Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-08
THE SEATTLE FIRE.
The Clean Sweep Made by the
COnfiagratiOn.
BUSINESS PORTION BURNED.
Approximate Estimates of the Loss
Go up Into the Millions.
Help Freely Given.
Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD.

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thirty-one blocks. The boundary of tn
burned district is as follows; University
Front, Spring, Second James, Sout
Fourth, Mill and Water Streets" TIL
residence district escaped.
From official figures, furnished by loca
and foreign insurance companies, tn
Coast Review newspaper places the PROF
erty loss at 81, 600, 900. This is covere
by a total insurance of $2,250, 900. @
this amount, 81 1904, 900 is held by com
panies represented in San Francisco. ST.
Oregon companies carry risks represent
ing a round total of $250,000. Fifteel
small outside companies carry risks est
mated at about $150,000.
THOSE WHO SUFFERED.
TACOMA, w. T., June Tt is i'm
possible to estimate the loss by fire a
Seattle, but it will reach into the millions
The fire swept away six blocks
most of which was the best part of TIL
city, and covers all the banks, the bes
hotels and new brick buildings. Among
those houses which have been totally
destroyed are: Lyman Woods furniture
store, Queen City bakery and candy
store, McLaughlin's jewelry store, Jones
& Hubbell's feed store, Crystal Palace
saloon, Smiths barber shop, Opera
saloon, Fl. F. Smith, dentist; Drs Davis
and Sloan dresemaking establishment
Model chop house, Queen City chop
house, Virginia restaurant and lodging
house, Seattle pharmacy, SANKEY'S book.
store, Cross undertaking establishment
Simmons grocery stere, Abernethy's
bookstore, Holden's cigar stand, 1. N.
Hooper, barber; Pearl Bros, clothing
Maloney & Vereage, tobacco; Times
Printing and Publishing Company
Henry Bode, tailor; Venan & Vaughn,
music; North Star Tea Company; Korn
Bros, drugstore; A. Shepard, fancy
goods store; W. Forbes, painter; G. w.
Boardman, paints and oils; Commercial
Mill; G. F. Frye, opera house; Harness
Il Deckman, saloon keepers; ]. M. Fox,
dentist; s.. J. Means, architect; Lobes'
Golden Rule Bazaar; F. G. Young, fur
nishing goods; Smith, boot dealer /;
Palace meat market, Miss Cheasty's
millinery store; r. Merchant, Seattle
steam candy works; Mrs. Fisher, dress
maker; E. Bryan, pawn broker; R. j.
Graham, merchant tailor; Palace res
taurant, O'Donnell & Gierling, jewell
ers; Doherty & Marum, dry goods /;
Burke & Hallum. painters F.; ]. s. Coch-
ran, sign painter; o. G. Shorey & Co.,
undertakers; Seattle, Lake Shore
and Union depot; Weightman q Co.,
commission merchants; 81. E. Baton,
Commission 4; s. P. Stewart, commission; ;
Raymond & Co., boots and shoes; Nat
Burrell & Co., wagons and farm imple-
EscT,nv 4, MoDanovA mhnIanoIo
grocers; Seattle Cooperative Store
Toklas, singerman & Co., dry goods
Union Block, owned by Fred Gasch
August Mehlhorn and Judge ]. R. Lewis;
Burke & Weller's law library, Eureka
Restaurant. Seattle Pork Packing Estab.
lishment, Staver & Co., dealers in hard
ware: Gordon Hardware Co., Seattle
Hardware Co., W. P, Boyd & Co., dry
goods; Herschberg Bros, dry goods; A.
B. Stewart, drug store.
THE GOVERNORS APPEAL.
SEATTLE, w. f., June 7.-Governor
Miles Q. Moore is here, and has issued
the following proclamation, copies Of
which have been sent to the Mayors of
every city in Washington:
"The city of Seattle, the pride of Wash
ington. Is In ashes. A hurricane of fire
swep. over the queenly city and she is in
ruins. Thousands of her citizens are
without food or shelter. Nothing can
subdue the indomitable spirit of her peo-
pie. She will rise again. In her desc.
iation she is not supplicant, but there
are homeless people to be sheltered and
hungry ones to be fed. l appeal to the
great-hearted people of our Territory
who have recently SO generously re-
sponded to the cry Of distress from Johns
town, to heed this appeal for aid to their
own suffering fellow-citizens. Subecrip.
tions may be sent to Mayor Robert
Moran.
"M1LEs @. MOORE, Governor"
GENEROUS HEARTED CITIZENS.
At public meeting of the citizens last
night the fact was mentioned that $56s
had been raised for the relief of the
YOUNGSTOWN sufferers, and when it waf
suggested to keep the amount for home
relief, hundred voices said, "No, lei
her CO."
A committee was appointed to confer
with the city authorities as to the widen
ing of streets. Another committee wal
appointed to receive donations and ex
tend relief. The First Regiment is guard.
ing property. The city is quiet ant
everybody hopeful.
EXTENT OF THE DEVASTATION.
The fire destroyed nine tenths of thu
business portion of the city. The ares
devastated comprised ninety-four acres
thickly built. There were about 50l
wooden and fifty brick buildings. TIL,
wooden buildings were mostly old, and
being in the fire limits, if they had alon'
Lrrnod M raoret would have been felt
but every brick building in the town i
gone except three. One of the latter wa
the Boston Block. The City Hail, il
which the records were, was lost.
ESTIMATE OF THE LOSS.
The underwriters to-day estimate tn
loss at between fifteen and sixteen mil
lions. The insurance averages 20 pc
cent. of the loss. The loss OF life
known to have been four.
GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS.
Tacoma has sent in $40, 900 and prov
sions. Spokane, Fort Townsend, Por'
land and other cities are all resyondlp
literally.
SCENES AT THE FIRE.
Half an hour after the fire started
people half mile away began to NOV
their personal effects and to tear dow
the buildings in the hope of checkin
the flames, but the fire ragged on unit
it was stopped by the water o
one side and the steep hills on the othe
At 7 O'Clock the people on the hills locke
down on ninety acres of flames III