Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-09-10
A MILLION LOSS.
SAN FRANCISCO THE SCENE OF A
GREAT FIRE.
Many Lumber Yards and Factories
Destroyed, and Ewelve Hun
dred Men Left Idle,
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE KEooRD-Usros..

San FRANCISCO, September 9th.-[Spe-
cial.]-One of the largest fires the city has
known for years spread devastation through
the district lying between Market and
Howard streets and between Beale and the
water front. The loss, which, owing to the
extent of the fire, coah not We accurately
determined, is estimated at q million dol
lars. The Insurance. is unknown.
At about noon aR alarm was turned in
from box 265, at the corner of Main and
Mission streets, by an expressman who
lives in that neighborhood. The flames
issued from Dsy, Huber & Ransome's sash
factory. The fire department quickly re-
sponded, bat the flames made such progress
that they soon made manifest the neces-
sity of turning on further alarms, which
was done, and every engine in the city
FASTENED to the scene.
Evea the engines from Oakland FFerC
brought over to aid in subduing tAe de.
stroying' element. The fire spread rapidly
from Day, Huber & Ransome's factory
and the'flames quickly leaped to the car
penter shop of ]. H~ardenburg on MaiI
street, which was quickly destroyed.
Chase d Co.'S planning mill went mex
and was followed by that of Marshutz &
Csntrell, the machine shop OF Little {
Knowles, the lumber yards of the Unior
Fence Company and Code, Elicit & Co.
Schilling's machine shop, Hazen's planin.
mill and Jason Springer & Co.'S lumbe
yards.
Adjoining Springer & Co.'S place wa
the lumber yard of Preston, Nc
Kenon & Co., occupying six lots, file,
with valuable lumber, the Fulton House
and several saloons and dwellings also il
the same neighborhood, and were de
stroyed. The Redwood Lumber an
Veneer Company's yard in this block wa
destroyed with the rest. The losses in thi
block are: Springer & Co. SIS 600, insuI
ance ST.. GOO; Preston, McKenon & Co
$4,000, insurance S25 600; The Redwoo,
Company $4,000, insurance $15, 600.
The east half OF this block, whicl
escaped the conflagratioa, was occupied b
extensive lumber ishments, Goa
yards, dwellings, saloons and boarding
houses, whose distraction would have Ell
tailed great loss and suffering.
The extensive establishment of Johl
Wigmore was in danger several times from
flying sparks, but was saved with a yer
inconsiderable loss.
Eat the norihmost side OF East and Mis-
sion streets was the saloon Of Fred. Ger
how, known as Uncle Sans Saloon .
This small wooden house escaped the fire
the flames on the south side of Mission
having been blown off by the wind; an
those rafting or Steuart street havin
worked around to the north and taken hol
OF the lumber piles, which extend fror
Steuart street to East, between Mission an
Market.
East of the little saloon was Preston
McKenon's undergrad. An immens
quantity of lumber belonging to his fir
was destroyed, but the extent of the dam
age could not be estimated.
After the department had been diligentl
lighting the fire for nearly three hours Id
flames passed Steuart street and ran rapid
toward the water front.
When the boat building establishmer
off,. II. Burns, No. 3 Mission street, on th
south side, had been licked up the fire a
tackled the building at the southwest col
ner of Mission and East streets, in whic
was the office of Captain A. C. Freeze, til
Bulkhead Saloon and Bplkhead Coffee S.
loon. These were Quilted, and the room
upstairs were wrecked. The loss wa
placed at 5000; insurance, 81, 800.
South of this establishment was tie O
flee of Geo. Fritch, Of the Wellington Cos
Company. Here 5000 tons Of Wellingto
coal, valued at $4,000, was stored, an
almost all of il was destroyed. This stoc
was uninsured, and will prove q total los
as the coal that was not altogether burne
was rendered valueless.
The fire will throw out Of employment
present over 200 men.