PRICE 10 CENTS
MOORE'S WHARF 1 FIVE BIG
WAREHOUSES DESTROYED BY FIRE
High North Wind Renders All Efforts to Stay
Flames Futile—Loss Amounts to $100,000,
Well Insured — Government Boat Peterson
and Her Captain and Crew With a Number
of Soldiers From Ft. W.H. Seward, Save the
Ore Bunkers — Fire Department, W. P. &
Y. R. Employees and Citizens of Skagway
Fight Nobly in Effort to Subdue the Flames
The alarm of fire souuded ty
Vo:n iiyan. the nightwaUhman at
«ta.f, nt 5:43 o'clock Sat
urday eve.:!nri was the first iutim
»io.i the people of thU town had
i tue si«rtiug of the most destruc
vo loat'lagratiou that li:vs ever
•si.ej Skagway duiing tlio 17 years
u its oxi-teuce, and in which were
otisuuuii the whole of Moore's
vharf, live large warehouses, offi.e,
•J'M> fee; of double tracked rail
■oad bridge in the rear of vhe
arehouses, ore bunkers tipple and
restle, the 20 per cent trestle, sev
rai hundred feet of the 5 per cent
restle, and 21 freight cars.
Prom Supt. V. I. Hahn, who was
irnong the first to respond to the
ilarm, we gather the following par
ii-ulars;
W h<*n Mr. Hahn got there about
spurts of flames were already
omitig up from beneath the wharf
hroui.ii the interstices in the deck
:::d the conflagration was ap
«. reutly- under irresistible headway.
I'assng over the wharf, between
warehouse No. 1 and the cattle
l>etts to the north, to the railroad
track beyond to the east, Mr. Hahn
looked under the wharf decking be
neath the warehouse but could
only see a seething furnace being
fanned into greater activity and
power by the strong north wind
«hirh was blowing.
The fire was first discovered by
the watchman, while making his
rounds, under a warn'. stor
I Pga car standing on the bridge be
tween warehouses Nos. i and 2
J and though then but a small blaze,
j the two chemical fire extinguishers
I which he immediately used in an ef
I fort to put it out proved en
| tirely ineffectual. it was then he
rang iu the alr.riu to the fire de
partment, which vtos quickly
answered by the appearance of the
, members of that organization with
t tneir apparatus and in addition
thereto a locomotive was r«n down
from the shops to render any assist
ance possible. Owing, however to the
water tap on the wharf being en
veloped in flames, it was impossible
to make connection and the fire
hcse was far too short to reach to
the nearest fire plugs of the town.
This did not discourage the fire-'
men, however, and they used their
chemicals to advantage in saving
j two freight cars that would other-'
| wise have been lost. Employes i
from every department of the \V. P.
j & Y. R. as well as citizens of the j
town turned out and rendered valu
able assistance.
Within 30 minutes of the dis
covery of the fire it became appar
ent that the warehouses and Moore's
wharf were doomed to destruction
the corrugated walls and rcofs of
the former proving of no avail in
cnecking its progress as the flames
came up from beneath the buildings
I and catching in the woodwork of
. tt.e interior soon made it a blazing
i" ferao.
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ten;;o'clock.
H. J. LYNCH
livery effort was nuide U> save th«
office building at the northern ap
proach to the dock, but it was use
less, and that also was Lumed, al
though the apprca*?1- to it was sav
ed.
)
Seeing the almost uttcy iiopeiess
liess of the fight, Supt. Hahn
turned his attention to the ore
I.(inkers, and taking a row boat pro
ceeded to the south end of the
dock where they are located. On
reaching the vicinity of the bunk
ers it was a discouraging outlook
that, confonted liim, as lie found
tho dock already ablaze .it the ex
treme southward en.l «nd in
other places while 'the
fire was spreading by leap*
and bounds underneath the
wharf. to the northward :uid in
the warehouses, from which latter
snarks, blazing chips and pieces of
wood were being carried along
by tho wind with evey pros
pect that some of them would fall
• a inflammable material m:rt nursij
into blaze.
After Mr. Halm had finished lii» 1
inspection and found that nothing !
could be done to save th® bunkers |
unless outside help was procured, :
a cable message was sent to Major
McAndrews, commandant at Ft.
W, H. Seward, asking 'f he would
not send the government boat Pet
erson to aid. At 9:4S the boat, in
charge of Captain Davis and crew,
and with about 15 of the soldier
boys from the army post on board,
hove In sight from around the point
After pulling into the ujper end
of the dock, taking on more men
tools and a lot of hose, the vessel
proceeded to the bunkers dock,
along which a line of hose ^,as
strung so f 'ream of water could
be played ou *he tipple track upon
which the fire was burning.
After working valiantly until 6:30
o'clock Sunday morning all danger
to the main part of the bunker
plant was finally eliminated and the
Peterson returned to its home port
with its crew of firefighters, to
whom is due almost entirely the
saving to the W. P. & Y. R. Co. of {
^ at least $100,000 worth of property. I
The losses, as near as can be as
certained at the present writing, are
as follows, all the office records
Of the W. PT & Y. H. having been
saved;
W. P. & Yv R. Co., on dock,
warehouses, rolling stock, etc.,
$100,000, well insured.
By shippers who had goods on
the dock, $500.
The customs office lost desk,
chairs and other office furniture,
hydrometers and other instruments
for testing and gauging liquors,
coal scales, books and records (al
though none of value are included),
and a small quantity of merchan
dise held by the customs as un
claimed.
