Palmer, Alaska
June 4, 1948
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FIRE WIPES OUT WlilGHT BUILDING
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MAN TS INFORMATION
P liOISUCE
The first week in June finds most of the’
farmers in the Valley busy in the fields,
According to the "'eather Bureau in Anchor
age, this summer season is coning in about
three weeks late. Lots of seeding still
has to be done that is usually out of the
way by this time. The yeild of crops this
season mill be influenced a lot by the
weather we have in July and August, So far
V7e don’t have very much.moisture and it
might be possible to get better arops by
mulch4n • and packing the soil when plant
ing.
The Army has recently sent the office an
invitation to bid on a few items that can
be raised for the month of July. Radishes
greens Broccoli and onions are renuested.
The first consignment rill be reouirsd on
July 5th.’ The bids will have to be An by
June 15th, Produce growers will have to
get busy and see whether we can raise this
stuff' md whether we can bid on the amount
asked, A meetinr of the Produce Raisers
should'be held soon to take care of the
matter.
Colony Day was a big success and the com
mittee that made .it -possible should be
commended for their, efforts, I'any former
colonists and residents of the Valley came
ever from Anchorage and we believe that
everyone sejoyc-d himself. John ’"itt think
that there- should have been more-salt and
some kind of sauce with the meat, but we
think that it must have tasted pretty good
without the trimmings, as there was nothin
but a few bones left when the meal was ove
i
By the way, does anyone know where a small
_Cont. on vp, 5_
The ’’’right Br ilding in P Imer is a snolder
ing pile of ashes and ruins this reek,fol
lowing the ravages of fire of unknown ori
gin which broke out about 7:30 on I'onday
evening of this week. As near as employees,
on duty in the building at the time, can de
jtemine, the fire started in the ••’alls be
I tween the Drug Store and the Cocktail Par,
3y the tine it mas discovered, it had crept
into the attic above the original part of
jthe building. At the start of the fight'to
jsave the building, smoke could be seen seep
! ing through every crack and crevice of the
Ibuilding, The whole top of the building
iappeared to be consumed in thick dirty smoke.
•This soon proved to be the case and firemen
I mere forced to abandon the fight from the
'roof of the building and attack it from the
jsides. Firemen worked valiantly from every
jangle of the building and two attempted to
re%i»n to the. roof to get a better’ advan
tage, but mere forced to leave to the relief
of the spectators.
Several nOrsons mere injured (hiring t' e
the fight, aEdicarae. very near to taking the
life of one, Donald Lornery, unknown to any
one else in the building, mas working in
the PDA office on the rest side of the build
jing, T?ie fire had gained much headway be
fore I Jr, Lomery mas amare of it, ’Then
he reached the street door, he found it
locked and so hot that he seared his hands
in attempting to open it. Ho finally threw
his brief case through the glass of the
door and escaped. Ho is nom hos-ltalirgd
in the Palmer Hospital mith severe burns.
Chuck ’Tatkinson mas injured when he and
Delbert Anderson attempted to go into the
basement. 1!.', "at kin son --as hospital trod
a short time due to injuries.
Rev, Carl Tehrung suffered -lass cuts on
his foot in'the fight to save the Heal
h’right home.
Absolutely nothing mas saved from the'burn
ing building, Delbert A derson stated,
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