Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-09-11

DESTRUCTION OF TIE aALIsDO HOTEL
IN OAKLAND.

OF THE aALIsDO HOTEL
IN OAKLAND.
ALom Of $4,000 Entailed- Whore the Fire
origlnsted--L lessee by the Guests.
[Trom the 2. =. Post, Sept. 81
Again is Oakland unfortunate q
I0olng by the destroying element
another ct It's elegant hotels. The
0alindo Hotel, one of the finest
oarAVthsarles on the coast outside
Of thfacity, and the largest brick
structure In Oakland, was reduced
70 ruins this morning. The build
lnR stood on the southwest corner
Of Eighth and Franklin streets,
and VA 175x150 feet In size and
fhro6 1kories high. At about two
O'Clock this morning Seymour
Severance, q guests who rooms In
the top story, was awakened by .
ntifiing odor of burning wood,
and, springing out of bed, went
60 Che ladies' bathroom, adj
iolning his room, where he
hand . heavy fire raging. He
rushed through the corridors shout
10 ssFire!' and soon alarmed the
U6ole house. The alarm was
turned in from box 7, at the corner
o. Webster and Ninth streets, but
before the department arrived the
TWO upper stories of the doomed
structure were enveloped In fiery
folds. At the terror inspiring alarm
OF nre each room began to give up
IL ocCugants, who hastily sought
and children, clad Ia scanty raj
ment, scurried to and fro through
the halls In CONSERVATION for the
moment, and then, laden with
trunks, valises, armsful of clothing
and other valuables, fled into the
streets. The hotel employees, headed
BY the proprietor, III. w. Greeley,
unreeled the hotel hose and sought
to
STAY THE CRACKING FLAMES
With buckets OF water, but with
out avail. On the arrival of the
engines streams were carried up
the stairways through the windows
and on the roof, and a deluge of
water was showered upon the burn
ing mass with seemingly little
efxSct. The flames spreading from
the bathroom reared through the
upper story, licking the roof with
hungry tongues, and shot down the
ntnirways to the second story,
through which they also swept I'M
stayed. Hose Company No had
. stream in the very midst Of the
RAGING furnace on the third story.
It was directed by Alfred s. Baker,
and Tim Golden at the nozzle.
They were standing near
the stairway when the
floor beneath them began to trem-
BILE and sway to and fro, and before
they could escape the floor fell with
: crash carrying them to the sec
ond floor. Golden escaped without
serious Injuries, but Baker sus-
tanned . conclusion of the brain
and internal injuries. Both men
were rescued and Baker taken to
the FELTON, engine house. At latest
accounts he was in fair way TO
recover. After an hours fierce
fight the fire was quenched, but
mot until the two upper stories had
been csmpleteIy Quilted, leaving
only the blackened walls. The fire
did not penetrate to the ground
floor, although the ceilings, walls,
and the goods contained in the
stores there, were
BADLY DAMAGED BY WATER.
U3Sr - a,-o, Ano~ .,,oo ooo,,,,foA hxy
John A. Paul, furniture dealer, J.
B. Miranda, cigar dealer, a Demo-
cratic club, and by the Evening
Tribune. The building was erect
ed In 1873 by Francisco Galindo at
cost Of 100000, not including
furniture, which was valued at $20,.
600. It contained 1875 rooms, all
most elegantly furnished, and was
supplied with all the latest i'm
prov ements. From the best in
formation there was $40, 900 insur-
nnce on the building and none on
the furniture. The loss will reach
$4,000. Nearly everything of
value belonging to the guests, to.
gether with large portion of the
furniture, was saved, although
some OF the guests lost considerable
clothing and other valuables. One
OF the guests, q Mrs. Clarke, who
resided on the second floor with
her two daughters, lost, besides
valuable jewelry and dresses, a
considerable sum in gold notes,
which was placed in trunk.
Among
THE GUESTS
Were Mr.. and Mrs. McAvoy end
family, Judge Alexander Campbell,
wife and child, Mr.. and Mrs. Pitts
and daughter, Col. Proudie, Mr..
and Mrs. SPOTS, Mrs. Ounce and
daughter, Judge Yule, J. G. Marsh,
J. b. de las Casas, Judge Hamilton,
Miss Mckay, ]. S. Brown, M. Cook,
Mise Edmund, Captain Wilcox and
Mrs. Keene, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Pat.
rick, guests of Judge Campbell.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
but, from the statement of
Mr.. Severance. who, on re-
firing shortly after eleven
O'Clock noticed u peculiar smell, as
II OF combustion, which, however,
was not 30 alarming as to prevent
him from going to sleep, the fire
must have been smoldering three
hours or more. The fire depart.
ment worked nobly and we'll to
stay the element. The destruction
Of this hotel leaves but one first
class hotel in Oakland, and that one
-Tubbs's .uotel-is located very
far from the center of the city.
There can be 10 doubt that Mr..
GAlind0 will rebuild, as under the
management of II. w. Greeley the
hotel had achieved great popu-
larity.
Positions Of tho Plerets Sepsem.