The Nome nugget., 1925-11-28
NOME IS VISITED BY
 DISASTROUS CONFEDERATION
Polets building with store and apts, Board of Trade with rooms upstairs, the old Kelly building, with Dr.. Hoelscfers dental parlors and Tarnutzers
 barbor shop mass of charred ruins

|, ihg a workable inferno if the fire ex-
 ended to it. Al one time 1t looked su dangerous that fearing collapse
 ot he wall of the old Kelly build | i5G. truck loads of timbers were
 rsshed to the spot and eager hands i il short time had substantial
 sl.ores set tight against the doom lej building to prevent its topplins
 on the steam plant The fire mean
 while sending it's lurid flames high up in the air and the racuous shouts of the fire fighters in the
 small intermittent explosions ren | drred the scene highly spectacular, | Af.er heroic endeavurs of over 3 l hours the hearts of the populace ! w.Se gladdoned hy the conflaeera
 tion getting under control although nnS efforts were relaxed for hours | afterwards m keeping lhe hlaz" in alrict confinement, and it Was not ltn'il tho laNt enib"r, were tNiin eui5h that the fine station pumps stopped and the ehastly shadows of hlao krncd walls and debris hang gray llsht ul the morning. Nome's Fire Department earns an homes | tribute for the capable and eff
 ceni work they performed, and l fire chier Geo. Bond deserves ere lit' for .c cool and masterly man her in which he handled he diffi cult situation. The Nugget truth fully voices he sentiments of the
 community in it's word of prais" for the invaluable and self sacri | liring labors of the coast gua:d crew. and volunteer citizens. and
 last but not least the natives and boys. who drenched with the freez ng water ignored all thoughts of personal danger and again demon slrated that Nome has no slackers. l The temperature was slightly
 above 4eru and the hundreds of
 spectators were chilled from the
 cold as they watched the brave fighters whose hands and feet were
 numhed by ihe icy water,
 Merchants Move Stock Out.
 l The business firm of Segerstrom and Hagen, jewellers moved their
 stock and fixtures out of their building expecting the fire to reach
 them at any moment Also Frank
 Martin. leading fur mercEant of Nome had his stock of valuable furs boxed up and removed all of of these merchants got their stock l ard fixtures hack and resuemed business in short time Dr. l. Von Zesch who occupied the rooms
 in The Duhnm building next tn Pol | cts on the second story succeeded ir getting all her dental paraph larnelia and effects moved out of the 1 Immediate danger zone incurrine
 losses on her personal effects which
 were handled roughly and in q hurr" The goods of the Nome 1 Tailoring shop Was hurriedly nov led ont by willing hands. after re
 moval of the goods and furnishing i from the building it Was decided by the fire chief ,u wreck the build ing ln order to give the firemen Ia better opportunity to check the
 flames which at that time threat.
 ened to destroy the entire block. Spar barber shop formerly the
 Bourbon shop moved everything out and placed the contents at a safe
 distance.
 Lose, Estimated $lOO,OOO
 | The well known merchant A. .Polet
 lost his three story building with
 the larger part of the contents. all
 of the furniture and furnishings
 of the rooms including the person
 al belongings of his family as he
 maintained his winter residence
 over the store. 7he only goods he
 saved were contained in the base
 ment of the store where part Of his wine stock was kept. but
 considerable of this was damaged
 and is beins sold at greatly re- ducSd prices. The Misses. Child, lTorgerson, and Tanner, teachers at
 the Nome Public School, lost pract-
 ically everything they had. includ- ing money and other valuables
 although as lucky omen the dia-