?he J?aily ^lashan
No. 119. FOURTEENTH YEAR.
SKA(iWAY~ ALASKA, TCBSDAY, .Itll.Y IK. 1911 PK1CK. HI ( KXTS
SEC. FISHED
COMING NORTH
(By AIasU News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. P. C., July 18?
Secretary Fisher experts to leave
for Alaska on August fifth, He will
take several highly qualified sub
ordinates with him and make a thor
ough and exhaustive study of the
coal question ;uid of the Controller
Bay situation.
(By Alaska News Bureau.^
CLEVELAND. Ju y I?? Francis Os
borne, a great coal magnate and
first cousin to the 'ale President Me
Kinley died today from a complica
tion of disease*.
HI
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
COH MB! S. O., July 17? Seven
amusement plates in O'ontary park
were today destroyed by fire. Many
people were severely injured in the
excitement which reign, d at the
time of the disaster.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
BOSTON. July IS ? Langford and
Flynn are planning to do Australia
? .U. r ui\'.; \ exhibitions.
IN
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
INDIANAPOLIS, July 17? A terri
ble electric rain storm Is sweeping
over a wide portion of the surround
ing country doing untold damage.
J. J. HILL
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
ST. PAUL, July l" ? James J. Hill
In an interview given out in this
city today came out strong for tho
reciprocity treaty now under consid
eration.
I By Alaska News Bureau.)
VANCOUVER. Ju?y IS? The stone
cutters and sheet iron workers have
signed the sca'e and returned to
work. The end of the builders trade
union strike is now in sight.
DETROIT GETS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
DETROIT, July IS? Copious rains
are falling throughout the entire sec
tion which will extinguish the forest
fires.
The excursion steamer Queen is
due in port tomorrow morning with
a load of tourists.
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FODESI Ftt OKIES
THE MSB HlBf
What was at f rat thought to be
an insignificant bush fire, started
near raile post "7" on the railroad
has developed Into one of the largos'
and most destructive forest fires in i
the history of the Skagway Valley, j
having already devastated an area j
of five square miles of fine timber
land.
Late yesterday afternoon a high
wind sprung up from the north with i
the result that the flames leaped
the canyon to the Hlack I.?ake side
and weni roaring through the tim
ber licking it up and leaving a trail
of wanton waste In Its wake.
Another arm of the fire fanned by
the wind, swung to the east, and
with amazing rapidity swept up th>
Bast Pork of the Skagway river, i
which it crossed. It was not lon^
after, that the mountain south of
the East Fork was a mass of seeth
Ing flames, and the fire was working
Its way slowly back toward the rail
road bridge.
The crew of railroad m n arrived
at the third crossing, or better known
as Denver Station, just as the plat
form. belonging to Herb Taylor was
consumed, and after a hard fight,
they succeeded in saving the rail
road bridge from destruction. As it
was a few ties at the lower end of
the bridge were destroyed.
Next to go were the remains of
the historic Bracket! Bridge, which
crossed the river just be!ow Denver
Station. This old s'ructure. which,
could it speak, wou'd tell the story
of many hardships and failures, at
last fell a prey to the ravages of the
Fire King, and is now nothing more
than a memory.
At twelve o'clock yesterday Sup
erintedent Hahn received a phone
message from Howard Ashley, ma -
ter mechanic at the shops that there
was a fire up near the seven mi'e
post, and he was ordered to take an
engine and crew and go out and in
vfwtigate. Mr. Ashley ran the en
gine up to the seven mile post und
discovered on a bench about fifty
feet above the track an old cabin
burning. The cabin was pretty well
destroyed and behig in the center c.f
a practically clear place with no
vegitatlon or irfaroable stuff near
and surrounded by rocks he thought
there was not much menace to it.
but a gust of wind came down the
valley and swept the burning embers
in every direction.
The section crew immediately be
came busy and worked hard to put
out the fire but at 1:30 they report ed
that it was beyond control.
