Summary: | Ketchikan Damage $75,000 KETCHIKAN DAMAGE $75,000 Power Line Torn Down by Terrific Windstorm. KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 8. (AP)— Damage from yesterday's sudden and terrific windstorm was conservatively estimated today at $75,000 following a preliminary survey. Shipping was hardest hit. Power lines over the city were blown down. Wood streets were torn up in places, dirt roads washed out, scores of residences damaged and 350,000 logs of the Ketchikan Lumber and Shingle company washed away. Private advices received here said the storm severely damaged the town of Craig on the west coast of Prince of Wales island.
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