The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-23
AGAIN IN ASHES
Dawson Cay visited by a Dis
SstiOuS nniiag anon

Victoria u. c. May p Nn extra clltua |
of the Skaguay Alaskan, iec..Nci hy .ael
steamer I.Ds. at miin shf. .0n.3las do
following uuot. wired m Btuut tol
skaguay just pr Voua i. t.o sailing oll
thc steamer
Another disastrous nr. has yat,dl
Dawson CIy. THE tmo fairly wlpug out
the entire BUSINESS cent-r of the town. and
creating losses that VIII aggregats 50 l0l0.-
ooo With not dollar worth of insurance
Tho news was t,segraph,d from Bcnncttl
ths afternoon by the special correspond
emit OF the Skaguay Alaskan. who reoo.v-
"a 60 from a man named Tokales who hadI
just reached Bennett from O. long andI
perilous trip out from Dawson ovsrI
broken trails. open rivers and dangerous
lakes.
Mr.. Tokalcs reports tina tthe fire oc-
cured on April q in the very heart of
the business center OF the city, commenc-
ing north Of the opera house. on The wa
ter front and spreading with unusual
rapidty, driven boy "a strong wind. destroy
ing everything in its way on that street
down TO and including Donohue and
| Smiths establishment and taking in all
of the water front buildings abreast Of
| the same block
The fire crossed the street burned
through and spread over to second street
covering the principal business portion OF
Dawson. leaving IS all In ashes with the
hremen helpless and powerless to do any
thing. The fire consumed everything from
the Simmons Royal cafe down 80 and
opposite the Fairview Hotel An the build
| nes burned like tinder due TO the fact
that they had been standing FOR nearly
| two years and the logs were as dry as
powder. The fire spread with such "a
pid5ty that the people were unable 10
save anything in the way OF furniture,
goods and clothing. so that the losscs,
when f0oteu up promise 90 be greater
than at first estimated.
Among the prominent firms burned ont
were the Royal cafe. Donahue & Smith,
Mcclellan & Merely, Parsons Produce
company Aurora saloon, Bodegl saloon
Madmen housc, Hotp Victoria, McDon-
aid block. Bank of British North America
and scores of smaller firms and busincs.
houses
This fire came at a time when the mill.
and dealers In building materials had ex
hausted their winter supply and were
waiting the opening of navigation 10 70
plenish their stocks. The results are thai
there Is famine in all kin1s Of bulidins
material and furniture, such as sha. doori
locks. hinges, etc.
The few articles atil remaining outside
of the burned district have quldrupled ~
price. Doors are selling for S35 each and
doorlocls for IS each and everything els
, in proportion.
Victoria. 3. c. May22 No further de-
tails Of the Dawson fire have been re-
! ceived. The only accident known TO hav
occurred befell a fireman who was severe
, ~ hurt about the head by a blazing loi
4 which wa sblown from a burning building
It Is STATED that the woman who upse
The lamp which caused the catastrophe
snd other inmates and occupants Of tn,
house have been arrested and may be Sc
vcrely dealt with. A report rs also cur
rsnt that only the Bank of British NOM
America, OF the chartered financial 'ust'
tom was destroyed, not both It and IN,
r Bank of Commerce.
, Riley ToSlas and Hume the man who
brought out the news of the fire are ne.
ported TO have collected hundreds and
even thousands of dollars as PIRATE
malvl carriers for the prompt delivery OF
5 the communications Of which they were
bearers one Of these was addressed Ia
the inspector OF the Bank OF British Norm
America and considerably reduces the
amount Of the bank s loss by the fire. II
Is understood that the record of the bank
notes consumed was destroyed with them
but 1t is nevertheless quite possible that
this will not maen lost money.