Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-26
A TERRIBLE FIRE,
thirsy-iws Buildings burned In ra.
COMA.
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h'o pioueht all VINO Vef5 within hear
ing distance 10 their feet. and glance
toward the north end Of Palace avenue
soon showed It's location. Upon arriv-
iH2 on tue grounds ntmes were dise
ered In the rear of the American Hoase.
frame building used as BOARDING
mouse The fire soon spre I'd 10 A small
one-stor building in the rear. and in a
ie" minutes that end Of the block VAS
MASS OF FLAMEs
III WAS some time before any great mum
Der OF people arrived. aud the fe y that
were on the ground Seemed hs'ple-.
ana did not know what to dD nor ybere
10 90. Ii VAS evident from the start
That there would be a scarcity Of watsr
ana the only thing to ba me was TO
remove the furniture aud goods ont of
tae various houses in that immedI tte
neiRhborhDod. For some tirae the fire
was confined to the Ameri AN House
aud the Bee Hive StloJn, but At last
good hetdway was m tde. aud il W 9
| apparent that at least tn. gre ,ter por-
ton Uf the block Wa dooued. Whi!s
the fife WAS confined 90 tbs Bee Hive
Saloon and the Amsrlc sn Honss an
Effort Vas 3de to tear down the build
Ing which v.s DC ,apied by the Elite
! . x
Deen moved to that bu ldinz after be-
ing burned ont of the other block.
While men were engaged Ia throwing
articles out of the Elite gallery a lamp
was knocked over. and in an instant
that building was In flames. Then th.
nre commenced spreading both ways.
and half the block VA. ia a ,nies. Ad-
| joining the bee Hive WIS a small build.
ing occupied as \ saloon, which Was
soon In u mass OF fumes. N.xt came
the three-story building known a. the
eRoTTo House.
Which was used as a lodging house and
Restaurant. Inc opinion was thea
freely EXPRESSED that the entire block
/ was doomed, which proved to be- the
case, and all efforts 10 the contrary were
useless. 30 Tar as preventing its spread
ing was Concerned. From there il
caught small one-story building and
vent quickly down the block. Great
| ieaEs were entertained for the safety OF
the Hals,ead HJuse, which caught fire
number of times, bat in every in
stance the flames were extinguished be-
fore much hsadway VAS gainsd. O1po-
slte, the Standard saloon, south of the
Halstead House, WAS ia great anger,
IA we'll AS all the buildings In that row.
bot there being n large number of men
| At Work on those houses with water and
blankets, the hsmes were prevented
| from gaining headway, although they
took fire several times. Ths Cinnamon
worked hard, helping to carry water to
extinguish the flames, which were
threatening to level the Halstead House
| TO the ground, and the employees and
boarders IN the house did nobly.
In great many instances the stocks
in the verious buildings were saved,
having been removed mp the street, east
of the burning block. The majority of
the houses were occupied by saloons,
aud the space back AZ far as ChG avenue
was literally covered with liquors and
cigars.
THERE IL NO QUESTION
But what the fire started in the room
over the kitchen of the hotel and Iodg.
ing place known AS the American House
la an instant the flames leaped TO the
main building, and there WAS hot and
rapid work To save anything from the
! American. From the American the
raging element swept southward, bsffl ng
every effort 10 stay it's course. The sa-
loon of MeCaskill Il Hayes, on the cor
ner, was sooa
ROARING MASS ON FLAMES.
! Nothing could be done but save the
contents, which was rapidly accomplish
ed. All along the block the work of re-
moving stocks of goods aud furniture
| WAS carried on until It Is doubted wheth-
or any great amount If the contents of
the buildings was los, thou b lll of the
goods saved
WERE BADLY DAMAGED.
In tracing the route of the fire some of
the smaller business places may be omit
ted in this rapidly constructed account.
bat i'm the MAN it ~ correct. Next
south OF MoCaskill Il Hayes came He
mans salo IN. About the time shat tnis
building caught the fire company made
= splendid effort To tear oat building
further south. They had partially sue
oeeded. when \ lamp in the building
next south of the place where they were
working
| EXPLODED From CAUSES UNKNOWN,
And at. ed the Dire in a new place al
most in the center of the block. r.
turning To affairs to the north of the ex
plosion, the Grotto Hotel followed He
mau's. The dodgers escaped with thu
greater part of their wardrobs, and
much of the furniture was also saved.
inc uding the billiard tables. This WAS
n three story building, shell. which
threw ou. terrific heat and filled the
air with
LuRID FLAMES AND FLyiNa SPARKS.
| South of the Grotso oame the Elite sa-
| loon, Hersberg's wholesale liquor house.
! q. Lanpert's Wholesale liquor house,
| Lees stationery store, Levins' barber
| shop, the kanier saloon. the Scandina
Wan 81 oon, the Roc, beer hall, Wants
large grocery, Wards variety store.
| Harris sad lie Rock restaurant, Uhl-
mans meat market, Milmots auction
store, Beede's saloon. VOLTS bakery.
| Mamlock's cigar store, Snmon's cigar
store, the ID D.mhuo saloon, Slogans
tailor shop, Simon's boot and shoe
store. Davis drug store, the Savings
bank and FIfe's real estate office. There
were
MANY oFFIcEs AND BOOMERS
| Burned out 10 the second stories Of
| the build ngs along the block, whose
loss 10 ~ impossible to estimate. The
Elite photograph gallery and the City
| Magistrates office were smoue the num-
| Der. In this block. and sufferers by the
| DIRE, were Ave firms who lost heavily in
tue recent great tirs IN facoma-the
| Savings bank, I'll. @. Davis, A. Simon.
Sam Simon aud CrovelI Bros. The safe
| from the Savings bank was loaded on a
truck and hauled TO place Of refuge
| for the second time in three months.
There were
THIRTY. TWO BUILDINGS BURNED.
| Counting several small structures fac
| ing upon Railroad street. Wherever
the fumes reached the wooden mate
rial il was lisked up like tinder, and
nothing short Of. superior water works
could have stayed the ravagc short OF
where il was stopped for want of mate
rial. Fife's two buildings on the corner
of Ninth aud Pacific avenue we're pulled
down in order TO prevent spread dag
onally 20 the corner of Mann's block.
Ia was successful. and the fire was
stopped at this corner.
EVERYBODY WORKED sPLESpTpLr.
Not only in fighting the flames. bat in
saving the valuable property. The
scorched and bissken appearance Of
the buildings upon the opposite side OF
an. avanna utIl amf,Iv teStffy 20 the