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Kodiak Diary
(continued from page 9)
of a Christmas celebration here.
We might be permitted to fire a
f e w Chinese firecrackers! Of
course we will try to use some
sort of a tree. At least we will be
thinking of you as you will be
thinking of us.“
A postscript adds: ”1 am
'eaving for the States in about
two or three weeks, so it won’t
be long until i am back in civil
ian l fe again. I sure wish I'could
be home by Christmas but doubt
if I will make it. My home add
resses 2029 N. E. 20th, Okla
homa City, Zone 5.
"May I close with sincere
greetings from China to you."
During the week, one of the
Sisters at the hospital received a
letter from a friend in Skagway,
giving details of the fire at Pius
X Mission. Following is an ex
| tract from the letter:
”We are still suffering from
the shock of the fire which des
troyed the Mission building,
with most of its contents. Thank
God, every one got out of the
building in time, although the
fire was discovered at about 1 am
•n a bitterly cold night.
”We do not know exactly
what caused the fire to start in a
room off the girls’ dormitory.
The Sisters and the children got
out with what clothes they could
get into in a hurry which was not
very much. Fortunately, Father
Gallant was there at the time,
in the weaving room, and when
he heard the Sister running down
the stairs to call the fire depart
ment, he ran out to ask what
was wrong. He then called the
boys to get up, also the men who
worked at the dairy, and then he
ran to the Chapel and got the
Blessed Sacrament, but the
Chapel was full of smoke by that
time, and he could not save the
sacred vessels nor the beautiful
vestments they had there.
’’Trucks came and took the
children to an empty army bar
racks, and to t h e Community
Center, and the Sisters went to a
hut across the street, and in the
morning they were all taken to
the T. B. hospital where they
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