Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-06-15
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SEATTLE. June "A IRE broke cut
IN the Denby Block, & the corner Of
Madison and Front streets, st s&
yesterday afternoon, that has laid
waste tire greater Po-ion ct TIE city
and caused = los q property valued
Il millions q dollars A strong north
west Wind vas blowing At the tine,
and in 3 few minutes the b1ilding vas
= n4ss Of flames.
The fire spread With great r2pidity,
and IN q short time the Opera and
Coleman Blocks acre also consumed.
The hremen were utterly unable 10
STAY the progress q the flames. as The
inHammShle material that filed the
buildings gave o1t such intense heat
Rs 70 drive them hack.
In less than three hours the entire
business portion q the city Was Abl&Ee,
and the telegraph ohces e de-
siroyed.
The Occidental Hotel, one Of the
finest buildings in the Northwest was
| DESTROYED: also. the san Francisco
store. Union Block. Pioneer Block,
Yesterday Building. Post-lntelli-
zenoer Building, and indeed, the
whole line Of business buildings
bounded BY Seneca street on the
north and the waterfront on the south
and east. has been laid waste by the
frey element Tremendous efforts
were made BY the Fire Department,
lily supplied with apparatus, to stay
the progress Of the flames, and, OF
course, all citizens made common
cause with the fremen in ; hopeless
eight and struggled with might and
main foT the salvation of the city.
There were many others, too, whose
first thought was 10 save heir in
dividual possessions, and the streets
were soon crowded, and, in many
places. blocked with teams loaded
with valu2bles OF every description
seeking a place Of safety on the hills.
Hundreds Of men were at work dis
gorging the many business buildings
Of their contents, and loading them
into wagons, in many instances pro
cured at an enormous price, and send
ingthem through the ehoked thorough
fares.
No adequate description can be
made Of a scene in which everybody
was excited and many frenzied.
The railroad office, all the docks on
the waterfront and wharves-in fact
everything is gone as far Up as Almond
& Phillips boundary.
The burned district. as near as can
be stated, is bounded by Union street
on the north. BY Second as far as
James on the east, and then below
James every bank, hotel, place o.
amusement, all the leading houses
all the newspaper Offices, railroad
depots, mills, steamboat wharves, Goa
bunkers, freight warehouses and tele'
graph Offices are burned down.
The corrugated warehouses went up
like finder and sections Of the cor
rugated iron were carried high in the
air like a feather.
AT 80 O'Clock the fire had finally
burned out at the foot Of University
street for lack OF material TO feed upon
The fire crossed back TO the cas-
side Of Front street at Seneca, but q
determined fight by q bucket brigade
prevented the fire from extending
back into the residence portion Of the
city.
There are no serious casualties thai
are definitely known, but it is reported
that several men are burned to death
! There were a number OF minor &C
, eidents. The loss. at a guess is $40,
7 600, 900.
The owners are guarding the prop
, erty saved as well as they can, as
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Over a hundred thieves were ar
! ractad