Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-07
PACIFIC COAST.


Peesens injured.
SAS FRANCIsco, August 4.-In sxtsnt
OF area the Ars this morning 10 the
create y that has occurred in this city
etnce 1876. Over two-thirds Of an en-
tire block ere laid IN ashes. The dis
coyory Vas made at one o'clock, and
although IN alarm vas instantly turned
n, before the arst engine reached the
ecsne II IVES evident that the nfs would
b one Of the mos disastrous and dim
cult 10 cope With that the firemeu Of
this city bad yet encountered. This
vos ehiedy due 70 the construction Of
the building Of the Winter Garden
Thsatrs, IN which the FIRE broke out.
The structure was filed with indamma-
bic material and was covered with
asphaltuU, and was % wodRed in BE-
tween other old frame buildings that il
wee di@eult for the dremsn 70 cope
with the flames.
sRNARKABLY QUICK Yr1K.
No IRE has ever bsfors occurred in
this city where the flames spread with
such fearful rspidity - the hre Of this
morning. Within fifteen minutes from
the time the first alarm was sounded
the buildings in the rear and on both
sides had caught, creating heat 90 in
tense that no attempt could be made TO
enter them. 4 general alarm was
s0anded, and efforts at once directed to
prevent spread Of the flames. Several
Of the engines we're detailed TO prevent
buildings on the opposite side of the
street from catching IRE from the sparks
carried by the wind. Patrols were Or
Ranixed and Hopes stretched across the
streets, 90 % not 10 impede the fremen.
After the Winter Garden Theater the
Esnhach building was next to 20, and
then fight was made to save the Red
Mems Hall, bat Il was unsuccessful.
Adjoining the latter was the Pacific
College, which wss quickly snyeloped.
CHECKED ~ n1ICK yUILDNo.
Learning that the fremsn directed
their efforts TO saving tine Druids' hall,
bat beyond . portion Of it, contents
nothing could DO saved. When the
flames reached this point il looked -
though the entire block bounded BY
Stockton, Post, Powell and Suffer streets
must 90, and that In the great confia-
grafton Trinity church and the National
Guard armory also, and the other
buildings b reduced to cindsrs; but
Just here the National Guard building
did good service. Il being built Of
brick the flames encountered an OBJ
stacls not before met, and the Guard
building saved the church. Bat on
the Stockton street side the
flames continued 70 hold full sway.
and everything down from the third
building on Stockton approaching Hut-
ter, and on Post street to the Guard
arm0ry vas nothing but one seething
mass Of flames. Within these limits the
6rsmen. by great efforts, managed to
keep il, and rt 2:45. less than two hours
from the first alarm the are was
under cnntrol, bot not before, in that
short period, Il had destroyed nearly
one entire block OF the oity.
FATAL AND sx2Ious AccrDENTs.
Several accidents occurred, many OF
them serious. just ~ the flames had
got full possession Of Rcd Mems build
ing, . man named John Couptis, Are
man on the steamer Oregon, was seen
to rush - the middle window of the
second story, which, at that moment,
vas almost entirely envelOped in
flames. Quickly fastenR curtain to
the window sifl, he jumped out, but the
curtain not having been fastened secure
", QAvo way. and he Game head-nfot 70
tbs GROUND, and vas paekek mp insensi-
BILE and carried TO the hospital. Il was
found tina his spine was injured to an
extent that his recovery was considered
doubtful.
No death 10 known beyond that Of
Harry Morgan, an actor, who lately
played Uncle Tom In "Unols Toms
Cabin" at the Winter Garden theatsr.
Morgan had been drinking heavily Of
late and was sssn drunk last night, and
il ID known that hs went to bed in q
room in the theatre. There ID an idea
that IL vas he who upoonsci0usiy started
the DIRE.
The firemsn, who behaved most ad-
mifably, succeeded In rescuinR many
persons.
Later estimatss of the losses placed
them ct e900, 900; insurance, $4,000.
shipplng Intelligence.
Posr BLAKRLy, August 6.-Arrivsd--
BARK Wrestler and schooner Reporter.
vSoroDIA. B. G., Aug. 6.-Arriyed--
Bark NartabAn, fro0 London; steam
ship Barnard Castle, from San Fran
cisco.
Bark Florence Treat, ship Rainbow,
bark Princess Royal, all lumber laden,
70 10 80 today.