, 1889-06-27
THE OCCIDENT.
Inc Fair City Of Vancouver
Scourged by Fire.
Ancendiaries Lay Waste Four
Business Squares.
Lsss 500. .ooo.-Li,,l. Insu,.,,,-.r..,,.
aio s'ricksn--P Portland Gone to
tho Rescue.

through the business portion ot VIZ.
eoaver' destroying the principal part, con.
sist'ng OF four blocks of frame build,pos
lying east and west OF Main street, The
total loss ia about $4,000, possibly .6O..
ooO, on which there is small PERCENTAGE
OF insurance, snd q good proportion of
that ia In Seattle companies. There were
'wo hres during the night, both undoubt.
eaiy OF incendiary origin. At 1880
tne night watchman In the yicin.
iy OF the old Catholic Church
about half mile from the business center
1.-THE town, discovered flames in some
ruins (they were little more). According
TO hiH statement the flames burnt up like
~i'd hre, and the smoke was heavy with
the odor OF burning petroleum. lie fred
MS revolver as an alarm. and the city fire
department az well as that froun the
garrison quickly responded. The old and
historic structure, built in the regime of
the Hudson bay Company. had been
abandoned about three years. II made q
quick, hot fire, that attracted the nj o jority
OF the people Of the town and garrison.
BY l; 40 nothing WAS left Of the
OLD MISSION.
and the hremen returned TO their quar-.
sers and the citizens to their homes.
Shortly before Q the same watch man SAW
other flames bursting from the rear of the
bakery Of Myers 4 Peters on the east side
OF Main street near Fourth. He again
sounded the alarm and the reveille gun at
the garrison doomed warning reply. The
tired hrt men from the garrison and town
responded promptly, but by the time the
crowd had gathered on the streets, the
sity was brilliantly lighted by the flames,
which had now grown into u conHagra.
tion that WAS feeding both north and
south on the frame bulldogs in that
vicinity. BY the time that the hremen
had u stream playing, the heat was.so fierce
that II beat them back. In another instant
the flames had leaped to the west 81 de of
Main street and four blocks of small shops
aad stores were in u
SEA OF PLANE.
The hfemen did excellent work. The city
mad one steam engine and an old ha nd ma.
chine, and the garrison was represented
by their hand engine. The soldiers worked
to better advantage than did the citizens
and naturally displayed better disci pine
la addition to this, powerful streams were
soon thrown on the fire from the east,
from the hydrauts of the government
waterworks. This checked the flames in
that direction and enabled the other Sre-
men TO conhne their efforts to the west,
north and south. At 4:30 the fire was
under control, and at 5 o'clock, when the
Portland engine with Chief Morgan and
Fire Commissioners Story arrived on the
steamer Oklahoma, only the ruins we're
blazing ftfully. The Portlanders soon
bad stream playing from the river en-
much needed rest. Following is list of
Commercial Bank and Odd Fellows Hall
damaged about $500. This is q brick
buildiDg which stopped the progress of
the flames 10 the north. Exchange hotel,
loss $500. insured for $500 Iomlin.
sons barber shop. loss on building $1,000,
contents all saved. John Il. Francis
saloon, loss on stock, fixtures and building
$500, no insurance. Frank Norton,
saloon. loss $4,000. no insurance: Burt
shoeshop, loss $500. William Stevens,
on this and the three
preceding building $4,000. jackson 3 res.
tSurant and bakery, loss $1,000; Franklin's
music store, loss $500; store building
jsst vacated by Callaban's millinery
store. Mrs. TurDbull's loss on these and
other vacant stores to the south will be
about 5000 She had $1,000. Slocum's
building slightly damaged. This
brick stopped the progress Of the
Gre toward the river. .-...
L. Dessar, saloon, loss $3.50, NO insur.
snce. Building owned by Quinn Holly,
loss $1,000, insurance $500. II. Quinn.
household goods $4OO. Both the above
buildings were owned by VIM. Conway
~ we'll Us the two adjoining. His loss on
tne four 10 $1,000 Martin Burke, dwell
ing house and saloon, loss 5000. j. U.
Smith, livery stable contents and building,
loss 1900, insured 5000. China wash. house.
$500. I. H.'Clark's shoeshop, loss 800;
building owned by the Young estate, loss
$3.50; G. N. Briggs livery stable, loss one
horse, two buggies, hay and grain, total
loss 5000, insured for $1,000 In Il Seattle
company: city hall and Jail, loss $1,000;
Mrs. Newell's bakery. loss 1900 on build
ing, contents owned by Myers and Petros,
loss $1,000. This firm lost also horse and
wagon.
The Ere started in the rear Of this build.
ing. +. Bates, personal effects, loss $3.50.
The flre also burned Zack Russell's tobac 70
store on Main street. Residence owned
by N. Dupuis and occupied by smith as
boarding house. Mrs. Ed. Bakers dwell
ing. Three dwellings and two barns. In
addition to the foregoing there we're many
minor losers. Few OF the guests Of the hotel
sRved anything worth mentioning. These
may aggregate $4,000 or $4,000 more. Two
prisoners in the city Jail were removed
only with great difficulty. The goods and
furniture in houses several blocks from
the burnt district were carried into the
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