The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-27
N B|G FIRE BUT
 SOON G|)T UNDER
Defective Flue Sets Presby-
 terian Church Ablaze.
STARTED IN AN ATTIC
Building Damaged to tho Extent of Throo Hundred Dollars - Glover Work by tho Firomen, Several Slightly Injured.

Fire broke out yesterday morning at Io:3o o'clock In the Presbyterian church. also the local home of the '. N. c. A.. and damaged property to tho extent Of Ss7s.
 The building was damaged to the ex- tent of s,oo The remainder of the losses were represented In Y. N. C. A. supplies and two bicycles, which were slowed In the attic. The bicycles belonged to Rev, N. B. Harrison, pastor of the ehnreh, and Mrs. Harrison.
 The church building was insured for half It's value, so the actual loss to the church will be in proportion to the insur- anee carried, or about sIso. The insurance is carried with the general Presbyterian church organization with headquarters In the east.
 The Y. M. C. A. property lost comprises chiefly goods which General Secretary Reid had stored In the attic to take to Dawson with him this summer. They comprised stationery. books and games,
 Repairs and improvements to the build ing will be made Immediately, and the church and Y. N. C. A. will be at hone again In about two weeks. Flremen's hall Is the temporary Y. N. C. A. headquar- ters.
 The cause of the fire is again 10 be ered- lted to the ever threatening menace of Skagwav, the defective flue. It appears that the iron pipe leading from the annex routed or burnt out. and fire got through and lgnited the woodwork of the ceiling or some part above.
 Smoke poured out in volumes and drift cd with the gentle north wind In a great cloud to the south end of town. The fire was discovered shortly after it began, and a general alarm being rung, the volunteer hose and hook and ladd companies and the military fire brigade turned out prompt lv. The military bows, as is customary, patrolIed the districts in the neighborhood of tbe government property. nE;itiiiy nitiiiyplGeiee- tnoenles dld all the fire the men worked with commendabIe en- ergv and effectiveness. Bv the time the foremost of the erow1 of sightseers were on the ground the fire la1des were there unrolllng the hose, making connections with hvdrants, placing ladders and break Ing out windows so as to reach the flames.
 Volunteers from the street crowds In the meantime helped to carry the church and Y. N. C. A. furniture and books from the building, and got out everything save the supplies and the bicycles In the attic. Furniture was also carried from the PresbY' terian parsonage, adjoining the church, but It after proved to have been an unnecessary preeaution.
 Three streams of water were put on the fire by the department, and so quickly was the fire extlngulshed that to casual pass er-by there Is scarcely any evidence of damage to be seen about the building from the sidewalk. Inspection of the interior shows q C roof and the rafters to have been burned eonsiderablv.
 Joseph Myers, of Company No. I, was slightly ;ut on the finger by falling glass from a window he broke with an ax, One fireman fell through a weak closet floor in the attic to the main floor below, but was not injured. Harry Lake was badly cut on the hand and the wrist. F. N. Sessions was struck on the head with nozzle and dazed temporarily.
 An hour after the flames were out ems bers in the attic that had not been reached by the water began to blaze, and a second fire was threatened. Some one saw lt from the rear of the building and notified the man In the Arctic Meat Company's shop. who immediately went out with the two-ineh private hose of the shop and quenehed the fire completely.
 The church will immediately begin re- pairs to the building, and Rev. N. B. liar rlson hopes to have the building ready for occupancy aValn In about two weeks. Improvements will be made to the struc- ture besides repairs to the roof, which was burned. The ceiling will be raised, the walls papered, and regular church win dows substituted for the ordinary win !
 dows.
 The Y. NJ. C. A. IS temporarily quar-