The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-05
FIRE CLIMBING SKYWARD.
THE BURNING or THE PICIIIC MILLS
AND A LOFIY ELETtTOR.

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a Spectacle that AUrneied Thousands sn
Br"okiy" Lnst Nisbt-tOO.OOo Busheis a.
Gr"i" De'troyed-The Loss $4,000.
As the workmcn wore quitting the Paciio
r,,,,. .I.IcI ,,aou,,;.d ,, Ll,cL bc,vvnnn Ar,i,-
I'''c 49,, St1,, - Wv ...s -. 49,
80 w ,', 80 "I" '"o ,ass
nrc I,,,at ,ut Il, ,t,, ,oo ,,or, ,, no ri,,o 80.
~ .,,, uut ~ 'e Wv ,,V's Va Wv w, s'us
Two alarms given In rnpid succcssion Lroughf
,be tirc cni,,cs ~ ,hc i;s,r,c, q, ,ho s,,o, Th.
structure was throe.story brick building 100
lev 400 feet In aud waa o~nad nv David
Dows Co. It was occupieJ Ly Charles "a
Ueubc rer for s,ri,din,, go at .,t., -.
and it had been used for that purposc @ for ,nro. lY
years. 1t was built TOR storage warehouse by
william harbour In 1853 -, VIVA aold IN David
Dows =. -, t,ol o,ii,, nnI I,, ,hor, r,,, =.
such Tor number OF yoars before IL wns iAAsnd
10 Mr. Ueuho,cr. There w,ro sL,u, too ooo
,',.I'i. 49,. it.""1I'i' ,"',o Wuio "pvu, iVV'VW
bushels oi grain Ia tho building last might. At
the point whore the nrc broke out there
WIS much machinery. and quantity Of grain
was stored hcrc. Tho flames were FIRST seen
10y Srccinl Onlccr Bakor who watches tho Co.
49,. '' , ""' 90 1o'" w 'h' stnoh" MP
poarod he sent out an aiorm from the signal
do,vs of ,hr p,ilis bod lo,,,, ,,t ,,,,,t,'-
c,o1 ' 49, "u',ue smoke
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burst out OF the bu lldinf, and oi,oobaI IA.
wood N ,,,,,i i-o,, f,,,,,,, ,i,..,, ,sl,,
''''N ''un- ''.'lo ioIoNt'uT' l0O leot hgh.
a. thc side ol the buildigg. Tho fire swerl tho
interior OF the mill4. followin. tho beLniobvoy,
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, ,,,I Ni,p'nE @ " UrJt tle llh' n,rY unii ihr IN
soou ~ M IT, " a iI n,oS pi Iaihos Ibe ro9t
inynd H. M; ~ ai, nii,,ioYo ~ ~, sparEs NV W. iol.
ivWIl 10y ~ pi a. uouhlhii on il9in'. Thc nrc lighted
~ shpJ, ~ ~ ,,hS ut "" MnHlfos hhl cast long
a., W % ~ 'n,s,S n across We river The
sn,.ir,n t y VIZ y, uro.lh ,nWaru
G TuS utamn @ oii, In,p tnc street. Iho books ana
Ths Tons an nss,ocin ~ ,ho a., A.
ing OF tie l2ity elevator. ltsgigantic frame was
tn1,cvu t1, puh y, ln ionH llhen on urc as the namee
iHn i es,iac' ~ ne W9onrn covering OF
"eH. vutuvu .r,mIy;aneeusy but apart from
each other so t,ll, 49,, ,,,.,,,,,1 - - 80 ---.
stood boldly out from thu rest OF tho burning
mass and from distance aecmod tn hc n iase
tice work nlame' Eysry MARI of /, wus frdngnd ,
with fire. The wheels niofi ploycd red ,vi,b H..
intense heat. No olaborato niece of flreworhs
could hnyc excellod tho beauiv 81 this Li"nIaa
Tho fire devoured tho framework SLOWLY ana
turned the wooden columns and benme into
long, glowing Goals The lin roof lpnod oves
i'm "a hrnoy, ,yoa foidcJ u, i,i" ".i~ 1920 ~ V.ut
and thon as thnmgh cl3pnnod w nde n, neWspnper:
eleotricity IL suddenly dronned in sruar,ss ~
the ground. The ton OF Tho strufture h"gsn IN
crumblc and tho heavy wheels fell Tho tower
ing beams then nolsalcssiy foldod themanivas
up and a shower of nro fell To the rround
while n cloud OF smoke md snnrke nroee where
the blazing spectacle Ind been Dnrinc ihis
exhibition many lhousnnds stood about the
wharvos wntching the spcctncle 'OO'' NV
The massive walls of tho building pron,isod
10 Withstand tho naUra hut aa aoe,, III ,..cse
no"r nnI ibe bnavv r,ocbir"r 1 xCps cr had ~
the bnacncnt the walls were weakened The
intense heat Ia which they were eubiccied vas
family exhibited In tho rod hot iron ahuItera
which Rlnwed like isinclnss h,forr a conI 0ra
The wntor poured int tho buiidinN from n
dozen streams above and nj the aides aecm,,I