The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12

known q, Jim's Lodging House. is q complete wreck. it being lodged in about eight feet of water on the bank of snake river. AIr. Downing was un- able to save more than suit of clothes, and puts hi, los, at SjO0.
 Frank Spike, cabin adjoining J. w. Downing's. has experienced similar fate it being fastened to posts hy ropes in an eudoayor to prevent it's floating away. His personal effects were nearly all washed away. and Sl50 will hardly replace the damage.
 The huldiuE of F. j. Maynard k one of five left standing between the Balti- l4,u., ouia ,il, Dtluge on the rIVer side of the street. 3lr Maynard's loss will not exceed @l00.
 ". C. Schaciler vas forced to move his stock of groceries and provisions to higher ground during last night, and escaped with very little loss.
 The Arctic Trading companyo ware house, located at the foot of the bridge. Ina, corrallcd about two feet of water. About 9l0o0 worth of goods were stored in the building but most of it has been removed t6 the upper story and is consequently saic.
 David Goodfriend's store, located in the illinois building, opposite the Are f., 'I'rnJi,.r n,., ,;o T, ,'- ,-nraI,n-, l., the only building on River street that escaped injury. and character istic of Mr. Goodfriend $ hospitality, the ,tor q was placed at the disposal of the refl} gees ot the storm. The store. this morning. had the appearance of q bag gage cheek room as q result. From the bridge around to Dry creek no par ticular damage Was done. otbcr than being louded out. Dry creek bridge is completely covered with water. and 1 impossible. while the steamboats and { barge-. which were anchored there. are filling with water or drifting from place to place.
 Owing to the high ground at Belmont point, but little damage was done, ex- cept on the flat near the river.
 On the Sandspit.
 The lower end of the sandspit has q worse appearance than any shanty town on record. The storm has free swing in that locality, and cabins belonging to Mrs. Ross, J. Mclaughlin, J. Mur- ! phy and others. were swept into the river like so many chips. The houses were completely .utted of the house hold effects. and nothing is left but the memory of where they once stood.
 The coal shed of Bob Walsh, in which there were four tons of coal, was torn away from the south end of his cabin, carried around and lodged in front oH che north end.
 our or i've cabins still stand on the once thickly settled point of the spit. but they are completely .utted of their contents.
 The bridge is still solid. Nearly all the barges. skitfs, tugs and boats in the river, as well as a number of cabins, are lodged against the bridge, resting easy, and no danger of losing the bridge is anticipated. The damage on the lower end of the spit will be ap- proximately 5000.
 Above the bridge on the sandspit the damage has not been so great, in fact, very little damage was done. C. w. Reed is about the only person effected. The waves forced the sands over his bulkhead, covering his stock to depth of two feet. The damage will amount to about S2O0.
 The report that the Electric Light X; o"er coiliP~nv had lost the bigger portion or their coal supply is untrue, as the coal Is well protected. l | ic StCutII,I i Minneapolis, which are moored near the bank of the river are tanning into nearby cabins and doing some damage.
 The running of trains on the Wild Goose railroad was suspended this morn- ing owing to the water backing up in Snake river and flooding the tracks. The lagoon in the bend of the river is well stocked with boats of all kinds. which were torn away from their fast enings.
 A Comparison.
 Capt. F. M. Cederbergh furnishes the following comparison between the present storm and that of l9O0
 Sept. II, rain: Sept. l2, strong wind increasing and water rising: Sept. 13, kept on rising during day and night; Sept. l4, highest water a 3 a. m.: went down little, but rose again between 3 and a. m.: began to recede at 7:3O and went fast, and soon Snake river was like piece of glass.
 The Present Storm.
 Oct. Il. highest water 3:3O a. m. about inches less than Sept. If, 1900. Capt. Cederbergh concludes: "In re- gard to the two storms, think this one