The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-08
SEATTLE'S BIG SCORCHER.
THIRTY ONE ACRES SWEPT OVER
AT A LOSS OF $2o,ooo,ooo.

| AOhlbAND, OhE., June l.--FO lowing is a
copy of the San Francisco Epaminef's re-
port of the great fire in Seattle:
The entire business portion of Seattle is
now nothing but smoking ruins. About 3
| O'Clock yesterday afternoon some turpentine
caught fire ia the basement of a two-story
frame building on the southwesu corner of
Front aud Madison streets. The building,
which was owned by MIS-. Margaret Peuteus,
and the first story, which was leased to the
Seattle shoe store, and the upper floor, being
occupied as offices, was seen to be
ablaze An alarm was instantly turned
in and the volunteer fire department
responded promptly, but it was impossible
| to make any headwav against tho flames
| This building, like most others of its kind
| In the business center, was not detached
| but was corner one of a row of frame
buildings all joined together and of various
| nights
vALoR OF NO AVAIL.
Valiantly did tho fire department fight
| the fire, but without avail, for the buildings
| of tinder were an easy prey to what within
| ten minutes from the time 1t started, devel-
| oped into confiagration. Adjoining the
| first building was the wholesale liquor store
| of Detz e. Meyer, and as soon as the fire
reached tue barrels of liquor they exploded
with terrific reports, and scattered flaming
| timbers far and wide.
| The Denny block, in which was whole
sale confectionery store, Gilmore a. Co. IS
real estate office and several other establish
ments, including number Of offices and
| some lodging apal tments, was soon licked
| up completely. This cleared out the entire
/ square
| Efforts to food the Coleman building on
| Front street to the south, were utterly use
less for the flames leaped across Maroon
street with greedy rapidity TO the Palace
saloon and the opera house saloon and in
less than thirty minutes another square
was burned to ashes, taking ADDISON s.
Smiths grocery, Merchants wholesale
| confectionery and fruit store, j. w.
Lang 81 Co.'s drug store, John Spencers
| plumbing and steam fitting establishment,
T. g. Graham's tailor shop, Eigar Bryans
pawn shop, the Palace restaurant, Simson
| Bros. shoe store. Gering az O'Konnells
| jewelry store, Shuster's barber shop, Les
he's clothing store and Donnelly 81 Marion's
clothing store.
THE OPERA HOUSE BLOCK ABLAzE.
While this square was burning the opera
house block on the east side Of Front street
between Madison and Marion, aud extend.
ing up Marion half way to second street
caught fire in the upper story This build.
ing, fine three-story brick structure,
owned by George F. Freye, and valued
at $4,000, soon yielded to the
irrepressible flames. With it went the
Seattle pharmacy warehouse of the
golden rule bazaar, Harris &5 Cos.
large dry goods and clothing store, Aber-
nathy's shoe store, Croose a. Co.'S. under
taking establishment, Latner's large dry
goods house and Broodman's paint and oil
establishment, clearing up another square.
The Kenyon block to the north of where
the fire originated had to go too, notwith-
standing that the wind was from tho east a
little by north. In this block was the job
printing establishment Of tho EUening
Times, Stevenen & Vaughh's music store
and Barries tailor shop.
From the opera house back the fire, now
fast bee )ming a monstrous conhagration,
swallowed square TO the SOUTH consisting
Of all two-story frame buildings occupied
by Q. Lobe's Golden Rule Bazar, the Cali
fornia Clothing House, Gordon Bros. large
tailoring establishment, the Oriental Ba-
Ear and several other big concerns.
BANKS BURNED OUT.
Notwithstanding the progress Of the
| fla nes the fire department struggled with
determination to save The most valuable
| portion Of Front street to the south
between Columbia street and Yesler, which
contained a magnificent row Of brick build
tngs, two and three stories high, where
four banks had their offices--the Bank OF
Commerce, Merchants National, First
National, and Washington Guarantee and
Loan Association, and a savings bank.
This row consisted of the corner block,
occupied by Teeklas, Sigerman & Co. IS
gigantic wholesale dry goods aud miscella-
neous emporium. the Empire block the
Paren building, the San Francisco clothing
house, the Stanlock Arcade building, and
the Yesler building on Central square. All
the telegraph offices were In Central
square. II was generally supposed that the
entire water front would go, but it was
hoped If such was inevitable that these
buildings wonld be saved. The Safe
Deposit Company also had building in
this row.
EXPLOSIONS FUTILE
Explosions Of great powers were fruit
less to prevent the awful spread of the
flames and clouds of binding, suffocating
smoke. The three-story building to the
rear of Toklas, Singleman g. Co.'s, which
was Welton Il Co. g sail factory, was easy
prey to the terrible heat and clnders from
the burning Commercial mill and lumber
yards. Tie fire soon communicated to
Toklas, Singlemen 81 Co. The water was
| giving out, and streams from several lines
| of hose only reached the second story The
Tacoma fire department had come over from
| Tacoma in Bixty-two minutes on
the Puget Shore railroad. Both depart
ments combined were pDwerless, and an at.
tempt to blow up the Union block
was more disastrous to the valient fire
fighters than anything else. All OF thisrow
of buildings succumbed, although the oc-
cupants had time to got out most of their
valuable effects
BIG HOTEL BURNED.
The square north gave way to the fire
early, and soon the roof of the three-story
| Occidental hotel, the fines. ia the city. got
ablaze Before the conflagration reached
Yepler avenue. Tokles, Singerman & Co.,
Coberg's wholesale grocery, the banks
above mentioned. Treen's shoe store, Hum
! phrey's book store, Lowman q Hanford's
book, stationery and job printing stand went
to ashes.
On Yesler avenue the Western Union,
Pacific, Postal and Puget Sound telegraph
companies were burned out. as were also
the buildings Of the Daily Post, the Iatelli-
geacer, office of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road Company and many lawyers and doc
tors who occupied offices ia these buildings,
the Commercial Mil Company, the Seattle
Ship Building aud Dry Dock Company
Ferry & Tate, Hillery Butler, Isaac Korne
J. S. Bealy, Capt. Starr, L. s. j. Huitt
Angus Mcintosh, the Seattle land office
Shore & Eastern, the Golden Hard ware
Company, the Seattle Hardware Company
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