The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-06
FIRE
The Business Part Of
Seattle in Ruins.
Sixty-Four Acres Of
Ground Swept.
Thirty-Two Blocks of
Smoking Debris.
The Loss Will Exceed
Ten Millions.
4 Little Blaze at Madison Street
Becomes : Giant 81 Destruction
Rasaging All the LowIaods to
The south--FiFe-Proof Brick and
Fail Wood Alike Food Tor the
Fohed Tongues--Ths Phosnix.

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In this disez1ck an assa of over twsnty
blocks. only blschensd walls end suins
marx the spot whore yestsrday stood the
city, ec0Eserciai center. Al shts tine The
suoons of the los b incalcuabls.
nov n sxAnfEp.
he IRE was caused BY the ovssturning
Of . glue pot IN Jim Mc(;oufh . paint shop,
under Smiths boot and shoe store. q the
corner al rront and Madison stSeets. In
what wss known - the Benny block.
In IN instaut the whole paint shop vas
In flames and the fire burst through the
noor above before single thing coald be
carried ont Of tie room.
The Denny block was frame structure,
extsnding along Front street, from Madi-
son - Columbia. running hack 70 the a.
iey. The bsssmens and Railways IN the
building seemed To serve - Auos 70 draw
the 0amcs. for black clouds Of smoke
poared from every window, door and crew
sce In me structure from ous end to the
ofhef. within fve minutes from the time
that the alarm was firss given.
LOOKED EASY 10 CONQUER
The flames, however, had only burst
from the north end OF the building an
the are department set 10 work 10 check
the are. which ct this Junnture seemed
easy to control Engine Co. Ma attached
to hydsAnt q the corner OF Front ana
Columbia streets and laid two lines OF
heses Another stream waa run from the
hydrant ~ the corner Of Front and Colum.
bia streets. aud Engine Co. No 2 took in
place In the rear Of the burning building
and commenced pumping salt water.
NO wArxR TO M HAD.
Of engine No. was heard and two streams
OF water wore turned on TO the
fre. but the cheer OF hope died away in :
vail Of despair when after few minutes
pumping the streams became - weak "a Il
they did NOS reach the top Of the building,
showing that there was no water vita
which b fight the aend Of FIRE, which
By this time had reached the center Of the
building
Then II was that the possibility . rem.
ssal counAgrAtion Hrxt struck the crowd.
and ever enc set TO work with . vii
They hrcke into the stores in the biock
ana carried goods into the streets where
they wers esss Down In heapA This work
etd not Last long. however, for the Ore.
within twenty minutes from the time n
broke out. had reached from one end al
The block 20 the other
4 hercnlisn effort wax made 10 save shs
row o< frame buildings or she east eide os
prunt street Immediately opposite the
penay bloch. bat 90 sacashs Vas given a.
tne oecya house block. witch stood with
IN SOLID locking wsssa looking a III ,hey
could defy The HaneA
TINE ofxRA HorsK KxAcHxn.
sadeeniy came the CRY of the opera
house il on Ere aaS ~ arrow ef fame
shot up from the naasard roof Of tas
enihisng n answer % the cry. By sAss
tine the neany block vas In . seeshins SEA
Of eaus and u was cut Of me question fos