Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1906 — Fire Dew troys Fairbanks, Alaska. [ARTICLE]

Fire Dew troys Fairbanks, Alaska.

Seattle. Wash., May 24. —The entire business section of the town of Fairbanks, Alaska, was destroyed by a tiro which started In the Fairbanks building, a three-story frame structure, at 4 o’clock In the afternoon. Details of the disaster are very meager, but it is feared that the food supply of the town has Iteen destroyed and groat suffering may result. The loss Is estimated at a million dollars and it is announced that the heavier business interests of the town are already planning to rebuild. No lives were lost.