The McCarthy
Weekly News
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday, march nth 1919
NO. 19
MOVIE SHOW
At the Mov e Show tomorrow
liivj: th ‘ program will be
Ha t he Weakly
M irguerite Clark in the
five reel fairy tile “ The Seven
Dwarfs’
Special Feature —
Dorothy Dai ton in the great
Dram i “The Flame of the Yu.
kon“. The story of a b »iutiful
Dance hall harpy.
RED CROSS
The regular meeting of the
lied Cross will place at the A
B. Hill next faesdiy evening
the 11th at d. p.m.
COMMERCIAL. CLUii
A meeting of th * club was
held last Tuesday evening in
the A. R Hall
These meetings are not as
\v< 11 attended as they should be
only 20 being present.
When seventy people attend
the movie show, there should be
a better representation.
It is urge 1 that a large attend
ance appear at the meeting
next Wednesday night when
the nominations for officers for
the ensuing year will he in or
der.
On account of tl e strenuous
happenings of yesterday, the
the account of 1 ist m eating will
be held over till next we >k.
1 j >" d news o:t page 2
DISASTROUS FIRE
on Front Street
LOSS ESTIMATED AT $40,000 !
At eleven yesterday morning
the dread fire whistle sounded.
The blaze lirst broke out in
the Ketterer block, where Mrs.
Ketterer was using some gaso
line.
The Ketterers were the only
; occupants of the house at the
j time, and while the lady’s gar
ments caught fire ana her hns
b ind tried to smother tne flames
the building caught.
Grant Reed, caning in from
the short cut at the rear, saw
the smoke and flames through
the b lek windows and immediat
ely gave w irning, Mrs. Aaron
Erickson, the neighbor b -hind
ran downFiont. street giving
the Alarm.
At once many willing helpers
assisted the injured ones out
of the burning building, and oth
ers sent the signals and the fiie
hose and chemical engines were
s >on there.
In a very short space of time
j the entire block was destroyed,
which included the Grant Reeds
apartments and the St\ le Shop
| a ad Ketterer Hotel of twenty
i two rooms.
Mrs. Reed was out walking
at the time, coming back to see
| her place a mass of flame, so
that it was impossible to save
anything of her personal effects
or business books.
Soon the flames leapt across
Barrett Way which is a narrow
street, and Chong’s restaurant
; and rooms, a two story building
I were burnt to the ground.
Charley had locked up hi<
plac-* to goto help his neighbors
the fire meanwln'e desti o., ei his
building
By this time, the lookout vv is
serious for the wh >le of t h it
Block on Front street, so the
side w ill of Chongs pi ice w .s
dynamited. thus, protecting tie
Lunie building, which with a
steady stream of water and
wet blankets kept the fire from
spreading further.
I
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That the fire should have b°en
arrested then, w is i.t.'e shirt
of a miracle. Nothing but the
splendid efforts of the fire fight
ers and their helpers, aided by |
the heavy snow on the roofs and
the absence of wind, saved t. e
town.
Tho barl ev si < p rrd cirri
room owned by Utlo Strom &j
occ i >i» (I by / Inn Carrol’, was di
rect.ly opi osire the Ketterer |
bnil iin«x on r* irr^t.t Way and I
c night file ac-oss the front.
T.iis w is ke )t (1 nv.i by the;
bucket brigade.
The Erickson, residev*-» of
three rooms which was about
twelve feet (list.mt from the Ket
terer building on the North side
alsso caught fire and wt s bad,1
ly scorched before getting nn-!
tier control.
So also was the house owned
by M. V. Lattin on Barrett way
it was unoccupied.
Prom all the buildings except
Ketterer's, Reeds and Chongs
there was more time to remove
stock and furniture, the Laurie
stock was practically ruined by
water.
In the space of half an hour
the entire contents of cloning
ers, Copes Restaurant, Lubbes
apartments Post Office and the
Weekly News were removed to
s ifer quarters.
Mrs. Ketterer, who was se
verely burned, was removed to
the Golden, and the doctor com
municited with, he came down
i nmediately and she was remov
ed to Ke; mcott hospital, under
Doctor Hill’s e ire. her husband,
who m going toner lescue was
also b idly birnel about the
h tnds and arms, is also being
cared for tne nospit il.
An enormous loss resulted
J r un t ie <11s ist *r.
In addition to the property
owncis oorn hotel and rooming
house h id all rooms occupied,
and their effects were destroyed
Tne loss is roughly est.im iteel
Ketterer Hotel 12,000
Reeu's stock & personal 1,000
Chong restaurant. - 10.000
Steve Boro vac personal ,800
YV. M Goodw i l ’’ 500
Encho Toromanoff 1.000
Fred Stoter 2<X>
Archie Poulin 200
Fred l ace 200
Erh k on Building 200
Strom 250
Iattin 50
The Laurie Bros. lo>s has not
been determined.
A small amount of insurance
was carried by the sufferers,
but not nearly enough to cover
their losses.
Laurie Bros are insured with
the Eastern Underwriters.
Charley Chong plans on re
building at once.