A train at nine o'clock last night
was sent out with a crew to protect
the bridges of the railroad and this
crew has been fighting continual!?
until noon today when they are be
lieved to have got the bridges out
of danger. The bridge at Denver
Station was nearly lost but by dint
of hard work was saved.
The origin of the fire is at th s
time unknown. Whether some one
carelessly left a small bunch of ein-^
bens in the old cabin or whether it
came about through the fall of n
fpark from an engine la not known.
The White Paw engine* uae the
standard spark a- rater but for all
that a small spark may have oacap
<>d in this way. Mr. Hahn stated
that at first he was of the opinion
that a passing engine had started
the fire. Afterward he had heard
about the cabin, from which clreum
stance, and from the fact that some
of his section crew had but the day
before put out f res that had been
lit by some people who had been up
in the vicinity cf Denver Glacier, he
had arrived at another conclusion.
This morning Mayor Tanner sent
the following wire to Governor Clark:
"Timber on fire north of Skagway.
North wind. Can you authorise hire
ing of a few men to fight fire." To
which Mr. Tanner received a reply
as follows: "Have no authority.
Have referred ti Forrest Service.
Ketchikan."
At twelve o'clock Mr. Tanner re
ceived the following wire from For
est Supervisor LangiHe. at Juneau:
"Report at once location and extent
of fire, number of men available for
fighting and urgency of taking fftrre
of men from here." Mr. Tanner
wired back as folows: " Fire start
ed seven miles north; now two miles
from town. Burning heavy timber up
East Fork. Skagw*y river. North
wind bringing fire along east side of
Skagway river. Men available here.
It necessary can we put some to
wr-rk?"
Mayor Tanner received In answer
ta his last telegram the following
from Forest Supervisor I?angi?e:
"Keep me advired and if urgent
necessity arises wl 1 authorize em
pkivment of help if It will be use 1
effectively to save valuable property."
During the hours tetween midnight
and two o'clock this morning, the fire
was very spectacolar and was w t
nessed by many of the cftl*ens of
the town who assembled In the
street to watch. Tongues of flame
would shoot Into the air like hungry
wolves whose appetites have been
whetted by the taste of blood, whl'e
the East Fork was a verltab'e
Dante's Inferno.
It is estimated by (t>naerr*tive
men that thirty thousand dollars
worth of timber has already been de
stroyed at twenty-five centa stump
age. What the total loss will be
can hardly be conjectured even at
this moment for the fire Is atlll
sweeping toward the south.
The Jefferson la due to arrive in
Skagwav some time tomorrow morn
ing. She has 112 etfurs'onlsfs on
board .
The Georgia let Juneau at #
o'clock this morning for this port.
She will sail south at 8 tomorrow
morning.
Mrs. R. D Wei don ar.lved on the
Inst trip of the Cl'y of Seattle and
is visiting w th her mother. Mrs. W.
W. Houghton.
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(By Alaska News Bum.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 17?
It Is beltfTrd now that thorp to a
strong probability of <on(tr?"?? adjonrn
Ing on Aihto** seventh.
RELIEF NOW
IS
IRy Alaska Now* lh:rc*B.)
WASHINGTON, !>. P., Jnly It?
The weather bureau prod'K** for the
ne*t twenty fonr hour*, rain for !h?
entire Atlantic rea board ar.d mfcl
?1I(\ wesHern fitatrn.
(Ety Alaska News prrMn t
LONDON. Jnly 17 -Horn hardier
Well* and Jack Jo'inson have *iime<l
an agreement to flsfr.t borp on Sep
tember tenth neit.
According to a le'trr received on
Monday by in^o Mj'iIit, from I'nlt
ed Slate* Commissioner 8t*er. of
Georgetown. ray* t' a Iditaro*! Nu*
get. a strike Is retorted on ? stream
entering the Ku'ltoliwiir. a boot thirty
mile* above Georgetown. Jndre Stler
had not WrnM any par'irnlara of
the alleged find, but wa? hopofnt that
It vain true. Judge Stler state* tlirf
Georgetown and t'at re ion are et
tremely qniet. ^ _
MORE EVIDENCE
IN IDE CASE
(By Ataka NtMw >
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