Northwest History. Alaska. Fires.

Barrow's Hospital Razed By Flames. Barrow's Hospital Razed by Flames BARROW, Alaska, Feb. 20. (/P) —More than 2000 Eskimos and whites along the entire northern Alaska coast were without adequate medical and surgical supplies today after a fire destroyed the $75,000 government hospital Resi...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1937
Subjects:
Point Barrow
Alaska
hospital
flames
Eskimos
medical and surgical supplies
government
Uncle Sam
school building
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Pacific
Barrow
eskimo*
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91022
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Summary:Barrow's Hospital Razed By Flames. Barrow's Hospital Razed by Flames BARROW, Alaska, Feb. 20. (/P) —More than 2000 Eskimos and whites along the entire northern Alaska coast were without adequate medical and surgical supplies today after a fire destroyed the $75,000 government hospital Residents of Uncle Sam's farthest north settlement donated blankets and bedding to be usedj in a temporary hospital in the school building. Doctors sent an urgent appeal to government officials for emergency medical and surgical supplies.

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