, 1889-06-13

bpnkers, and railroad tracks, wbolesa 10
Quarter and everything south oi Union
street ana west oi second, aud reaching
around 10 the gas works aud above Fourth
street or Jackson, completely bu ned.
| The Arlington and CuniniprciaI hotels are
q. siroNe0, also the coal bunkers OF the
Oregon Improvement o. nmpsny; docks OF
the Oregon Railwa 4 Navigation Com.
p'n> tracks OF the Puget Sound shore and
Columbia and Puget Sound kaiIroad-,
by the new warehouse Of the Seattle Trans.
I.r Company; Mechsnic.' branch
snd '''''S Walker, mousse all OF sss,sd sssssi
iron, commission and wholesale ware.
houses along the water front, Sletson &
Post's saw mill, but IN give list Of every.
thing burned would be to reproduce most
OF the Seattle business dn ectory. 1t Is esti.
mated that the total loss will reach easy
$40 600 0OO. and all personal los.es viii
probably reach $3O, ZOO, 900 Whether there
IL much loss Of life cannot yet he ascei.
tanned. The city is guarded by sentinels
OF militia Two hends are said
Heaven was merciiui that the ire
was allowsd to occur In the
daylight. The flames and sniok ascended
to the clear, sunny skv. The weat her waa
warm but not too warm Thou, ands Of
people are lett destitute and will sleep, II
sleep they can to- night, under the canopy
OF heaven. They have done their best 10
save few OF their goods. Many persons
must have lost their lives but who can tell
who they ar.2 Lodging house quarter and
Sums OF the city are swept cut of ex
isience.
1t has been sn awful day and will be
wakeiul night When the Toklas Il Sin.
gernaD building fell about thirty people
were near II, and many were crushed. Sim-
lar accidents befell most Df the large
buildings; Any estimate OF the loss OF
ne ", nld be simply guess work. Words
fail to describe the awful picture Of fire
and d. ISOLATION II is like the Chicago fire
aud like Chicago the city Will he rebuilt.
Every BODY seems 10 he in good spirits as II
~ hard to real ize the dr.. adiui fullness OF
this sudden calamity. The corr, spopdent
10 now w,i'in. by the light from the great
red cloud. The Seattle Lake Shore Il
Eastern Railroad Company is a heavy
and 5000, 900 in Stouk had Just Just been 'rn suo' :
sciibed In Seattle for it. .hwabscher
Bros " Co are heavy losers. The heaviest
son Q squire, NJ Coleman, Oregon I'm.
ptovement company, A A Denny, Seattle
Transfer company, Oregon Railway Il
navigation company, several banks, Bailey
datzert, wabacber Bro & Co. Toklas.
Sipg"rmsn & Co, Safe Deposit Co, Puget
Sound railroad, Judge Thomas Burke.
Dexter Horton. + Saunderson, George +
Frye Stetson & Post.
The Commercial Mill Co., Mechanics
Mill Co., Seattle ship Building and Dry
Dock Go. Ferry & Tate, Hillefy Butler,
Isaac korn, y, Bailey, Capt, Starr, L. G.
), Hunt. Angus Msckintosb, Seattle Lake
Shore Il Eastern, Gordon Hardware Co,
Seattle Hardware Co., Moran Bros. Sut-
cliiie Baxter, j. +. Mcknight. j. r. Hot
allinr, w. 8. l.add, John Collins. who
owned the Occidental hotel. valued at
100000. with only S65,OOO insurance, J
Lssry, William Sbandy. Harrington &
Smith, HATFIELD, Il Lobe, Lew & Co,
this list, under the circumstances, is only
a very limited one. The losses in every
thing s.e variously estimated now at from
$40 OOO, 900 to $40 900. .O00 The office of the
Pacihv Postal Telegraph Company is tenn
porarily established In the Moore Land
company's building, one of the few lett
stan ding in the business center. 1t is one
al the TWO leading real estate offices not
burned.
The Yesler avenue, Jackson street aud
Front street cable lines and electric motor
lines are useless. The tracks are badly
oemoralized and many of their
cars burned. All the warehouses are
gone. The survivors of this fire (another
Chicago mel will surier terribly for want
OF the necessaries Of life. Those whose
homes and places OF business are spared
are generous In their offers.