Northwest History. Alaska. Fires.
Polar Bear Fire Fan: He Embarrasses Alaskans. POLAR BEAR FIRE FAN He Embarrasses Alaskans POINT BARROW. Alaska, Feb. 20. — (l.N.S.)—Alaska's northernmost hospital was in ruins today following a spectacular blaze that destroyed drugs, surgical instruments and hospital equipment. Absence of a win...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/91023 2023-05-15T15:39:36+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska. Fires. Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1937-02-21 Polar Bear Fire Fan: He Embarrasses Alaskans. 1937-02-21 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91023 English eng nwh-sh-8-16-76 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91023 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History. Alaska. Box 8 polar bear fire Point Barrow Alaska hospital blaze drugs surgical instruments hospital equipment Presbyterian mission school building Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Text Clippings 1937 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:18:23Z Polar Bear Fire Fan: He Embarrasses Alaskans. POLAR BEAR FIRE FAN He Embarrasses Alaskans POINT BARROW. Alaska, Feb. 20. — (l.N.S.)—Alaska's northernmost hospital was in ruins today following a spectacular blaze that destroyed drugs, surgical instruments and hospital equipment. Absence of a wind saved the Presbyterian mission, school building and houses from possible destruction. A three-day obstetrical patient, first to discover the fire as smoke curled upward from the basement, climbed from bed, dressed and left the burning building with her baby. The only other patient, a ten-month-old baby, was brought to the Presbyterian manse and put to bed in a bathtub. A polar bear, attracted by the blaze, entered the village and frightened children who crowded into the manse in terror. Villagers ran after guns, but the fate of the bear was unknown. Text Barrow Point Barrow Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Fire Point ENVELOPE(-110.218,-110.218,56.417,56.417) Pacific |
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Polar Bear Fire Fan: He Embarrasses Alaskans. POLAR BEAR FIRE FAN He Embarrasses Alaskans POINT BARROW. Alaska, Feb. 20. — (l.N.S.)—Alaska's northernmost hospital was in ruins today following a spectacular blaze that destroyed drugs, surgical instruments and hospital equipment. Absence of a wind saved the Presbyterian mission, school building and houses from possible destruction. A three-day obstetrical patient, first to discover the fire as smoke curled upward from the basement, climbed from bed, dressed and left the burning building with her baby. The only other patient, a ten-month-old baby, was brought to the Presbyterian manse and put to bed in a bathtub. A polar bear, attracted by the blaze, entered the village and frightened children who crowded into the manse in terror. Villagers ran after guns, but the fate of the bear was unknown. |
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