Ing two trains daily between this city
and the pass Very little ice was found
IN the upper river which Ia remark
able at this time OF year The fret
ice seen was coming out Of tho Tc-
heena into the Yukon. Al Marsh lake
there was a little ice but II was not
over q quarter OF an inch thick and
;he steamer had no difficulty In push
ing her way through, The Ora IA the
last steamer Of tho season Ali the
rest are now ued up until the river
opens IN the spring.
II Is salA there 10 not enough lum-
Der and window g1ass in Dawson 20
rebuild tho burned district and that
the people are IN distress and viii have
TO live IN tents for the rest Of tho
winter