Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-07
LARGE FIRE ~ EAST PORTLAND.
Portland News.l


At 9 o'clock this morning a fire was
discovered in the rear of Logan & IT.
wings drug store, on the corner of
Fourth and l. streets, East Portland.
The building in which the fire original
ed is a two-story frame, the upper por-
ton of which is occupied by Drs Royal
and Eddy, with offices. The flames
spread with alarming rapidity and soon
the structure was all ablaze. This was
materially aided by the bursting of
chemical jars which scattered their con
tents in all directions. On the l. street
side the flames next attacked the one
story frame building occupied by Mr..
Warren, a dealer in cigars and tobacco.
Owing to the light materials with which
this building WAS constructed it offered
but slight resistance to the flames and
was soon total loss with all of its con-
tents. Next in order on l. street the
flames commenced to devour the build
ing adjoining, which was a one story
frame building, which extended from
Warren's building to the building on
the corner of Third street. This build
ing was occupied by the Monogram Sa-
loon, a tobacco store and the sign paint
ing establishments of G. II. Graham. 1t
advanced along, and slowly but surely
eat its way toward the corner.
BY this time No. had been sent for
and came over from Portland. and after
considerable time was lost succeeded in
getting a stream on the fire by pumping
water from the river. The supply of
water seemed inadequate for the East
Portland engine, sever 81 times the pipe
men were compelled to back away from
the building because there was no
stream sent to tn I'M.
The corner building, occupied by
Charles LOCUS as a pork packing estab-
lishment, next took fire and burned
RAPIDLY.
by this time the paint on the build
ines on the south side of l. street began
to blaze, aud in a few minutes they
too. were all ablaze.
The fire gradually spread toward the
west, and as We go TO press at half-past
o'clock, the flames are not nearly un-
der control. Most of the inmates on
the south side had time to remove their
effects. but Noyes, who keeps the Ex-
change Saloon, lost considerable, as did
also Smith and st lrm, plumbers.
Riddles Bureau Saloon, adjoining
the drug store, on Fourth street, was
completely destroyed. Insured for
5000 with White d kiggen's agency.
Two saloons. An empty store and the
New York Exchange, constituted the
remainder of the block on Fourth
street., and were totally demolished
The New York Dry Goods Store. on the
opposite side of Fourth, caught fire sew
eral times. but was saved with SEINE ex.
erion. The First Nation Al Bank build
ing suffered some from breaking glass
bat being a brick structure, escaped
more serious injury.
The stock of Logan d Irvine's drug
store Was saved in almost It's entirity
A handsome aud expensive soda foun-
tain was removed without injury of any
kind.
The loss on the buildings will prob
ably reach $60.u00; insurance unknown,
bat believed to be small.
Warren's insurance was $3.50 on stock
and 500 on his piano.
The entire block was owned BY Chas
LOCUS. who suffered also in the destruc
ton Of his pork packing establishment