Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

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 line...

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Language:English
Published: 1928
Subjects:
Alaska
Weather Conditions and Climate
Prince of Wales Island
Ketchikan
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spelling ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/102242 2023-05-15T17:02:13+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States. The Spoakesman Review: 1928-01-09 Ketchikan Damage $75,000 1928-01-09 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/102242 English eng nwh-sh-14-25-11 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/102242 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History Alaska Box 14 Alaska Weather Conditions and Climate Text Clippings 1928 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:23:38Z 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. Text Ketchikan Prince of Wales Island Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Prince of Wales Island ENVELOPE(-99.001,-99.001,72.668,72.668)
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Weather Conditions and Climate
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Weather Conditions and Climate
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description 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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