Show I HEAVY tosS BY FIRE AT NOME NOM E Ei i 1 Several Blocks Burned in the of the City BLAZE BL ZE STARTED IN SALOON E BUILD BUILDINGS INGS IN DESTROYED t Wash Sept Sept 24 Tho steam steamer or er arrived last night from om Nome which port she left Sept 15 with w th news of f the fire which wiped out sev several sev several several eral blocks In heart of the city cily en cp n the morning m of Sept Sent 18 13 The Post Po PostIn t In special correspondent at Nome says of ot the fire The fire started at 3 in the morning In the Alaska saloon build building big ing owned by y Dean OReilly and was not checked until busi busl business business ness neBS buildings on both sides of street were destroyed Some twenty or more cabins In the tIme of the build buildings ings lags on the north side of Front street were also destroyed That the tire file was checked In Jn the west was solely due t to the pt action of Scheid Co as assisted assisted by many willing hands handt Made Quick Time In Iii tho short space of f min minutes mInutes utes Scheid Co had taken two ers em rs to the lagoon on River street made connections with a pump hose and water was vas as playing on the burning buildings A second boiler was soon in position and another line of hose attached and then only did the hundreds of ot people watching the fire breathe a al lb of relief When the lire fire started and during Its progress there was little wind o far as known ui un U to the sailing of the Olympia there were no fatalities fa The T he tire lire is supposed to have started in the back room of ot the time Alaska saloon and nucI andis is said to have pave been caused by the up upsetting upsetting v setting of a kerosene lamp An alarum alap ala m was promptly in but bul by the time the chemical arrived the flam n had gained such headway that little litle e check could be made Fire Spread Rapidly The inflammable nature of the build buildIngs buildIngs Ings caused the fire to spread rapidly and this was accelerated by the ex explosion x of gasoline tanks in the ings on both sides of the street With each the burning gasoline was scattered far and wide In the narrow street the heat was ro so intense that fighting the fire from that quarter quartel quarter ter tel became impossible The Losses The losses are D Bianchi Tacoma I grocery Monogram saloon 4 1 King King grocers city hall hail Hunter saloon Car Carman Carman man building bunding Eagle Ea Je saloon 2000 Pioneer building bowling alley 1000 Monte Carlo building g ABC A B C saloon Eldorado buding Eldorado saloon Northern saloon Columbia I building New Nev York store Alaska building Muther build building ing lr filoon build bund building bundIng ing Irig saloon 2500 Royal cafe Monopole Cigar building 2000 Royal cafe building Gem cigar store damage Nome Name cigar store damage Re Reception Reception Reception building Alaska Tele Tee Telephone Telephone phone Telegraph company 2000 Pacific Pa Cold Storage company J JV JV JV V Bursik clothing store sen sea Brothers owners of building 2009 2000 Dr Wesley esley loss l ss on building 1500 W IV WA WA IVA A Boyce machine shop North Nor h Pole bakery bakelY Lucy J Campbell 1500 Butler Jose building H O 0 Butler druggist Elite bath house J P Parker Co gre ers era Horse Shoe restaurant 1000 C J Junte barber shop 2000 North Star restaurant Empo Empt Emporium EmporIum clothing g store Delmon led restaurant and building The Hub saloon OOOO Mrs S Carscaden den 1500 Klondike K restaurant 2000 |