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Original index title	Northwest History. Alaska. Fires.
Newspaper	Spokane Press ; 1937-02-19
Title	Ill Flee While Hospital Burns.
Description	Ill Flee While Hospital Burns.
Subject Keys	flee ; hospital ; Juneau ; Alaska ; Point Barrow ; the territorial Indian office ; injuries ; casualties
Date.Original	1937-02-19
Resource Identifier	nwh-sh-8-16-72 ; nwh-sh-8-16-73 (duplicate)
Subjects	Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century Alaska
Resource Type	Text
Genre	Clippings
Source	Northwest History. Alaska. Box 8
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Full-Text	ILL FLEE WHILE HOSPITAL BURNS JUNEAU, Alaska. — (C.E) — Patients fled to safety today, when the Point Barrow hospital burned to the. ground, the territorial Indian office here was informed The official report from Point Barrow said the nospita.1 was a total loss. Believed to have started in the basement, the blazo quickly gutted the frame structure, known as the continent's "northernmost hospital." Quick action by attendants and other officials in the tiny outpost prevented any injuries or casualties.
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