When asked as to the probable
time of the rebuilding of Ihe wharf
and warehouses, Supt. Hahn said
ho had as yet received no word
from headquarters, but had no
doubt work would be started as
soon as the adjusters had gotten
through with their appraisement of
damages.
In all tho confusion and excite
ment of the conflagration there
were only two minor accidents.
John McLean, laborer of the
\V. P. & y. R. injured his ankle
and Louis Schultz suffered a
sprain in his right side from a
fall while engaged in pulling up the
planking on the north end of the
lock . They were both taken to
he AV. P. hospital and are getting
uong nicely today.
CARD OF THANKS
On behalf of the White Pass &
I'ukon Route, I wish to extend
hanks to the fire dopartneut, clti
:ens and employes of the company,
•s well as Major McAndrews and
ill the men that came with t'ie
'Peterson," for the valuable ser
vices rendered in connection with
the fire at Moore's wharf and the
fire bunkers Saturday night.
V. I. HAHN, Superintendent.
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Chicago, Dec. 14—With expert
•oad builders from nearly every im
>ortant city in the United States rep
resented, and with exhibits of
deal street® and roads and road
naking machinery, the annual Good
Read show and congress opened at
he International Amphi-tbeater to
day. The convention will be in
session for the entire week.
The opening of the show and
;he exhibition, of moving pictures,
picturing the finest highways of
the country is the program sched
uled for today. Exhibits from the
federal government, the various
states and colleges showing methods
and materials of constructions are
being shown.
A feature which is attracting
most attention is a section of a
modern boulevard, in the arena of
the exposition building 20 feet
wide and about 400 feet long, con
structed of the different kinds of
materials used in modern highway
engineering.
Special Sale of High Grade Fruit
In Gallon Cans
We offer the following varieties—
Apples, per gal. can 50c
Apricots 50c
Blackberries 55c
Raspberries 60c
Peaches 50c
Pears 55c
Pumpkin 35c
The quality of these goods give satisfaction
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
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Below is tli® individual scores
and the totals of the two teams in
the international bowling contest
which started on Saturday night at
the Elks' club bowling alleys be
tween Whitehorse and Skagway:
Saturday
Whitehorse Totals
Gibson 193 161 201 555
Dickson 178 ICO 16S 506
Phelps 141 147 153 441
Miller 193 111 123 427
Greime 159 145 136 440
Skagway
Peterson
Barry
Seliner
Black
Blanchard
185
175
154
175 lf.O
131 124
2309 j
223 154
148 105 14«
14S 162 202
r.io
430
531
401 j
512 ;
23S4
Sunday
Whitehorse
Gibson 187 180
Dickson
Phelps
Miller
Orr'nie
169
134 147 147
118 117 139
145 150 162
16S 154 -233
536
428
457j
557 1
i
2352
Skagway
Peterson
Barry
Selnier
Black
Blanchard
159 145
159 151
151 150
139
162
1 72
179
£21
164 169
233 139
476
4S9
522
472
534
2493
This afternoon the tournament
consisted of contests in "doubles."
the invaders from whitehorse be
lieving they have a star team in
Messrs. Gibson and Greime, and
judging from their performance
during the past two days this be
lief is fully warranted. The con
tests tonight to commence at 7:30,
will be for "blood" and cash prizes,
and will be between the same teams
that played yesterday. At the con
clusion of the bowling a short in
formal dance will be given. "Open
House" has been declared and visi
tors will be welcomed.
Atlin, B. C., Dec. 14,:—Information
was brought into tOTu yesterday by
mail-men that Charley Falrt>anka,
■who had been out ou a hunting trip,
had broken through the ice half a
mil© south of the boundary line on
Atljn lake and been drowned.
Early in the month Fairbanks
shot a moose on Mount Minto, and
on the 4th of Dec. started out to
bring in the meat with a dog team.
Owing to his prolonged absence men.
in other camps, who were expect
ing him, followed his tracks across
the lake and found where he had
broken through.
Marks on the ice indicated that
the dogs had broken through first,
and that the unfortunate man had
crawled around the edge of the
ice with the intention of saying
them, but the added strain had
caused the ice to give way under
him and he as well as the dOgs
were lost.
Constable Webster left today for
the scene of the accident and will
endeavor to recover Fairbanks'
body, although he has not much
faith in the quest proving success
ful, for at the place where Fair
banks and the dogs went in the
water is 60 feet deep in places.
Fairbanks was formerly well
known in Skagway, haying at one
time been an engineer on the "W.
P. & Y. R. and later engaged in
the cigar and tobacco business in
a little place on the ecwt side of
Broadway , between Second and'.
Third avenues. He was also agent
for some transportation company
out of Skagway, at that time,, but
the name of which we have forgot
ten.
lie left Skagway in 1905 and
since been hunting > and tr»ppi»tf
'.round Atlin and Tagish lakes.
It GABIE GOING
IB IHE OUTSIDE
Dr. W. G. Gabie will leaye t>a
next Wednesday oil the princess
May for a visit of four weeks to th«
outside, during which time he *111
so to Rockester, Minn., and take
post <>-raduate course at Mayo Bros,
hospital. Later he will visit many
other of the hospitals in the Mid
dle West. During Dr. Gabies ab
sence his place will be filled Pro
fessionally by Dr. Palmer of Juneau,
one of the foremost physicians of
the north. *
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la
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