The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-26

The Warehouse Demolished - Henry
Bailey and Bailey Gaixert Damaged


Atg.58 IN the morning the wharf ware
house Of III. w. Baker & Go. fell with .
crash. The wiHsd lifted il northgard about
fifteen feet and the building collapsed.
great part Of one side and the roof going
overheard. 4 man who had gone down To
get aboard one Of the steamers was in the
warehouse whcn il fell. bat fortunately es-
capped without a scratch As there was
little stored IN the building st the time.
end the entire structure came down ike q
house Of cards, fat upon the wharf. his
escape was saosf remarkable. The loss Of
the hTnl is not less than 81 .0pl The ware
house vii he replaced by larger and
more substantial building.
The steamer Henry Bailey was mcored
alongside the wharf on the north side.
as4d when the warehouse fell lot Of the
tinbers struck the boat. breaking down
the rail on both decks. The purser.
Charles J.. Fox. had just turued in, and
his room being nearest the house, the fall
ing lumber came against the side with
shock that brought him out in quick time.
The Bailey Gstzert was tied close outside
the Henry Bailey and the bark Harry
Morse vas drifting in astern, dragging
her anchors. and there vas no escape for
loose and broken lumber In the ware
house ali about her, and the crew we're
all out trying TO prevent any serious dam
age, and IN great danger themselves from
flying tinlbcrs
The Bailey GatzcTt was struck hy tho
Harry Morse, and her cylinder thinkers
raeked aud guards claafs-d before > line
could b. cot out 10 hold the drifting bark
fsH al fsfs
and quick work on the part Of the men on
both vessels prevented any serious dam
age To either.
The bark Harry Morse had been moved
10 the north buoy IN the stream, but the
ring parted d; the gale and the vessel a.
taken by The Aind a quarter Of a mile
down and against the ontsr end of Baker
4 Cos and sehwahaehsr's wharvts. The
tug Goliath iowed her back to the buoy
late III The afternoon.
The slip being closed lsv the Harry
Morse. the Bailey ssatzert Was unable 10
get cut and did sios make her usual trips 10
Tacoma Late in the afternoon she
moved over 30 the north side OF scIswa-
bacheFss dock y here she " i'll lie until IL 70
seen what repairs she needs
The ship l.evi q. Burgess and the bark
Detroit, iDoUrrd At Howard & BTyant's
wharf. above the Mechanics mil and
made FAST iosrther, broke from their moor
ings. and still fastened To each other
drifiexi noFthwari 90 Badere's wharf.
where both were able TO get oHt lines
that held them. Both vessels dropped
anchors while drifting, Iut could obtain
10 hold. Neither suffered any material
damage
The bark Richard Ill. moored at the
dry dock wharf, broke from her fastenings
and drifted down 70 the coal bunkers. her
Jis-hcoIa being broken in the storm.
+fats art- k4sstrs I'll
West Seattle. was caught by the gale and
carried out Of the harbor and found an
ehoTage OF the point. two miles above the
city
The ship Blue Jacket was dragged some
distance. but rides safely in deep water,
With no less than eighty fathoms Of chain
ont ON her anchor.
The ship Iyanhoe doubled her mooring
the evening before the storm, and did not
move, bat some of her head rigging and
Tying llb guys were carried away
Most OF the steamers escaped With little
trouble. The City of Quincy was rnoored
q Snohoznish through the night, but found
The sea very rough on the passage lip.
captain Gillian said that he never before
had 20 much hard work getting over the
bar at the mouth Of the river.
The GREYHOUND started out for Tacoma
yesterday morning, but broke a wheel arm
and lost bucket from her wheel and WAS
obliged 10 return. She was soon repaired,
however, and went out AZ 80 for her even
ing trip.
The ]. Il. Mcdonald came in safely ;us,
before the blow began, and is lnoored at
the Madison street wharf where in COM
pany With the tug Chinook and steam
schooner Angeles. she is hemmei in hv a
boom OF piles, broken apart and heating
against the wharyes for two hundred yards.
y corner was taken OFT the outer end Of the
wharf before the Mcdonald WAS made Sc
cure 1t her noorings.
big boom OF logs, brought in for the
American Lumber COMPANY. was broken
up and = scattered along the beaeh ali the
way 10 smiths cove
Many small houses and shanfies along
the water front from Virginia street north
were wrecked by the storm, and their oc-
eupaHGs forced 10 ind shelter elsewhere
The neg steamer Il. :. Robinson, uaooresI
81 Almond & Phillips wharf had her
house, which was nearly completed. raekc,l
over by the storm and number Of stanch
ions broken. Her guard KISS badly ehafesi
and spllhtered from pounding against the
piles of the wharf.
The new steamer occiicnt. moorsi inst
below the X. ;. Robinson, was not seriously
injured. though her guard vas Worn
through FROM rubbing against the wharf.
The steamer I. ]. Potter which left for
Tacoma yesterday morning AZ } O'Clock
encountered some very rough weather.
The trip, usually made ia an hour and
ihret-lnaxteIS. required four hoars and at
one time the wind was 20 strong that for
f0ds hau an hour the Potter could make
no Roadway at all.
TIKI WIRES All LAID LOW.