Petersburg, AK Fire, Dec 1917
TWO DEAD IN PETERSBURG
PETERSBURG---Two died as the result of a fire which destroyed the restricted district here Sunday forenoon. Joyce Williams, one of the occupants, was burned to death, and a saloonkeeper, T. C. Nielson, died at Wrangell Sunday evening from burns received in the conflagration.
Daily Alaska Dispatch, Juneau, AK 4 Dec 1917
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