The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-13
HAS
 NARROW ESCAPE

Once more tue AlS OSA0H defeated in skagway, although the snemy made Q vicious drive at the White Pass car shops and rotary barn early this morning.
 At about 1885 o'clock this morn ing Bert Watts, bostler at the shors discovered g fire in the big rotary snow blow cab, which was in the rotary barn all ready TOT the run this morning, and as there were two big engines under steam all coupled up, Watts jumped into the cab of one of the engines and blowing the whistle with one hand as 8 fire signal, pulled out the throttle with th. other and hauled the blow down to the water hydrant'
 Here Eddie Liddicoat and Nc Pherson, who are wipers at the shops, came to the assistance ot Watts and although the cab was a seething mass of fire, these three men soon extinguished the flames.
 some person, whose name is un- known, called up central to ascer- tain where the fire was, and she at once tried to get the store house and round house at the shops, but getting no response from either, she called up the section house, and was informed tha- the rotary barn was burning.
 Mss Florence Legge was on duty at the telephone exchange, and she at once notified Town Marshal Page, who immediately be- gan tolling the fire gong ht NO. l fire house.
 Miss Legge then got Fire Chief Bender on the phone at his home and with the big alarm sending out appeal- for help, Fire Company No' 2 soon had the hose cart out and on it's way to the shops.
 While this was taking place down town, Fire Company No. 3, located on state Street near Tweuty-second responded, and by the tme that the Chemical from No. 1 and hose cart from No. ? fire houses arrived on the scene, No 3 was battling with the flames which had ravenously eaten theil way through the roof of the rotary cab and had started in licking up the roof of the big rotary barn.
 The fire fighters in the mean time had succeeded in making COT rection with one of the fire plugs located on the company property and this was quickly followed by g second, and it was then only uuestlon of a few moments until tn fire was all thing of the past.
 When the first call was made through the means of the huge fire bell on No. 1 fire house, witf the exception of a few outsiders only members of the Volunteer Fire Department responded, but Ther the bell kept tolling, and apparent llv was insistent in it's demands fol more help, large numbers of mer chants and citizens turned out tC render what assistance they could.
 By the time that most of the per sons who responded to the call fol the second and third reserves had reached the scene of the fire, tho fire laddies had it well under con trol.
 With the exception of one plug at the shops being frozen, which delayed a line of hose being laiC from that point to the fire, there was 10 hitch in the fight against the flames, and it was again demon strated that Skagway has an eff cient, well trained, and willing l Volunteer Fire Department.
 Witt the exception of the rotary cab, which was so badly damaged tha it will have to be replaced by a new one, and the destruction ot a section of the roof and the cu- uola on the rotary barn no damage was done. The machinery in the TO 'ary cab was not damaged other than being covered with dirt and ashes from the burning cab.