FIRE DESTROYS NOME
Town of Gold-Rush Fame PEOPLE IN BAD PLIGHT VANCOUVER, September 18. Nome, the famous gold-mining town of the Klondyke rush, was destroyed by fire. The hotel, one store and a few residences are left standing. The populace is homeless in freezing weather. The Feddbal Government has ordered coastguard vessels to rush aid to the stricken city. A small supply of food was salvaged from grocery stores.
Two Eskimos were burned to death and a number of white persons were injured by dynamite blasts in efforts to check the fire. The loss is estimated at about 2,000,000 dollars.
Only two main business buildings and a few remote residences escaped. Upwards of 400 persons are homeless and tho food question is severe.
The place will be ice-bound for eight months of the winter in six weeks time. Relief ships probably will be rushed from the United States with rebuilding material and food. The city had a population of about 12,000 in gold rush days, but uow it is about 1500. *
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 237, 19 September 1934, Page 7
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