Evening star., 1934-09-19
NOME IS HUNGRY;
FIRE TOLL LARGER
S3,0OO,0O0 Damage Esti-
mated as City Works to
Care for Homeless.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NOME, Alaska, September 10
Nome doled out its meager food supply
today and labored to partially rebuild
the fire-swept city before Winter
comes.
Damage from Mondays disastrous
fire was placed at S3,000000 by the
City Council and business men.
In near-free1ng temperatures, amid
scenes of blackened ruin. city and
Federal agencies tirelessly worked
arranging more permanent places for
the several hundreds of homeless to
live. The food supply, which must be
used Sparingly until replenishments
arrive in vessels from the States, was
being rapidly depleted.
Two restaurants, hurriedly set up
in shacks, exhausted their supplies of
ham and eggs yesterday afternoon
and people stood in line buying their
remaining food Grocers who had
managed to save some supplies before
their buildings were burned were be-
sieged by buyers.
Ask S50,000 From F. E. r. A.
Pledges and moves to bring aid here
from the outside" by Federal Red
Cross, territorial and other groups
brought cheer TO the stricken city. At
Juneau Gov. Troy called upon the
Government to allocate $4,000 OF
F. E. R. A. funds Immediately.
Three Coast Guard cutters, carrying
some food supplies from their bases.
were reported nearing the city. AT
Washington Secretary 1ckeS said 1t
might be possible to use P. w. A.
funds to finance rebuilding the city.
No building material is available
here. but first steps to clean up the
debris left by a confagation which
swept over more than 20 square
blocks, leveling the entire business area
and much of the residential district,
was under way The deaths Of two
Eskimos, trapped by the flames. re-
manned the only loss of life discovered.
Medical Supplies Conc.
The stock of medicines saved from
the drug stores before they were
burned was used up last night. One
place had a small supply of beer it
was selling.
Every house in town was being used
to care for the homeless and destitute,
and those with no money were being
fed and cared for free of charge.
From Seattle a new rush for Nome"
was under way, with the freighter
DelWood sailing ON Saturday with
5000 tons of cargo, principally food
building materials and blankets and
other household Accommodations. A
second ship will sail Monday with
1000 more tons of cargo.
At San Francisco, Red Cross Man
ager A L. Schafer of the Pacific area
reported that Bowen Mccoy. special
disaster relief worker, was on the way
To Nome by airplane.
NATION QUICK TO AID.
BY the Associated Press.
The Government rushed relief early
today to the hundreds of homeless at
Nome, Alaska, and at the same time
explored the possibility Of Immediately
rebuilding the Arctic mining town
with P. W. A. funds.
Expressing concern last night at the
seriousness of the blaze which de-
voured most of the community, Sec
retary Ickes said:
We might be able to assist in re-
building by financing the construction
out of public works funds"
Meanwhile three Coast Guard cut
ters, we'll supplied with food. cut
through the Bering Sea toward Nome
Six more Coast Guard ships scattered
north of San Diego in the Pacific we're
standing by on instructions from head
quarters here for possible orders to
dash for the Alaska town.
Coast Guard officials voiced doubt
that the Bering Sea patrol, compris-
ing the cutters Nerthland, Shoshone
and Chelan, could reach Nome before
tonight or tomorrow. The American
Red Cross went into even quicker
action Washington headquarters
yesterday ordered medical assistance
food and clothing rushed to the
f1ame-seared city from its eight
Alaska chapters outside of Nome.
At the same time Carl Lomen,