Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-23
PACIFIC COAST.
Fire AZ IuIar

4
IULAEx. Cal, A1g. 92.-This sf,er-
noon ao2ut O'Clock Gre WAS discovered
~ the Cnfness quarter. The Ore CON-
psny aud cifizsns rushed "a ths s..rs :,
once and all isboFed earaestIy With the
nnea9re means at their comnanS 20
check the IRE. All Efforts proved ana
vaIilng. however, and the fame -,
gained such Roadway that the bremen
deserted she Chinese buildings and
torEed their attention to preventing tha
spread OF the flames into the buzines.
portion OF the town lying irnueiiateIv
20 TIE north. The planning mill and nor
factory, Just west Of the Chinese oaay-
Ter, was saved With difficulty, and nard
NofA was also required to save tue gas
Sorks 10 the east Qnits stroao breeze
vas oioNing from the west during tie
nfe' he neat At the gas works vas
intense. IL was feared for q while thai
tne works would blow up. The fire ootu.
Pany wss poSefless on account Of lack
o. safneIcnt quantity Of hose. About
twenty hvs buildings we're burned. and
the less will probably reach $350 .OCO
more than cne hundred families suf-
Tered tue loss of their closhiuo. The
origin OF the fire was q cigarette care
lessiy tnfown among some iufi Ammabl.
rubbish.
New Corporations.
BAN FkANcIsoo, Aug. 22.-The Aneyi-
can SoRar Refinery Company las in
corporated to carry on the business Of
rsnulRg sugar in this city. The capital
stock 10 100000, divided into 1000
shares OF $1,000 each. The directors are
Samuel I. Alexander. Herman BsuIeI.
M. ,. Gunbaum, Edward Palhesmua
and Herman j. Sadier.
An it Is worth.
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22.-The wrecked
DARK haddIHRtonshire was sold at aue-
ton this afternoon in the Merehants,
Exchange TO Paul Keyser, csmuission
merchant, for $50. The sale was by an
thority Of the board of underwriters.
There were few bidders. The sale was
started at SIS.
Peer Time and n Thin Came,
FREzNo, Gala, Aug. 22.-At the fair
grounds track foot race took place to-
day between VIM. Fielding Rscter and
y. 5. Taylor. 100 yards, for $1,000 side.
Taylor won in IL 4 seconds. Both men
are strangers here. Rector has run sew
eral races in the last few days with To-
cal runners, beating them badly. He
then succeeded in getting hackers for
5000 IN race with Taylor. 10 be
doabiy sure OF square race Recter was
eoztin1ally kept under surveillance by
his sacksrs. The race resulted in Tay-
Tor winning about 5000 besides watches,
ete.
The Prey OF sharks.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 22-The steamer
MaFiposa, which arrived frsm Honolu
Ia. Sandwich Islands, today, brings news
that the schooner Popoiki, daring a
sudden sqaall oapsized of the coast
OF the Hawaiian Islands. All on board
we're thrown into the water. Two of
the crew managed to get boat, which
she vessel was towing astern, and
rescued two other sailors, but the
captain and his wife aud child
aud two members OF the crew we're at
tackled BY sharks and drawn under the
water before ihe rescuers we're able 10
reacn them. No names could be learned.
sbippiaE iateiiigeaee.
San FRASeIscs, Aug. a. Sailed
Steamer Oregon for Astoria; ship Mel
rOse, for seattle; steamer Qatea of Il 9
Pacific. for Seattle; steamer Barnard
Castle. for NanAimo; ship Richard III,
for Port Townsend; Ship City OF
Benares, for Portland,
TATo sH, Aug. "a Smoky, fresh
ssuth sind. No shipping.
PoRT fowssKED, Aug. 22--ArFived--
Bark Emerald. brig Selma.
Sailed-Aug. ~, saips Domingo,
santa Maria, for Valparaiso.
PoRr GAEBLE, August 22.--ArFised-
Schooner LENA Swesey.
PoRr BLAKELEY. Aug. 22-Sliled-
Brig Tanhsr, schooner Norway.