Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-09
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SPoKaYE FILLS IN ashes.
ENTIRE BUSINESS PART OF
THE CITY BURNED.
Postponed his Nisit--More About the
Black DiamOnd--She Suicided.
Coke Makers Strike.


SPOKANE FALLS, Aug. 5.-At 6 40
last evening fire started in lunch
counter opposite the passenger depot at
this place The wind blowing from the
east soon made a roaring mass, and
the flames got beyond control. The
fire burned out the row of frame build
ings opposite the station, the Russ
House and Pacific Hotel, and at the
same time the Northern Pacific pas
senger depot and large freight ware
houses. The wind changed then and
took the heart OF the city, and was not
checked until it reached the river.
Thirty blocks were consumed, reaching
from the depot to one block east of the
postoiiice. Not hotel, bank or mill
is left in the city. Seven million dol
lars is the lowest estimate placed on
the damage.
Everything possible was done to
check the flames whenever it was ap-
parent that they were liable to spread
beyond the Russ House and the Pacific
Hotel. The wind proved too strong
and carried the flames down rapidly
Mill and Howard streets, licking up
block after block, until the river curbed
the course OF the flames.
Then the fire spread out on both
sides of Howard and Mill streets, and
all the efforts of the firemen to check
the flames proved futile. The heat
was intense and fireproof buildings
were destroyed much the same as they
were at the Seattle fire. The blowing
up of buildings was resorted to, but
here again the flames proved too
strong and carried lots of burning pa
per, shingles and the like from block
to block, and again and again routing
the firemen. All the banks and all the
hotels were swept away in quick order.
In fact the flames spread almost as rap
idly as prairie fire.
The Traders National bank, the
First National bank, the Spokane Ma
tional bank, and Browns National
bank in J. V. Browns block, are all
destroyed.
The Northern Pacific railways loss
is variously estimated. The loss, in
Guiding the freight in the warehouse,
is about 81 100000.
The waves of the fire Tapped up to
and beyond Lincoln street, going one
block further west, and wiping up
Monroe street.
Charles Davis, sleeping in the Ar
lington, was awakened by flames burst
ing through the window, and leaped
from the third story window and was
shockingly mangled and terribly
burned. He is now reported dead. A
woman leaped from the second story
OF the Pacific Hotel and is believed to
be fatally injured. A man leaped
from the second story of the Opera
block and had several bones broken.
An unknown man was shot by an ex-
ploding cartridge and is supposed to
be dead.
All the provisions and supplies in
the city were burned which will neces-
sarily cause much suffering for few
days until supplies are shipped.
While it is terrible blow to thous-
ands of people, the city will be re-
built as speedily as men and meney
can do it.
Following is list of the most i'm
portant buildings and blocks burned,
together with the name of the owners
Goetz & Baer, Frankfurt block; E.
B. Hyde, Hyde block; A. M. Cannon,
Cannon block; ]. N. Squire, Grand
hotel; Wolverton Bros, Wolverton
hQek; Moore & Porter block, owned
hYf. r. Moore and A. H. Porter; Vic
TOR Desert, Pacific hotel; J. c. Blalock,
National bank block; Great Eastern
Gbapany, Great Eastern block; w. c..
Gray, Windsor hotel; B. H. Bennett,
Arlington hotel; Lowenberg Bros,
wholesale merchandise, Union block !;
J. d. Sherwood, Washington block !;
Brooke & Fotheringham, Eagle block !;
F. NJ. Tull, Tull block; kaufman &
Tilton, Postoffice block; Willis estate
Falls City Opera house; Bravender &
Keatz, Echo Roller and Flour Mills !;
Spokane Mill Company, sash and door
factory; Clarke & Curtis, C & C Flour
Mills; Daily and Weekly Chronicle;
Crescent block.