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The great fire of August, 1913.
Athabasca Archives, 6190

The greater part of the business section of Athabasca was wiped out by fire during the early hours of Tuesday morning, involving a loss estimated conservatively at $335, 000. Thirty-two places of business including the municipal offices and mounted police barracks were destroyed, together with a considerable portion of their contents. In some cases nothing was saved from the burning buildings, owing to rapidity with which the fire spread. The burned area extends from Skinner to Cole Streets along Litchfield Avenue and for half a block south on Strathcona, Cole and Skinner, and today this formerly well built up section of town presents a scene of desolation with still smoldering heaps of ashes and charred debris. Athabasca Times (Athabasca Historical Society, 143)

Athabasca fire, Aug 5, 1913

The great fire of August, 1913

Fire Article

Fire Article

Fire Article