, 1889-08-08

utcS fhNt building was one mass Ol llrc.
The Pacific hotel was next seen to he
smoking, and soou was envcloped IN IA
thick mass of black smoke through
which the flames soon burst, and that
stately building, of which all were
80 Justly proud, was doomed \ strong
wind was prevailing and coming from
tho northeast and increased ut times to
almost q gale. Tho fire on the west
side of Post street was now making
rapid progress; already the Minneapolis
lunch house, CUur d. Alenc saloon, Blue
Front lodging house, Il. X. lunch cOun-
ter, n. T.. X. r., dopot's offices of the
Spokane n Palouse railway, express
offices and freight houses were con-
stmcd. Owing TO the extreme coolncss
and work OF the iironcn the flames wore
| stopped from going west of Lincoln
street. The dry condition Of the houses
rendered the situat ion more dangerous
and soon Post street the
following places were abla2c
and consumed, McCuloSh's cigar store,
Post street barber shop Pacific cigar
store, Comet saloon, Bodcgo saloon,
cignr store Of Bishop ~ Co., Hood $
restaurant, Ahrlnl's fruits and cigars,
Casino saloon, Opera House saloon, Ed.
Watson BIruum x Son, clothing Hood ;
restaurant, AT. Sucur's cigar tore,
American second hand store, VIM. But
terworth, tailor. tocy n Thomas, drugs,
Johnston's grocery and Letters saloon.
BLOWING ur BUILDINGS.
The fremcn had been working man
fully and well, but could do nothing, and
giant powder was resoried to, and every
minute or so there would bc u loud re.
port, and great mass of cinders and
refuse would be seen going up
in the air and falling prOmiscously
in all directions. The crowds
at the reports would start and run back
and dodge the missiles that were hurled
down on them from above. The scene
an riverside avenue ut this time was in
dcscribablc, Merchants were running
around Offering large sums TO draymcn
for their services and in some eases en-
deavoring to make them stop by main
force. The people were continually
dodging the teams that were driving
through the streets at bredk.neCk speed
All along Post street were goods being
burned that the owners had struggled to
get out of their houses and places OF
business. IL was now apparent 10 all
that the city was doomed and all were
seeking a place of safety. When
were raging in terrifying manncr.
The roar and cracking could be heard
for miles, as was told by residents who
were out of the city. The Falls CITY
block withstood the flames but for u few
minutes and that structure soon fell in
and was totally destroyed In this
block were situated the grocery store OF
lIonne Il Lindsey, the Exchange Ma.
tional bank. which has been in opera
ton only for few weeks, the offices Of
Drs. Mason, Tilmont. Potter and Cas-
ton, physicians, and Govcs architect
office. Soon the flames leuped with
lightning .rapidity to Gillette's restau'
rant, Pacific tea store, gun store, ir
which the powder and cartridges ex-
at saving anything were given up, and
us Il last resort
THE FLAMES WE'RE CHECKED
by the blowing. up nj the Pacific Saddle
Conpanys building by giant powder.
This was the salvation of the Crescent
block, city hall, REVIEW office and Com
mercial hotel. The explosion was ter
rihC and all the window lights in the
Commercial hotel and adjoining build
ings were shattered.
The course of the tire was now up Riv-
ersidc avenue aud everyone was striving
to save as much rs possible from the
flames. Mr.. Anthony, the manager oi
the II. q. Dun Mercantile Agency, was
/ ten miles away when he first heard the
news and camePost haste to the city ar
riving only in time TO rescue few of tho
records of the office.
| l.. q. Avery, of the firm of Avery &
| Stout, was in their office and had sue
Cceded in collecting some OF their papers
when the explosion caused by giant
powder in the adjoining block scared
/ him out.
In the offices of Binklcy Il Taylor they
were transferring their books to the ban X
vaults when they were warned away by
| the .nearncSs OF the contlagration. After
/ leaving, however stcnographer Beidle-
man remembered that some papers had
been forgotten and started back to the
building and came near meeting with an
almost
FATAL ACCIDENT.
While in the building the Chamber
lain block was blown up with giant
| powder and when he started TO leave his
pathway was blocked by the fire. He,
/ however, ran through and says he can
not exactly remember how he got acress
I the street. but found himself in his
room and badly burned.
The husincss places which were on
this side OF Riverside avenue and were
consumed were: j. W. Wentworth.
clothing; |. \. Arnient6 Co, stAtioncrS; !;
| j. ii, Eardley, ladies' fancy goods; A..
/ l.. Barmon, clothing, u. l.. Glrretson
job printing; Northwest Tribune DrS
Scott. Webb, House, Powell and
Cheadlc, law firms and offices Of Blink
ley & TAYLOR, Buck IL Winston, Douglas
Bros, VINO were both out of town and
only arrived to find everything con-
,umcd; Avery e Stout, Thomas Nichols
W. X. Scott and !. ConnorS, $. 4. Hol-
land wholesale liquor; Ramsey, drugs
r.. T. Hyde, jeweler; @. T.. store, fruits
and confectionery Wolfereon ~ Byrd,
hardware w. III. Beck, gun store !;
Northwestern Mortgage and Loan Com
,mny: ID. NJ. Mcleod, dry goods I;
Henth's book store; Il. g. Dunn
mercantile agency; real estate
offices of Boycc N Silver, r. w.
whftchousc, Strcehcr IL Bro. aud Gilbert
~ Go. The next 10 catch was the Hyde
Block, and as in the case of the others
it withstuOd tho fury OF the flames but
for little while. In this imposing block
owned 10y Eugene 4. Hyde were some OF
the largest business houses in the city,
particularly that of HALEY, Mason,
Marks ~ Co., Wholesale hardware deal
crs, and the tobacco jobbing house of
| Roscnhcld Smith Company and the
| hardware firm of Boyd a. Co. Besides
these houses, on the second hoor were
| the law offices of HYDE a. Jones who
owned probably the best law library in
| tie Northwest, and which was totally
! destroyed; no insurance. In the offices
of EsSig ~ Essig, physicians and sur
gcons, which have been lately reiurnishcl
they had one of the best medi-
cal libraries and outfit in the
| territory and which was totally
destroyed and lost, only few instru-
nents being saved Partly insured
DR.. Russell saved nothing from his Of
fees and snstainsa loss OF $1,000. Drs.
| Parmley and Smith rescued part of their
possessions. Strobach ~ Munter lost
l.ts l.n,. IL,