The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-30
TACOMA IN LUCK.
1t Was Her Turn 10 Burn.
But She Escaped.
FIRE IN WOODEN arrrDrsaS
Sasght from an Osersaraea clue
fet. - In seattle-Loss Over
Thirty Thousand

TACOMA. Avg. - k,ssssher Sra cyan
natre SCI ens than that OF q ssses4ts ssne~
erssSe oss II 10 o'cloek this morning =,
LIS zliFosd street. ia johnson 4 Rsk~ ~
"a nt shop. une OF the paanse-x "a. sassa
ing 8 i1r ia pea Ia sne rear OF the su,ssk
iiis nnficr tie board walk oa & street
sist-n TIE pot espsixssi. igniitag iae cline
when Ia turn set Gre Ia ae hafssisnz. RN
fore any s'a-sa could be gises. the eus;r,
side Ut the building MSS IA aasaes. m.
structure. wAica va. oxsaesf hy rx Ta,ssvn
and known - the Denver beck. was hair,
o. TIE nest iinanEa.hle material. aud h~e-
lore the firemsn could respond 10 the
siSfm the fia1acs hal spread q, sfe asFsoIr.
Ing buildings. IL was feily hsif an hou,
eeioFe the enilnes arrives. but il was
ti~ough 70 fanli of The firsnen. a. ,hs
horss We're out being exercised. and after
they were hitshsd to the engine some
tronbae NaS experienced ia e. ting then.
started. Ho~es~S. after arrival on ,Ar
scsne, the EN- sit IS rendered fnyssnahl.
service Tue streams ffom the euxines
only Old efiieient 5 ryiee. the plug sir ans
having no icree xhAse. er. and iae build
inGs were entirely desiro. ed
LOSSES AND INSURANCE..
The Denver block was occupied hv John
CORNELL, wno owns the Deayer so.swinss
house. He lest everything amour. ting In a. u
10 esq cor si.oo: psrtls insufei.
Johnson q Rooer;s' paint. wall paper
shd lew soils of paper, loss, not Known:
partly insured
welsaschs music store, Ia over and
aooye ASSURANCE. $Nu. Two risua> we're
saved. In the rear OF wcissaesa's sron.
Mas . ioi OF stationery. owned ~ Jones &
Best, all of which WIS ds stroyea; las.
atoas - zoo The loss 70 the building viii
be aboas O. eco.
The adjoining building Was owned aud
occupied ny IL 5. Owens, as q frame aud
eosnice factory. The boss on the srstsk aud
building Is about s.. so over aud above in.
sarsnce. The upper part of this building
was occnpled By man named Drake. who
owned restaurant HIS loss Is about $50:
not insured
X. Latham x Co. gain and feed uer-
chahts, occupied the second suiliilg =, and
Their lcss al the present time cannot flss
estimated cor city. bat il Is believed To be
IN the neigh oornood of sa.0uo or 5000;
parity insarsd
number of the buildings adj lining
were severe scorche,i, aud Die kson Bros
on hailruad street. lost 4 good deal. the
whole front OF the building taking FIRE
Before II Was extiDguIshed the damage by
Nsier ahd natnts amounted Ia $500 or szol
Ms. Rlces house was badly scurohed aud
she will lose sboat 500 Rraekett. m,
paint and wall paper man. viii lass. sl5o
10 $1u1. The total .oss wall te between
$5t 100 and $Ss,iS1.
AFTEa TWO HOURS BURNING.
The tire was under control at II o'clock.
and IL was rot until some time after tna,
hour that The owners of property In tn.
siciniiy of Railroad aud c streets and
Eiess nth aud ihist enth streets breathed
at az easy.
EscArING FROM THE PLANES
In he Denver lodging tou e, which oc.
cupsed the c street. side of the Denver
biocS. besides the iegalsr hoartiers were
several sick persons, among them beins
Rev. Mr.. 1obias, whose les was hrosen ia
the reeeat Fern Hill railroad acciaenf IL
was with difficulty ti4at the iaiured man
was removed.
Another gentleman whose name could
not ne lesruea. came cut OF the nouse
with hls foot tied up. leaning op the arm
of his wife aaa assisted by = crutch. He
was put in a carriage and taken away. A
pitlaole s1eht was that of poar sics
woman, pale AS death and ia a fainting
eond tiou, being carried dow n Ninth street
on stretcher in the hands of ffiends,
The woman looked ~ though death had
Claimed her. she is in erftsea. condition.
NO ONE WAS KILLED.
A number Of rumors were current on the
streets today. among them that several per
sons had been consumed In toe flames
On investigation IL was discovered that
there was no foundation for the rumor.
ExPEDIENTs TO sARD OFF HAT.
II was with difficulty that the firemen
could work, on account of the intense
heat, and doors and other articles were
used as screens 10 stand behind several
nremen were more or less scorcbed, but
none severely burned