Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-14


tA4 AMnAHe4 Klaas a HaaIass spnrrn
- rrep4Htx Gees - fm asmann.
AsahecA i 3 nailiiag psri sisuatsd a
khs $50 shozs % noods csn.f sbsus
tuenty niles fum - moath. rns
eiRh1een miles aboss Pori G,ntie.
Ihs prinaipsL sd b fast de s.is IS
dsslry e ~ plaes. - hsan tie san
ugaeturs Of lnmbex. Msay ysarn 40
ths WashluRson iii compang sonssea
H. m5ll a fhfs pains. and khrsa wnar,
MO W.Ss AaanaAs who has 1ed
tee conpAny ~ ths palzelpai ownership
eH No pHef ert8s built another anlf
larger MI alonRside he "a cue. shs
sNe m..is having capaaity 81 lT5o0J
-. o l4mneF psE asF. Con7eesed
vita tness nils Nszs nachie1. black
sa.itn aua rpenzek shoSs, narshonses.
ana =. - nesas1aEg adt1ncls . q sns
eeesful ssunaill to4n.
"a lAur11ag afternoon this property
took IRE, and toRghae vita the whsfves
ana large qnantstisa 81 lambae. waEe
totaily destroyed
TIE PARTICULARS.
Kfoma oosrespoz Seat a soahsek ana
tEam tae olIosEa 81 taa eleauer yons-
phine we learn tie following rartian
laFa ooueoFnira ne eoaaaeFation Ihs
1aFkentlne Retriever had arrived from
San tfanclsoo 9th fEsia1t for TIE oom-
pauy'a sore. and w4s heinR DISCHARGED
~ donkey eneias. A a1iH breeze uas
Blowing directly on 20 the wharf, where
we're huge piles 81 lumber uwRitiua
aGtpne1t - foFeiNn lands. Ihs SPA h
ffena The donkey engine fHFnacs wefs
being scattered 0veg she woaxf, and
feaFin9 that some damage might thsge-
y b oonss SEQ Cninamen we're detail
I'd 20 keep watch aud puf out any free
that might be famed Int exiglenco.
TIKI AEknN.
Aboul z20 O'Clock she ChInaman ran
% The raiil shouting thst 3 pile 81 Ian
Der had taken hge 90 -, and thai thsy
e0aid not put Is oa2 1ha mill whistle
aas nonnaea. and ths cid miii. which
vac running Is aaa time, vas shnt down
immediatelYs Tha men haaaened %
the aoene Of tbs nrs. bat hy he time
they arrived theRe she hay ~ ohoaae
aas 3 oolid mass Of names, aud the heal
was 30 intense ehaa = human being oouid
not got anywhere near the IRE 50 as b
cheek 10 progress. TIE water facilities
weke very poor, and buf Iittla good could
Be accomplished with the hose. A back
e brigade vas formed and an hands
worked faithfully aad veil, bat al 10
no purpose. as fhs wind % tinued 70
blow aud she h4mss ian throuRh Tie
nem mill, khen Ghs old one, and thea
thf0ngh the sh0ps and warehouses "a
tnen- Ia twc hsuFn sitter che alarm was
sounded, q smonidesinQ heap of ruins
marked the spot where for years had
stood tie neabeok mill. TIE WhaFges
we're destroyed. many Of the piles being
burned down % the WafeF's edge.
Neither II tie eompany'a steamers
vas u port. bat foftunately d. X. HsW
ards steamer Jossphine waa at tbs old
wharf, and - s0su 80 TEE ME alarm vas
sounded ahe got ~ steam and towed
much Seating property 20 places Of
safety. The harkent1ne Retriever was
On hFe In several plaesa. bnt the Jose
phina t0wad her away from the baFning
wharf. ard she escaped with tho loss Of
several sails and severe searching.
THk Losses.
AZ stated before, she property bslong-
ed 20 tbs Washington Mil Company,
Of which W. !. Adams Vas principal
owner. Rodney kendFiok, resident
manager Of ths eompany's prosperity.
also lost the aesamulasiona Of years OF
honest toni. Wi d 10 lad invested il
the stock Of the s0mpany. In placing
the loas ~ 500 000, We ast beioW, rather
than shove the actual loss. Mr.. Adams
II 10 Sun Francisco, bat has been teie-
qraphed ID regard e the Ore, and will
hasien 70 the SQUAD. 1he burnine OF
abe mill throws fullg 30 men out Of en-
ployment. WHO depond on their daily
labor for thefr bread.
w. ]. Adams ia man highly respect
ed b all who know hln, and althsagh
Dad luck has followed nim for years,
his credit has never been shaken. By
the burning OF the California planning
mills be lost several hundred Thousand
dollars, and shortly aftefWaFd ehe ine
ship Olympas, valued az $4,000. be-
longing 70 him was lost with valuable
cargo; she bark Oregon vas wrecked and
hef cargo loai. ana 80 on, until az lass
Tia main stand -by, the asilis on Pagot
Souud, are iessled 10 the groand BY dfe.
10 - thonght the company carried
some Insurance on its property - Sea-
beck, bat ss that basiDess was attended
% By the San Francisco once, the
exact amount cannot be aaoeEtained a.