T. Cade 1956 General Account 15 July The fire was already beyond control when discovered. It was apparently caused by the oil stone which must have caught the wool on fine row cases of their plant specimens which were hanging nearby to dry. With the wind blowing the gurninet acted as a furnace for the fire inside and flames came bavelling out of the N.E. end. They nearly caught another adjacent gurninet or fura use saved it by dashing buckets of water on the front. Even so, the wood got hot enough to smoke. The group lost every thing they had on the trip including much experience camera equipment. In my opinion something might have been saved if there had been a ready source of water to pump into the building at the early stage of the fire. The ARL group left via Vilm for Barrow ca 1700. Over the trap lines and took up traps on T6. Also net out gap bird net in Sea Bee Creek and in couple of hours caught a swell gorging - fed to the hawks. 16 July Ran T9 in the morning, skinned, tended to beards and gill net. Took up traps on T9 in evening and got a description of T6 on the spot. Wrote up notes. Running all clerks - not much could be done outside. 17 July - Up at 1000. Ben and I reset the gill net and then went over to the hill near oil well.