1917 – The city purchases a new fire engine which is guaranteed to climb any hill while carrying 1500 feet of hose and 8 men. “Today in Alaskan History…” 1990
1920 – City street crews are rebuilding a section of trestle on Gastineau Avenue following the most disastrous landslide in Juneau’s history. The slide started just below the Alaska-Juneau flume at 11:30 on the morning of January 2 and roared about 900 feet down the mountainside carrying six buildings with it and damaging others. Killed in the slide were Andrew Wallin, Lowry Maki and Henry Jaeger, and Peter Koskey is not expected to live. Six others are in local hospitals and many sustained less serious injuries. Debris, including the wreckage of buildings, was jammed against I. Goldstein’s store and James Russell’s gun shop on Lower Front Street (now South Franklin).
The first building to be hit was the Peter Koskey boarding house on the upper side of Gastineau Avenue. This was carried across the street and into the John Larson house and the two in turn carried away the Otto Kajander residence and a number of cabins belonging to Goldstein. Total property damage is estimated at $31,000. The slide was caused by melting snow and very heavy rains during the past few days. Gastineau Bygones – 06/23/1978
1939 – It would be easy to drive a tunnel through from the head of Seward Street to Evergreen Bowl as much of it would be gravel. This was the report of Wellman Holbrook, chairman of a Chamber of Commerce committee to study the project. Further plans for the tunnel, which would give easy access to the Evergreen Bowl playfield for school children, awaits the return of L. H. Metzgar of the Alaska Juneau Mine, as one end of the tunnel would be on Alaska Juneau’s property. Gastineau Bygones – 05/18/1979
1946 – The Juneau City Council, acting under emergency procedures that eliminate two readings of an ordinance, last night passed Ordinance No. 301 which provides that children under 16 years must be off the streets between 10:05 p.m. and 5 a.m., except on Friday and Saturday nights and the nights before legal holidays when the curfew hour is 11:55 p.m. Gastineau Bygones – 09/26/1980
1958 – The Chak-Heen freeze-up, the first annual winter camp for upper ranking Boy Scouts was held last week at the Eagle River Scout Camp. Slogging through two and a half feet of snow, 19 Scouts and their leaders set up individual camps, then had a full day of competitions, games, and campfire awards ceremony. Daily Alaska Empire 01/05/1958
1965 – Juneau city officials and the Borough today announced a joint agreement to extend the city’s judicial and jail facilities for enforcement of Borough ordinances. The Borough will reimburse the city for municipal services rendered and will pay $4 per day per prisoner jailed and supply clothing and other supplies as necessary. Juneau Alaska Empire 01/05/1965
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