, 1889-08-08
SOUTHEAST DIVISION.
Howard to Washington, and Riverside
to tho Railroad.

To- tho Railroad.
Across Howard street the fire swept
east, taking everything from the railroad
northworl, including a plumbing shop,
restaurant, the Elite and two other sa.
looms and furniture house, the Red
Front grocery, owned by J. G. Davis,
and tho grocery store of A. j. Shirley.
East of the establishments named he.
tween First street and the railroad, the
progress of the fire was stopped through
the efforts of the flrcmcn, aided
greatly 10y substantial brick walls
OF some massive buildings in course of
construction. The Home bakery, north
east corner Of First and Howard, Hill ~
Foster, groccrs, the handsome dry goods
house OF Nd Brockhausen, a saloon, meat
market and tho second hand store of J.
+. Spigler, on the southeast corner of
Howard and Sprague, the Old Judge
saloon on the northeast corner, Pride of
Spokane restaurant, bakery, the Queen
City chop house and the Spokane Nm.
tional bank, corner of Howard street and
Riverside avenue, were all soon involved
in the general destruction.
Fast on Riverside avenue the flames
swept on, devouring the lXL clothing
store, then grocery store, Tull & Co. 5
real estate office, Harry.Gordon's Recep-
ton saloon, Mike Quinlan's saloon, the
old shooting gallery, two fruit stores
lone of them owned by Joe Griblcr,
Dennec & Fowcrs real estate office, J.
Sterns cigar store, the latter's loss
being estimated ut $500 on which he
had an insurance of $500; restaurant
and cigar store OH the corner of
Stevens and RIVERSIDE.
Meanwhile Sprague street was being
swept clean rs tar east as Stevens, in.
| clnding on the south side tin shop,
Mrs. Nose's boarding house, Marion's 5
sash and door Office, the terra Gotta
works aud the office of the Singer sew
| ing machine company.
ON the north side of the street Hughes
tisll market, two employment offices,
SCotty's barber shop, Cory's undertak.
| ing establishment, "a dwelling house and
| u grocery store on the northwest corner
/ of Spraglic ana Stevens
North on stevens street on the west
| size, Two real eStNlt ounces ana the ltcu
Cross employment Office went down.
on the southeast corner OF Spraguc
and Stevens the flames spent their fury
| in that direction on II dwelling
| house, but ragged on northward
engulhng the Citizens National Bank
| tho entire Tull block and the magniii-
cent block cast clifton Riverside avenue,
/ wiping out the postOilicc and j, kcllner' 5
I store, involving AN estimated loss of
/ 5000. on which there was an insurance
/ of Sl7 900; Wolfes fancy store, in the
| rear Of which WINS the Globe printing OF
/ flee, kuhlenbaVgh notion store and
| Jacksou's secondhand establishment,
occupying two fronts and four stories
l high.
adjoining the postofiico on the east was
[ a large block in process Of erection and the
/ heavy brick walls of the new building,
with good work by the iiremen, prevent
eel further progress to the east. Over
the entire area described, however,
nothing was left but It mass of ruins.
]. Officer III. G. Parker was run over by a
hose cart during the fire Sunday night,
and quite severely injured.
During the fire Sunday evening \. y.
Carroll took trunk out of the postofiiCc
building for Mrs. T.. Il. Crissman, real
estate agent. Not being able to find the
lady Yesterday, he left the trunk ut the
Chtb stables on Bernard street, near
Riverside avenue, where the owner can
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