Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-06-13
A CITY IN RUINS.
The Business Portion OF Seattle,
w. T., Completely Destroyed
Fire viss In the West with the ~ ,ed In
the Etst-A Ip.. OF Upwards Of
Twenty Ntiiasa. of Dollars
win Rebutla.

Fire vlss IN the West with the ~ sea In
the sast-A Lr.. OF Upward. Of
Twenty Niiissas of Dollars
WIN Reesiia-
sRArrLx, w. T., June what was gn~
business part Of this city Is thi. morning
nothing but smouldering ruins aud de-
hrfs- Fire broke out yesterday afternoon
In the basement ot tvo-story frame
building on the southwest corner OF Front
and Madison streets. owned by Mrs. Mar
gar-t J. Peutx. The Are originated In
some turpentinc. which caught nrs In
some way. The nrst story, which was
leased By the Seattle Shoe Company, the
upper foos being occupied for offices,
Via -9pntablaxe. Although tbs volunteer
hs.zepartmen ut responded promptly to the
alarm they could do little or nothing to
check the flames. The building. like
most Others % its kind IN the business
ceuter. Vas not detached. but was the
corner OF \ row OF frame buildings all
Joined together aud % various heights
They we're dry as tinder, and proved an
easy prey 10 the flames. Adjoining th.
erst building was Dietx & Myers whole
sale liquor store. The barrels os liquor
exploded With terrific reports ~ soon as
ea" IA = ENaTIr4 tA~h AI1 scattered the
contents far and rear.
The entire square composing the Denny
Block. in which was q confectionery store,
Gilmore & Co.'S real estats once and
several other establishments, including q
number OF professional Offices and some
lodging apartments. we're soon destroyed
An effort WAS mad. 10 f0od the Coleman
batlding on Front street to the south.
but TO no avail Tho flames spread
scross Marion street TO the Palace and
Oper-house saioou- In less than half
| an hour another square was
laid in ashes. This took In A. s
Smiths grocery. Merchant whole
sale confectionery, fruit store. j.
w. Lang & Co.'S drugstore. John
speneer's plumbing and steam fitting es-
'ahiishmeas. K J. Granam's tailor shop.
Edgar Braysn's pawn shop, the Palace
restaurant, Gsring & O'ConneiPs iswelry-
store. Souster's barber shop LesIy's
clothing store and Dobells & Mariou's
clothing store. While this square va,
burning the Opera House block, on the
east side OF Front street, between Madi-
son and Marion, caught frs In the upper
| story. The building. three-story brick
structure, owned By Geo. Frye, and
valued at sieo.oo. was soon de-
stroyed. With IL was the Seattle Phar-
macy, Goldsn Rule bazaar, Harris &
Co.'S dry goods store, Abernathy's shoe
store. Grouse & Co.'S undertaker's estab-
lishmsnt Latour's dry-goods house.
broadman's paint and oil house. The
Kenyon block Is also reduced to ashes.
In this block vas the job printing estab-
lishmsnt OF the Evening Times. veuen &
Vaughn's music store and Barie's tailor
xh. -
IRE spread aud quickly swallowed up the
square 10 the south This square consisted
| of two-story frame buildtags occupied By
Z Lohe's bazaar, the California clothing
| store, Gordon Bros tailoring establish
/ mcnt, the Oriental bazaar aud several
/ other big CO ncerns.
The IRE department struggled bravely
TO save the most valuable part OF Front
street between Columbia aud Yeslsr
streets, when contained = fne row OF
brick buildings two and three stories
high, where four banks had their
offices ST Bank OF Commercs.
Merchants National. First National
and the Washington Guarantee and Loan
Association and Savings Bank. The row
/ copsisted OF q corner block occupied by
Toklas, Singerman & Co.'S wholesale dry-
goods store. the Union block, the Parin
building, the San Francisco clothing
| house. Star block, Arcade building and
Yesler block on Central square In Gem
trail square all ths telegraph Offices were
situated The Safe Deposit Company also
had building In this row.
From initial points the q re spread north
| and south distance OF one mile. Every
nevspapsr, hotel, telegraph ofic., rail-
road depot aud wharf In the city vas
totally destroyed The entire water
'front.' including all wharves and docks.
| eoal-bunkers and railway tracks, the
wholesale quarter aud every thing
| south OF Union street and west ot Sec
| ond street. aud reaching around To the
gas-works and above Fourth street ON
| Jackson, was completely burned. II il
estimated that the total loss to the city in
buildings alone Is easily $1,000. 900 and
the personal losses will probably re.-l
-, 900. Whether there is mach
loss Of life can not yet be mcr-
tained- There 10 great privatioa
among the poor. as nearly every restas-
rant and grocery in the city vas coo
| sumed by the Gre. The burnt distric..
comprising sixty-four acres. now pre-
ssnts the aspect of huge oven of burn
ing Goals. and threatens even further de-
struction- The nremen, reinforced
BY Tacoma and Snohomish, are on
the alert. Tbs streets all through
the night we're crowded with pea-
pie. wandering about penniless and home
less The militia and extra polics are to
be seen on every corner guarding the
property against thieves aud vandaIs
One hundred arrests have already been
made. All OF the daily newspapers will
publish Tomorrow
Words sail % describe the awfuI picture
OF the fire and desolation- IL is like the
Chicago fire. and like Chicago. will be re-
built Everybody seems In good spirits
as II is hard to realize the dreadfaIness os
this sudden calamity. when the Toklas
Singermans &Co'sb1ildinx fell about thir-
ty people we're near it and many OF the m
were crushed Similar accidents beseU
most Of the large buildings.
PORTLAND. Ore. June s.-Lsts reports
from Seattle indicate that the total loss
By the fre will reach anywhere from
SIS, ,ooo, 900 to so ooo. 900. The people deeid-
ed at meeting yesterday morning to re-
build the city with brick and stone. The
military are guarding what property was
not burned The city is quiet and every
body Is hopeful The Governor has issued
. proclamation appealing to the people
OF the Territory to send aid for the suf-
ferers BY the nre.