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Show STORM 1 ALASKA IS W AT Al EI Generous Public Responds to Appeals for Help for Sufferers. NQ.ME, Alaska. Oct. 7. The storm spent itself: fires ceased to threaten and an unclouded sun shone down today on tho hundreds of destitute and on tho blocks' of wrecked structures of tho city of Nome. Though the waves arc still high, and tho wind tonight is blowing about thirty miles an hour, fears of further destruction from fire J or storm are over and thc work of repair re-pair and of helping the needy is under way. Between the uid spit on thc ocean front and tho Standard Oil plant, a dist ancc of about two miles, not ono structure remains standing on tho south side of thc street. Help From Seattle. SKATTLB, Wash., Oct. 7. Thc chamber of commerco raised S10U0 am on ir its member today for tho relief re-lief of the Nome storm sufferers, besides be-sides contributions of lumber for restoring re-storing damaged buildings. The stotimshiit Senator, which was to have sailed for Nome tomorrow, will be held until it can bo learned what supplies are needed most in Nome. All money sent to the Seattle chamber cham-ber of comme'ree will bo forwarded to Nome. It is assumed that tho steamships Victoria, Navajo and Corwin and the revenue cutter Bear will bring down many of tho destitute, but it will be necessary to aid them, nevertheless. Government. Gives Aid. WASHINTCO.V, Oct, 7.--Every avail-nble avail-nble government wireless was sputtering nut messages toward Alaska today calling call-ing for reports on the destructive storm (Contlnnod on Page Two.) STORM 1 ALASKA M AT 1 El (Continued from Page One.) at Nome. One brief reply camo from tho Nomo station, saying the water front had been devastated In a tidal storm. The Red Cross prepared to extend Its aid as soon as the needs could be learned. The revenue cutter JDear now at Nome has a capacity for bringing about 150 people to Seattle. Officials here thought steamships which weathered the gale in tho sea out of Nome would bring- others. . The nearest garrison Is at Fort Davis, near St. Michael, across the North sound. Companies 13 and P of the thirteenth thir-teenth Infantry are at Fort Davis and It Is expected that they would help without awaiting orders from the war department. |