The Nome nugget., 1925-11-28

ol tue norFiDle nlSnlHaTe WHICH
 disturbed lis slumbers.
 Bartholomew Scents Danger.
 By strange turn of fac w. F.
 Bar, holpmew had been playing q
 game of billiards in the Board of Trade billiard parlors and becoming i apprehensive of something unusual itranspiring upstairs from the shout ing and stamping of feet heard distinctly in the parlor,s hurried up the back stairs leading from the
 saluon ilour to the upstairs and discovered al once that fire was in he building With all possible haste he rushed to the Polet apart
 menls 10 warn the occupants of that building and render his assist
 ange where necessary. it was while
 engaged in this praiscworthy effort hal sound of MT IIewitt's voice came aiming to his ears The only "ecupanls in the Pellet flats at the liUl' hfl''s -hit' '''thfpi p'iii
 and Miss Tanner and her escort, w F. Murphy The couple had just returned from the show and
 hearing the cry Of fire made for he front street stairway and arr iNed on the street unscathed by h, flames or smoke Jack stan
 grom who had been playing bill iards in the Board of Trade fled in his rooms in the Polet flats
 where his wife and he lived and assisted Mrs. Stanerom in getting out of the room leaving all their of her fur coat. which luckily she
 saved.
 Jrnscn and lIammon Receive Severe lsMrns.
 About this time Julius Jensen
 and Earl Hammon who were in the Board of Trade grabbed fire ex- tinguishers and ran up the front stairway of that building and in
 attempting to quench the flames
 got severely burned on the face and
 hands. It is highly probable that he oil can or stove exploded at the time of their attempt, as an ex- plosion was visible from the street and drove flames of fire from the
 front windows. The injured men were immediately rushed to the
 hospital where everything possible
 was done to alleviate their suffer-
 ing and that of Doc. Kemp who arrived almost simultaneously
 Much praise must be given Dr.
 Swartz for his promptness and sur gical skill m relieving the pains
 and sufferin,s of tile inj fred men
 and under his admirahi" and skill flu: care they are fast recovering ard 1t is hoped Will soon be abie Ia leave the hospita, The hnspi- ltt: staff left nothin,, ma ,n" in fine ! .rre and cpmIurt If .h patients land are deserving of unsttnted praise for t!.- untiring patience
 .ioy displayed.
 Heroic Wnrl, of Bremen and Volunteers.
 Just abou. the time Jensen and Hammond were injured, the fire fire department arrived and in two
 IT. nutes had streams of water Doa,
 ing into the buildings. attempting lt first to Copfine the fira tt the
 board of Trade bulId. hey soon dis
 covered however ina; the polet building was doomed and cpnt ah
 rated their afforts ta prevent 'he
 fires from spreading to aL.arent
 buildings. Groups of citizens hv
 Eerculean efforts succeeded in drag
 ging hose np the roof of the Dun ] ham building adjoining and tire less,y continued their efforts to thwart the advance of the flames At the same time other groups fran
 tically fought the blaze on the west
 side to prevent 1t reaching the city
 heating plant across the narrow alley
 way where the heating plant which ,, supplies the business houses and NJ. I & M, Bank on front street. the Court
 House. Jail, the Hammon building and houses occupied by their em=
 ployees. At the time af the fire
 fifteen drums nf crude oil contain ing 100 gallons each was upon the
 runway where the oil Is delivered i, with 600 gallons in the tank that
 feeds the boilers. rendering build