The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-10-13
OF Interest
To ALASkANS
QUARANTINE VESSEL.

of II cases of measles among the
Passengers and crew of the steamer
/ Dora has resulted in the quaraHtiu-
/ ing o. that vessel a Seward. where
she arrived yesterday from the is
/ lands 10 the Wcs yard The disease
/ is confined chiefly = native passen-
| gers who were taken on at Kodiak
and other points in that vic nifty.
where there is said to I've an epidemic
of measles None of the cases thus
/ far reTor ed are serious and steps
already have been taken by the gov
/ eminent to stamp ont the disease.
50 that likely There will be little fur
Their increase ia tn number cases
ROME INJURED BY STORM.
! NOME. Oct. 6.-W-th practically
every building on the beach side OF
Front street AMI on the sand
spit already either wrecked Or
washed away completely. the
entire business section. if not the
whole town. is threatened by the
worst storm evA recorded on Sc
ward peninsulaQ Whore yesterday
/ there WAS row of buildings a mile
in length. today moth ng remains but
the storm-sWept beach. with The
giant waves forcing their way. hour
by hour. across the street toward
what remains Of Ihg business section
of the town. Every building on The
/ sandspit has been washed away. with
the single exception of the Cold
Storage hu lding, ard this threatens
10 give away before the violence
j q N.
The loss IS est mated at hundreds
of thousands of dollars but thus far
My two lives have heG0 rcnorteI
lost. This report is unconfirmed
hoa ever. AMI in the confusion il is
impossible TO learn the truth of
the story. Hundreds of people have
been rendered homeless. and many
fre ruined financially.
The storm began on Saturday and
has increased in VI leuce steadily
since then. NoFgreat alarm was felt
however, until Yesterday afternoon.
when he waves bean hatterina
against the exposed ends OF the
buildings on the beach side of the
street At . o'clock III $ morning
the real destruction began with the
l,st 20 81, I'M, '"''s -, IN nv
- trra,7s -, ~. ~. u
sa,,s'' TT
buildings on the beach side OF he
street including the lfe-saving Sta
.i.aI,. ~,
wrecked on Front street is ties i
mated At between LOO aud 20h. In
j,ho sandsrif were Washed awav
The acene On Frsnt etraot rbis
Iafternoon Is indeserihab1n For more
than milo the straet !. Ii,t.rea
with tho stocks of dry Goods low.
En1ry gfocerias restaHrant ontfits
bar fixtures and an endless varias,
of things which rlIed tho 5c,o1i,,,r1
ibuiIdings Tho goods .ro heina ro.
moved - ,,loros of sofatr &c ,.a,,;,II,.
lac nossfh1a A. tho yfo1onco of ~
storm and the continued 9=,ladipe
Of the waves on the street renders
the work slow and hazardous.
The lighting ana water systems
were put out of commission early
in the day and the own is now
without fire pr lection. This lat
ter loss is of small consequence.
however. as no amount of water
would stop a fire with the wind
blowing AT the rate Of fifty miles an
hour. The ia lure OF the If.htinp
system is more serious loss al
this time, as it is almost imp ssible
for the workers to find their way
about the streets, owing to the eX-
IRENE darkness which prevails.
NEWSPAPERS SUSPENDED
The failure of the mower plant has
nut both of the newsrapers ont Of
business for tho tine boira The
TWO offices are located on tho nnr h
size f Front street and have es.
caned iniurv from the n.a,.os tbne
far. The Industrial Worker i.cuaf
his morning under difficulties but
there will be no issue of the mig.
get this afternoon.
STEAMERS SAFE
IT, toa.i'; 60.
win ubiob Vow i, ,n, -. ,, ",'e' ~.
ctorno hooo,, M. 80.
dav and when 1an. ra,,nrtad ,,.ara
s.fe
STORM lINaRAreo
A, Gao tbio oftarroon Iho,.o :, -
abatement of tho ct~rr, poin ~
falling in torrentc addiro oroat1r -
tho distress of chose who hove boo,,
rendered homeless nv tho ctorm
c.,,,, ,,,,no
sou eaIin '.Si,r
s,o1,arad uo;nt ~, ''oo' at "
had oaaaa poi'. a., o' the s"iiHs'lt ana
II,