Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-06-06

News, June 4h

nAnes we're Uncovered isszing from the
rear OF W Il Fife's one-stery brick
buildfnQ. corner Of Ninth street and Pa
eiflc avenue. 1he alarm vas given, and
the oninoos blowing Of Whistles and
ringing Of bells sooa arOased the pso-
pie 20 toe fact thai lhe IRE fsnd had
again visited the city. The FIRE seems
30 have originated, or been Get, - the
case may BE. In the meat-ehoppinQ
house., q loW wooden shed in the rear Of
the Rainier Market, ovned by c. 7.
Ihlman. The shop was fall of lard,
oil and other inhAmmabia material, and
. very hot fire was immediassly eneen-
dsred. A erosd soon gathered, and Efforts
we're made TO extinRuish the flames BY
means of the celebrated Harden hand
Rrenades, bot these appeared 20 have no
more effect than % many paf balls Fhe
beat soon broke the glass Of the door and
window leading into the market, and the
flames swept thrOagh the entire length
Of the room as through a fuunel, licking
up in its fiery embrace everything that
was eombastIble. Before the fire, how
ever. had consumed the eatire woodsork
the two hose companies appeared on
the seene, aod the work OF eonpiinR To
ths by drants on the corner Was but the
WI = VI y tlOA4G0ls NAc1 t&U tet8cflul
streams Of water we're turned on the
glowing furnace. The effect Was mag
ioal. fhe force Of the water seemed
verify 90 blow the flam-s oat. and 10
leave the charred and smoking wood
work sxposed 70 view. So intense was
the heat and rapid the progress of the
fire that little was saved from the fire
except few oarcasses hanging from
the hooks apd p trtion Of the counter.
Adjoining the market on the south side
vas the shoe store Of Marmont 4 Mur. |
ply, which suffered little or nothing |
from the Gre, although considerable |
damage. WAS done by water and re-
moval. ". n. Flies office. one door |
farther south, also was slightly dam |
aged bS tue same cause. The brick |
building containing she stores was con- |
siderably damaged by the destruction |
of the woodwork of the market and the |
plastefing, which is estimated al about |
$500, fully covered by insurance. The l
Rainier Market, which vas the most |
elegantly fitted one in the city. was |
completely Rutted, and viii aggregate q
loss Of not less than $l500 10 its prepFi- |
etor, though il was partially insured. /
Marmont d Murphy were insured. and
suffered q loss that may bs covered by
$3.50 or more.
THnKR DWELLINGS BURNED
About ii O'Clock this forenoon the /
city was again startled by an alarm OF
drs. This time the tiend had fixed upon
q gronp of handsome residences on the
crest of the ball in the vicinity Of and
Eighteenth streets. The pull mp the
bill was a long and q strong one and the
ladder truck did not reach the scene IN
ill one OF the houses was consumed and
another 30 far gone that no efforts were
Of avail to save Is, bat the third house
vas rescued. though severely burned on
one side. The hrs originated, according
TO the story of the neighbors. in the
middle house, a two-stOry dwelling
owned by z. W. Hanson. Of B1naey i
kahier's drug store, and was At the time
unoceupied and empty. The tirst iHti-
nation the neiRhborhood had of the fire
was huge volumes Of smoke issaiuQ
from the crsvices Of the windows, and
hastening TO the house they discovered
the whole interisr was in flames. Ef
forts sere made 20 save the structure.
bot the heat became 30 intense thsy
we're compelled TO abandon IL. The
wind was blowing from the south and
tn triumphant flames leapsd across
The intervening space, distance OF
about thirty feet, and ienited the resi-
dsnce of H. =. Smith. night Waterman at
Tue Tacoma, op the north corner OF the
block. The united efforts Of the neigh
bors we're directed toward saving this
building, but here, too. the heat was 80
intense that they we're able to save little
else than the farnitnre. South of Han
sons house was the residence Of Mr.. |
Martin George, baggage master on the
Payallup road. ID stood about fifteen |
feet from the burning dwelling. and at /
one time appeared 10 be almost doomed /
to utter destruction but the favorable |
course of the wind and the truly heroic /
services Of the members OF the hose
company and the neiehbors sueceeded |
in saving the house, thoaRh the entire |
north side was AZ one time on fra. In |
that vicinity water is hard 10 get, hav |
ing TO be drawn frsm wells, and owing |
TO the difficulty IN securing water, the |
wonder is that even that much Of the |
group was saved. The other two houses |
we're burned 10 the RrouRd, and the air |
vas fiiied With flying embers that immi- |
neatly threatened 10 ignite other houses
in the neighborhood, bat those were
proteoted by coverings OF vet blankets.
Mr.. Smith's house, total loss, was
valued at $500, on which there was an
insurance of $500. Hanson's house,
also q total less, was estimated at $500,
and was not insared. Mr.. Georges
residence. costing $1,000, suffered dam
age 20 the amount Of about $3.50.
The excitement at enc time was in
tense, and with men. women, children
and wagons running hfther and thithef,
with buckets Of water. household Of
fects. ETC., the prospect for an accident
was indeed alarming As il was. tho
horse attached to DaflinR's delivery
wagon became frightened, asd plung-
ing through the orogd ran over Mrs.
Lotx, the wife OF q carpenter In the
ueighboFhoOd. iniistinR serious II not
fatal injuries. She vas picked up and
carried TO her Fesidsnce on Fifteenth
street aad Tacoma avenue, where the
ssFvics Of physiciaa was called. She
is said 10 have suffered fracture OF
the arm, besides severe injuries on the
face and in the chest.
Al about half past twelve the dre had
exhausted itself and nothing remained
Of the once too handsome souses bnt o
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