Nome, Alaska Fire
September 13, 1905
SIXTY BUILDINGS BURNED.
Fire Loss at Nome, Alaska, is Estimated at
$200,000.
Seattle, Wash, Sept 18 – Sixty buildings
were destroyed by fire at Nome, Alaska, on the
night of September 13, causing a loss of
$200,000, according to advices received to-day.
The city half was destroyed, but the records
were saved. It is reported that the stores of
M E Atkinson and
J P Parker were
destroyed It was at first reported that the fire
destroyed the larger wholesale and retail
stores, but this proved incorrect. No loss of
life is reported.
Commissioner Richards,
of the General Land Office, received a telegram
yesterday from the trustee for town-site entries
at Nome, Alaska, notifying him of the
destruction by fire of all the town records in
his office except the plat and tract book.
The Washington Post, Washington DC 19 Sept
1905
GREAT FIRE AT NOME
Heart of Business Section of Alaska City Burned
THE NEWS IS DELAYED
Although Infarmation [sic] of the
Conflagration Is Vague, It Is Feared That the
Damage May Reach a Half Million Dollars.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 18. – Dispatches
received in Seattle tell of a disastrous fire
that swept the heart of the business section of
Nome, Alaska, on the night of September 12. From
the meager information given it is believed that
twenty-five buildings were destroyed in the
vicinity of Lane’s Way and that the fire covered
two or three blocks. No details are given and no
loss of life is reported.
If the fire burned in both directions from
Lane’s Way it is estimated by Seattle persons
familiar with the class of business houses in
that vicinity that the loss will reach
$5000,000, and may exceed that figure, though
any estimate made at present would be a mere
guess.
Cable and telegraphic communication were
re-established to Nome last evening after and
interruption of five days, but details of the
fire are still lacking.
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno NV 18 Sept 1905
Articles transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you, Jenni!
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