Show nome WRECKED BY STORM AND FIRE BY WIND AND FLAME POST MOST NORTHERLY CITY IN THE WORLD ALMOST DESTROYED men and women work all night in water to save household effects territory two miles long be being ing devastated nome alaska storm and alro hore here combined to almost destroy nome all the south sido side of front street is gone T the he sand spit Is gone two rolles miles ot of territory next to the alio sea eca was deya devastated stated no lives were lost the storm that began sunday night beating la in from bering sea aea was the worst ever known bore men alen and women worker 1 all night in tho aho icy waters to save their household effects the electric light plant was wrecked and the telephone service cut off the loss la Is estimated at thero there will be much suffering buffering and outside help will be required winter Is at hand and it will bo be im to got get in supplies needed the steamships victoria and corwin wore were lying in the roadstead ran to the open sea and escaped damage all the small boats on the beach were destroyed five lb hundred undred houses have been demolished fire broke out after the sale gale and sheavy loss Is expected as aa the fire alre apparatus was waa dos destroyed troyed in the gale nome the famous old camp on moring boring sea the most motherly not berly herly city in the world was built on a sandy sea in front of the town there Is on an anchorage for ships but steamers do not make inake a landing cargo cargota and passengers are landed at an aerial tramway station in deepwater tho the principal part of tho the town which a dozen years ago had a population of is on the cast side aldo of snake river with a long anger extending to the west along a narrow sand spit this sand band spit was rich in sold gold dust and the early settlers built their cabins there the summer population of nome Is about and in winter 2000 ro 1 main the others coming out on steamships that leave late in october Ge tober one steamship Is yet to leave seattle lor for nome |