The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-20
A MONSTER BLAZE.
A Half Nile of Property in
Ruins.
workmen Jump Prem sh,s Upper
Ssories and are Nairnc,i and
Wounded reur Lives I.ost

Ssw YoRk, Arrsl la.-The iarrcxs ana
heEeesf FIRE witnessed here for years srept
see east szas ef North riYer te<lsy. from
fsfsy-nsafh stseet to what wouia be sixty
Afia strees. il tsas ssreeE ran to the rsvs-
Il destroyed more than g. sca ossS
worth ef property ssesaaSine IA
the New IeFk Central Railroad Gem.
rany sEd At hast sSasn worth az lard.
aorF saG she ike belonging 10 ssher rer.
soas. Notably y K. FairhsnS. th.s chsraxa
lard merchant The flasaes DESTROYED
two big elevators % the Vanderbilt SSxser..
big bris.s building ss.vsea,inr farm rssst.
ninth 10 Slxtieth street alad occupied
tosntly by the Fairh&nk Lard refinery naa
the Rossiser stores and wiped uus the deck
property es the New York EeusrNI Railroad
fgoEn Fifty ninth 70 past sixty etth sfrprs
henry RennsuE, w0rkmea Ia the Fair.
nauk -enHeFy, was Killed by a jamp Ne
fsAde rom the third story wiad0K. Many
others we're inlared oy iamping slat az tie
building. aud IN the great .,anfnsicr
attending the confederation. the uasaa~
and extent af Injuries OF hut gerv few
were 90 aimed. EurnoFs wera rife all the
evening that number cf Mosklnen had
seen caught asad burned in the resinery,
but IL has been impossible 10 verify them.
The are broke OUT IN the southeast cor
ner Of the fslrhank refinery hopf, nobody
knows. II wss an old building. soakeSs if,
grease. and was IN flames 10 an instant.
Men were at work IN every story, and they
dropped their tools and raa 10 isave their
lives. The stasrcases were columns
OF Hszaes, and the windows presented the
only means OF escape. Pursued close by
sae nre. the men flung themselves onf
headiong. aud how manykhere were killed
nobody could tell Many who came oar
anl were injured were picked ur and car.
q r 4 ~
The tsse haa sooa swept throughout the
length OF the building and shoe over to-
wards the grain elevators OF the New York
Central railroad. between the place where
she engines were stationed and the
elevators there were twenty seren raii-
road tracks. which no fire enRsise could
cross There was no way for fslse eagisc
tofeaeh the elevators except along sixtiofh
street. past the burning buildings: and
that street, after the engines had fought
their way past them. was blocl;sded By
ialling walls Furthermore near the eie-
vatoFs was only one small water rdpc.
The IRE boats were sent for, ani several
OF them soon began 80 began 10 work in a
heroic struggle 10 save the elevators Bat
IL was in vain. The tremendous heat from
across the street dried aud warped the
woodwork OF the big frame building nn-
Ger It's coErugafed.fron sheathtng, sad In a
short time elevator Il" was on FIRE and
burning fercely. Soon after this the walls
os RoSsiter stores fell. releasing 'toas aud
tons OF burning merchandise that rolled
III blazing heaps In every direction. This
increased the heat aud flames, and the
efforts OF the firemen seemed 60 be entirely
useless. About this time the stock yards
pens were cleared out
At 7 o'clock elevator al" caught fire and
the scene had then in the growing dark
ness lurid effect tha. made the spectacle
one of awful grandeur. The second ele-
yator was entirely consumed. Az III
o'clock TO night. when the fire was gotten
under control, there WAS fully one bxif
mile ofrufn. This sent oat q furnace ike
heat
The estimate OF losses Is as fellows. The
Rossiter stores, contents. 500 ,oco: tie
wilcox Company stock. ssSa, GO. Elevator
a. $4,000; Elevator .B," $780,
COO. Dock ID" 5000 Dock
"A" 5000: the Wilcox building
s22o.o total, 81. co The loss 20 the
property of the New Central Company il
covered by insurance The wiltox cora
pany stock was insured for slo03g0
Y 4 positively stated that four persons
lost their lives. bnt their names isaanot he
procured owing II the sfYufnxfs,u.