Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-01

"SASS HA> shet WA c>'"''"e>>s 49,
part of Washington Territory.
MEASURES OF SAFETY.
The brick and stone buildings
near the burnt district, were closed
above and below and back and front,
and no damage was done them or
their contents. The occupants of
The wooden structures on CONNER
cial, Mill and Front streets, on the
contrary, in the meantime moved
out rapidly as they could. Every
place of business in the Yesler
block, on Mill and Front streets,
were stripped of their contents, ex-
cept those in the Mtc!liyncer build
ing. All the way up front street to
Baxtcr's, stores were wholly or par
tally emptied, and the streets were
lined with furniture, boxes of glo-
celies, clothing, drugs, jewelry, &c.
A great deal of breakage occurred, of
course, as well as racking, tearing
and ike damage to fragile articles
hastily removed. Trusty men and
horses and wagons were in demand
at high prices. Reckless and ridicu-
lous things without number, as is al
ways the case on such occasions,
were done On every hand.
TIE PROBABLE LOSS.
1t Is impossible to give more than an
approximate idea of the extent of the
moneycd loss, but we think it cannot
be less tran n hundred thousand nor
more than a hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. The principal losers are
J. NJ. Colinan, by the burning OF the
sawnill, some $40 600, on which there
was no insurance, Crawford & Har-
rington about $4,000, on which
there was IS GOO insurance. Schwa-
bacher Bros. a. Co. also lost about
SO, eco, on which there was some
insurance; and H. L. Yesler probably
$50 0 or $50, 600, on which there
was no insurance. OF the others we
are not prepared to speak further
than that most of the uptown dealers
were insured, and that their losses,
by breakage, &c, will be principally
paid by the insurance companies.
ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES.
A few accidents occurred. The
most serious one was the throwing of
Ed. Plummer from Meydenbauer's
wagon and his severe internal ipju.
ry. a. A. Manning was hurt slight
ly by falling timbers. Johnnie For
sey had his hand painfully injured
and Wilson Denny had the end of
a finger cut off. Joseph Frauentbral
lost the the ends of two fingers. A
woman fell off the Marshall wharf,
but was hauled out without especial
damage. Another woman, on the
steamer Josephine became hysteri-
cal aud we'll nigh died therelrom.
A NUMBER of Germans, from Ne
vada, have been for some days
looking for available agricultural
lands in this vicinity, with view
of permanent settlement. 1t is to
be regretted that commensurate
inducements cannot be held out to
those strangers who come among
us from afar to spy out the land for
their friends at home. On more
than one occasion, heretofore, have
responsible agents been sent out to
this part of our Territory from the
Western and Northwestern States,
to search out and make overtures
for large tracts of tillable lands,
when nothing save the cupidity of
our property owners prevented the
immediate landing upon our shores
of large colonies of well-to-do, hon
est and industrious settlers. Our
people are complaining every day OF
being land-poor," in consequence
of which they are impoverished, as
they say, by taxes that never grow
less. And yet, newcomers are so
cody bluffed upon their arrival here,
that they are ready to turn their
backs upon our country. in a week
to return to their homes and tell dis
couraging tales of what should be
the best country in the world. Only
let strangers find, on there arrival
here, that the facts in the case duly