Show BLAZE IN DAWSON klondike metropolis lt partially destroyed Dei troyed by fire forty buildings belne being darned victoria B C nov 15 returning Klondike rs bring the news that the city of dawson has been visited with a fire in which forty buildings were ere burned including the new post office building and some gome of the best buildings in i the lic city the fire took place on the morning of october starting at 5 and was caused by a row rov between two women of the town in which one of the women known as belle mitchell threw a lighted lamp at another woman the lamp broke the oil spread and in a few seconds the building wait wa on fire the flames spread rapidly and in a few moments the postoffice post office was ablaze and then despite heroic efforts of the fire department and citizens continued to spread until forty buildings were destroyed there ther a was no insurance upon either buildings or contents and the loss falls entirely upon individuals it is said eliat there is not enough lumber and window glass in dawson to rebuild the burned district and that the people ar arc 0 in distress and will have to live in tents for the rest of the winter |