The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-02-10
THE AFTERMATH OF BIG FIRE;
 SOME INSURED

uoIulng put cnarred and blackened mass of ruins marks the spot where it stood. Filled with debris and GOV cred with ice it represents the blast. ed hopes of a number of business men who have staked their all in the future of the camp. A smoking, smouldering ruin is about all that remains of years of hard work and sincere endeavor of some who had faith in the times to come.
 faith in the times to come. But 1t doesn't feaze teh sourdoughs who were put out of business Nearly all have already secured locations which they will occupy until they can re- build.
 All day yesterday streams of water were kept playing on the ruins to extinguish the last spark among the ruins. Several of the merchants. during the course of the day. were enabled to remove the heavy safes from the site occupied by them be- fore the fire and in taking an inven. tory of the losses sustained. While the monetary loss will be considerable the insurance loss will not be heavy. proportionately. as l of h1. no insurance or had allowed IL 10 elapse. From the insurance stand. point about $60.000 will be collected by the business men to compensate them for over two hundred thousand destroyed by the fire. Some were luckier than others in being enabled to remove their wares. Those whose goods were light and easily carried escaped with con- paratively small losses; others lost practically everything. Still others sustained losses thru the carrying out ot Soous nom the threatened buildings, wnlch weIe not destroyed. Among those wAo.A the element of luck favored Was tLe Bredlle Shoe company, at whuse store the fire was checked on Second avenue: Ii. E. Avakott, Who Was enabled to re- move most ot hls Jeweiry and stock and Alex SlAson. Inc latter had re- moved lis ellile oluCn aud fixtures to the opposite sIue of the street put ill tie AuIry oI IvlnoIal much of the goods Were uauI.Sed, either by dropping and being tIdmpled on or by an occasional squirt of water from the fire hose. l!.s loss in this particular will amount to quite few hundred dollars. A tabula lion of the losers was made yesterday and as far as could be ascertained the re- port follows:
 Fairbanks corner, Hoyt & Kelly. S4.000. No insurance.
 H. B. Avakoff, s1.300 on fixtures. etc. No insurance.
 Beam & Chamberlin. No estimate. Some insurance.
 Julius Hoffman. No estimate. Some insurance.
 w. H. Mendham. Could not esti- mate. Some insurance.
 w. w. Pendergraft. $25.000 to $3o. 900. Some insurance. Robert Bloom, $1.500 to $2.000. Some insurance.
 Model Cafe. Could not estimate.
 Aarcade Cafe. $l5.O0O. No insur. ance.
 Fairbanks Clothing company. S16, 900. Some insurance. St. George & Cathcart and the Farmers bank. about $1.O00. Some In. surance.
 Waechter Brothers. Not estimated. Some insurance.
 Jake Marks. Not estimated.
 Eagle Barber shop, Newton & Evans. $500. No insurance.
 Many businessmen sustained losses from other causes than the fire but the amount of damage could not be learned until a check has been taken.
 Of those who were burned out many will resume business at the first opportunity. Waechter Broth. CTS have already established them. selves in the old Home Bakery build. ing. IIoyt & Kelly may reopen In the old real estate office on the corner of Turner and Second, H. B. Ava. koff will open his establishment next door to the Woodward office on Front street, Mendham will be tenn. porarily established in the old Pal. ace barber shop and as soon as a location can be secured the Fair. banks Clothing company will again welcome the public. Of the others some will build in the spring when the thaw comes and the ice is gone