Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-25
BRINGS DETAILS
OF NOME FIRE
STEAMER OLYMPIA ARRIVES
AT SEATTLE
Conflagration Started in Alaska Saloon
Building and Consumed Forty
Three Business Structures
Before II Was Checked
BY Associated Press.

SEATTLE, Sept. 24.-The steamer
Olympia arrived last night from Nome
where she left September Is with news
of the fire which wiped out several
blocks in the heart of the city on the
morning of September 13. The Post
Intelligencer's special correspondent at
Nome says of the fire:
"The fire started at 8 o'clock in the
morning in the Alaska saloon building,
owned by Dean & O'Reilly, and was
not checked until forty-three business
buildings on both sides of Front street
were destroyed. Some twenty or more
cabins in the rear of the buildings on
the north side of Front street were
also destroyed. That the fire was
checked in the west was solely due to
the prompt action of Scheid & Co.,
assisted by many willing hands. In
the short space of forty-five minutes
Scheid e. Co. had taken two boilers to
the lagoon on River street, made con-
nections with a pump, attached hose
and stream was playing on the burn
ing buildings. A second boiler was
soon in position and another line of
hose attached, and then only did the
hundreds of people watching the fire
breathe a sigh of relief.
When the fire started and during it's
progress there was little wind. So far
as known up to the sailing of the
Olympia there were no fatalities. The
fire Is supposed to have been caused by
alarm was promptly turned in. but by
the time the chemical arrived the flames
had gained such headway that little
check could be made.
The infiammable nature of the build
ings caused the fire to spread rapidly
and this was accelerated by the ex-
plosion of gasoline tanks in the build
ings on both sides of the street. With
each explosion the burning gasoline
was scattered far and wide. In the
narrow street the heat was so intense
that fighting the fire from that quarter
became impossible.
The losses are: D. Bianchi, Tacoma
grocery, $4,000; Monogram saloon, $4,000:
King & King, grocery; $500; city hall,
$4,000; Hunter saloon. $4,000; Carmen
building, $1,000; Eagle saloon, $4,000:
Pioneer building, $4,000; bowling alley,
$1,000; Monte Carlo building, $4,000; a.
B. c. saloon, $4,000; Eldorado building.
$4,000; Eldorado saloon, $4,000; Northern
saloon, $4,000; Columbia building, $4,000;
New York store, $4,000; Alaska building,
$4,000; Mather building, $4,000; Second
Class saloon building, $4,000; Second
Glass saloon, $2500; Royal cafe, $4,000;
Monopole cigar building, $4,000; Royal
cafe building, $4,000; Gem cigar store,
damage $500; Nome cigar store, damage
$500; Reception building, $4,000; Alaskan
Telephone & Telegraph company, $4,000;
Pacific Cold Storage company, $500; ].
V. Bursik clothing store, $S000; Simon
sen Brothers, owners of the building,
$4,000; DR.. Wesley, loss on building,
$500; w. A. Boyce, machine shop, $4,000;
North Pole bakery, $35OO; Lucy j.
Campbell, $500; Butler & Jose build
ing, $25O0; H. o. Butler, druggist, $4,000;
Elite bath house, $4,000; j. P. Parker &
Co., grocers, $4,000; Horseshoe restau-
rant, $1,000; c. ]. Junte, barber shop,
$4,000; North Star restaurant, $4,000;
Emporium clothing store, $4,000; Del
monico restaurant and building, $4,000;
The Hub saloon, $4,000; Mrs. S. Car
scadden, $500; Klondike restauran Mt
$4,000.