VoL 9.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, July 8, 1905.
No. 2
TOWN OF FAIRBANKS
SUFFERS GREAT LOSS
Cloud Burst Causes Slough To Washout Main Street Of Fairbanks
Two Bridges ‘Destroyed—Heavy Damages To The Town
On Friday, June 30, Fairbanks was,
visited by a disastrous flood, according
to the officers of the Seattle No. 3. A
great head water poured down the
slough on which Fairbanks is situated,
with such terrific force that the heavy
booms of 'the mill companies located
above the town were torn loose from
their fastenings, liberating thousands
of saw logs.
These logs, propelled by the immense
force of water behind them, destroyed
the upper bridge, the latter bore down
on the Cushman street bridge, and
passed clear through an opening made
by removing the center span. The
saw logs soon jammed this space and
began backing up the flood, which in
turn attacked the cribbing and timber
ing placed there the past winter at a
great expense to protect the town
from the inroads of the slough, and
was of great strength.
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This cribbing: soon washed out and in
few minutes Front street was cut into
for a distance of ten feet. The flood
then began to undermine the new N.
C. warehouses. At this juncture a
meeting of the city council was called
to provide for the emergency. That
body decided that it was necessary to
blow up the bridge so that the water
could resume its proper channel and
main business portion of the town pre
served.
At the time the Seattle was forced
to leave the slough for safety, a mes
sage had been telegraphed to Chena
for dynamite with which to blow up
the Cushman street bridge.
The greatest loss will fall on the city
The Cushman bridge was rebuilt last
summer at a cost of $7,000. The crib
bing was put in place during the win
ter at a cost of nearly $5,000. Loss to
the mills in logs will be considerable.
ATTORNEY SALISBURY
JAILED FOR CONTEMPT
Arrivals on the Susie report that G.
A. Salisbury, who went down to Tana
na a short time ago to defend Jimmy
0’Day, spent two days in jail for con
tempt of court. He was fined $45 for
the offense, .which he refused to pay.
Two days in the Tanana jail and the
payment of $25 gave him his liberty.
Rudy Kalenborn, formerly a well
known Dawson druggist, was aboard
the Lavelle Young.
REBELLION STARTS
RIOTS IN POLAND
LODZ, June 26.—The most deadly
rioting in all Russian history began here
last Saturday afternoon, continued all
Saturday night and Sunday until this
morning, when a semblance of order
was restored.
Two thousand people have been kill
ed. A bomb thrown out of a window
into a troop of Cossacks killed forty.
Red flags are unfurled at many places,
and the principal streets barricaded.
Nome District
Filling Rapidly
Thousands of People Flock to Coast
Metropolis on First Boats—Nestor
Wins His Suit Against A. C. Co.
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From the Nome Numret.
NOME, June 14.-The first of the
big fleet of steamers to arrive this
spring following the Corwin, was the
Senator. Her passenger list number
ed 400.
Steamship Victoria reached here yes
terday. The steamer left Seattle June
4, and was delayed by the ice in Ber
ing sea. The Victoria brought 618 pas
sengers.
The Oregon arrived from Seattle
Monday morning with 550 passengers.
NESTOR GETS DAMAGES
NOME, June 14.—The circuit court
of appeals for the ninth circuit has
confirmed the decision of the lower
court in the case of John Nestor vs A.
C. Co. This was an action for dama
ges brought by the plaintiff, for injur
ies received a couple of years ago on
board the Saidie, en route to Kotzebue.
The jury gave Nestor a verdict for
$5,000.
TUESDAY’S CELEBRATION
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
The Fourth of July was celebrated
at Rampart in becoming style with a
good program of field contests. The
events were hotly contested. George
and A1 Woods captured the most of the
prizes—something over $80.
M. E. Roonce left for Fairbanks on
the Lavelle Young last evening. >
The steamer Monarch is still hard on
the bar below Eagle with no signs Of a
speedy release.
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