The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-06-13

SEATTLE BURNED.
Seattle, w. T., Loses Property to
the Loss of S4O,OO0,O0O
The Burnt District Comprising of
Sixty-FOur Acres of BuiInings.
Words Fail to Describe the Awful
Pictures Of the Fire.
Noble Work at JOhnstOwn-Spsrks
Noble Work at Johnstown-Sparks
From the telegraph.

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ing is copy of the San Francisco Ex-
aminer's report of the great fire in Sc
attic. The entire business portion of
Seattle is now nothing but smoking
ruins. About 8 p. m. yesterday after
noon some turpentine caught fire in
the basement of two story frame
building on the southwest corner of
Front and Madison streets. The build
ing, which was owned by Mrs. Marga-
ret j. Pentrus, and the first story,
which was leased by the Seattle Shoe
company, and the upper floor being oc-
cupied for offices, was seen to be ablaze.
An alarm was instantly turned in, and
the volunteer fire department re-
sponded promptly, but it was impossi-
BILE to make any Roadway against the
flame. This building, like
most of the others of
it's kind in the business center, was
not detached, but was a corner of a
row of frame buildings, all joined to-
gether, and of various heights. Valiant
ly did the fire department fight the fire
but without avail, for the buildings of
finder were an easy prey to what,
within ten minutes from the time it
started, developed into a conhagra-
ton. Adjoining the first building was
wholesale liquor store, Dietz s.
Meyers, and as soon as the fire reached
the barrels of liquor they explod-
ed with terrific reports, and scattered
70 nd
Denny block in which was a confec-
tlonary store, Gilmore s. Cos. real es-
| tate office and several other establish
ments, including number of profess
sional offices ana some lodging apart
ments were soon locked up completely.
This cleared out the entire square.
| The efforts to flood the Coleman
/ building on Front street to the south
were utterly useless, for the flames
leaped across Marion street with greedy
rapacity to the two saloons, the Palace
and Opera house saloon, and in less
than thirty minutes another square
was burned to ashes, taking III Add
son Smiths grocery, Merchants whole
sale confectionery and a fruit store,
j. W. Lang & Co.'s drug store, John
Spencer's plumbing and. steam-fitting
establishment, r. j. Graham's tailor
shop, Edgar Bryan's pawn shop, Pal
ace restaurant, Simonson Bros.' shoe
store, Gering s. O'COnnell's jeWelry
store, Shuster's barber shop, Leslie's
clothing store, and DOnelly & Marion's
clothing store. While this square was
burning the opera house, the block or
the east side of Front street, between
Madison and Marion, and extending
up Marion half way to Second street
caught fire in the upper stories. This
building, a fine three story brick Str1c
ture owned by George F. Frye and val
ued at 100000, soon yielded to the
irrepressIble tongue of fame. Will
it went the Seattle pharmacy;the ware
house:of the Golden Rule Bazaar, Harris
& Co.'s large dry goods and clothing
store; Abernathy's shoe store, Crusl
s. Co. S undertaking establishment, La
Tours large dry goods house; Broad
mans paint and oil establishment
clearing up another square. The Ken
yon block, to the north of where thu
fire originated, had to go too, notWith
standing the wind was from the east
a little by north. In this block wa
the job printing establishment of til
Evening Times; Yemen u Vaughan
music store, and BarteS tailor shop
From the opera house the flames Wer
now fast becoming a monStrous confia
grafton swallowing up the square to tn
south consisting of all the two stor
frame buildings occupied by Z. Lobe
Golden Rule Bazaar, the Californi
I clothing house, Gordon Bros larg
tailoring establishment, the Orienta
: Bazaar, and several other big concerns
:. Notwithstanding the progress of tn
flames the fire department Strue
gled with determination to save til
most valuable portion of Front stree
to the south between Columbia stree
and Yesler, which contained a magnif
cent row of brick buildings of two an
three stories high where four bank
= had their offices, the bank of Commerce.
, First National, Washington and Saw
y ings banks. This row consisted of
corner bank occupied by Toklas, Sing
eman 81 Co.'s gigantic wholesale DIR
% goods emporium, the Union block, th
y Parin building, and the San FrancisC
3 clothing house, Star block, the Arcad
Q building, and Yesler block ON Centrs
u square. 1t was generally supposed thu
o the entire water front would go, but
. was hoped if such was inevitable thes
y buildings could be saved. The Sal
Deposit company also had building
. this row. The explosions of giant pow
y der were truitless to prevent the aWfI
spread of the relentless flames, an
% clouds of binding, suffocating smok
a Onward the confagration wei
cracking, roaring, almost shriekinj
| Inc Gnr6e-SCOry Du1luln2 TO the rear
Toklas, Singerman s. Co., which WI
Welton & Co.'s sail factory, was a
easy prey to the terrible heat and Gil
l. derS from the burning Commercial mi
., aud lumber yards. The fire soon con
municated to Toklas, Singerman & G
n The water was giving out and stream
s. from several lines of hose only reachE
the second story. The Tacoma fire d
partment had come over from Tacon
in siXty-two minutes on the Pug
Sound Shore railroad, but both d
r partments combined were powerles
and the attempts to blow up the UniC
lg block were disastrous to the Yalial
Il fire-hghters, more 50 than anvthiI
else. All this row of buildings SUI
cumbed, although the occupants b;
time to get out most of their valuab
e effects. The square north gave way
re the fire easily and soon the roof of Il
n, three-story Occidental hotel, the fine
lifoo hotel in the city, got ablaZe. Befo
the fire reached Yesler avenue, Toklf
s t Singermau & Co, Valburgs who
in sale grocery. The banks above me
Gu toned, Trees shoe store. Humphrey
book STORE, Lawman & Haudford
. book stationary and job printing ests
lishment, went to the ashes. On We
Ter avenue, the Western Union Pacit
Postal u Budget Sound Telegra
Co.'S. were burned out also. T
building of the Daily Post IntelIigS
Ger Office of the Canadian Pacific IA
road company and many lawyers a
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