The Nome nugget., 1924-04-05
LOCAL NEWS
FIRE DESTROYS MiLO'S CAFE


 troyed by fire last Saturday evening a. about 9:30.
 The first alarm of the fire reaching the Fire Hall was when an unknown man ran up in front of the Fire Sta and shouted fire.
 The Department immediately re- sponded not knowing just where the fire was located until the apparatus was on the street, the man who re ported the fire having disappeared before the Department were on the street. but someone in the vicinity of the Hall informed the Department where the fire was located and the apparatus was immediately drawn ur in front of the blaze.
 Great work was done by the Nome Fire Fighters and that includes r,any citizens outside of the fire de nartment. There being an made ouate number of firemen in the De- partment to cope with q blaze the size of this one, many citizens re- sr,onded and did meritorious work.
 The United States Coast Guard crew under the capable command of Capt. Thomas A. Ross. are to be es- pecially commended for their fear less response to the alarm, and the capable manner in which they sought tc assist in extinguishing the flames. Captain Ross has a crew of men un- der his command that are credit to the service they represent Some of the men in the station having spent more than one winter in Nome are familiar with conditions that exist in fras ir trie ci+c e"d rNo"-0d that the service which they represent not only trains men to be good sailors, but develops men who are capable of responding to any emergency. The men in the Coast Guard station are: Captain Thomas A. Ross. Command ing Officer, Boatswans Mate First Glass Charles Radke, Surfman No. ,. J. Pellerin. Surfman No. } ], c. Erennerman, Surfman No. Charles Prosser, Surfman No. } G. F. Stew ems. Surfman No. 6 Frank Hanna ford.
 Citizens who took an active part in extinguishing the fire were: Cliff Allyn, Charles nucky) Peterson, George Bond, T. CBudD Lehman, EarT Modini. W F.. Bartholomew, F. E Joh,nson. Ivan Scheike, Chas NeInouse, M. J. Walsh. A. Pangman Norvin Lewis. and many others whose names we were unable to get All these men are to be commended very highly for the ready manner in which they faced the situation, re- gardless to the danger to themselves as well as the inevitable result of ruined clothing, and most everyone was in dress clothes as there was an entertainment under way at the Pio- neer Hall al the time of the alarm and many came direct from the en- tertainment and started fighting the fire. We realize that there were pos sibly others not mentioned who did as good work as those mentioned. and if is not intentional on our part that their names are not mentioned, as we were unable to get the names of all taking part.
 The members of the Fire Depart ment deserve great credit for their part in the good work. Chief Felix Howald handled the situation like veteran, and showed himself fearless and capable in an emergency. as did the other members of the Depart ing the equipment in first class con diton and seeing that all equipment is at the scene of the fires rests sole ly upon the members of the Depart ment, and this item alone is no small oIe. and the manner in which all equipment responded goes to show that the Department has not been delinquent in keeping the equipment in first class shape.
 The exact origin of the fire has not been definitely decided and possibly never will be. Mrs. T. Lehman. who resides on the East side of Mi los Caf, stated that just previous to the alarm she heard something that sounded like an explosion from the direction of the restaurant, and Mrs. Jack Seidenverg, who resides on the west side of the restaurant. states also that she heard something that resembled an explosion at about the same time that Mrs. Lhmann is said to have heard the same.
 The estimated damages are not known. The entire building in