Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-03
YO-DAy'S FIRE RECORD.
The Grand Hotel at San Fran
ci:co
NEARLY DESTROYED BY FIRE
No Lives Lost, But a Million
and Half Damages.
Other Fires.
GREAT HOTEL. FIRE.


morning n fire was discovered unde
the Burlington house In the base
n,ent adjoining the Grand hotel, on
of the larges, and best known house
on tn. Pacific coast. The fire brOk
out in the basement of = store occu
pied hy Hueier Bros. 4 Co., dealer
iu paint aud artists supplies.
PROGRESS OF THE FLAMES.
The flames spread rapid,
I throughout the basement of tn,
block bounded ny Market, New
Montgomery, Stevenson and Secont
streets and then spread to the frs
fmr Of the Burlington and 70 tn.
rear of the Grand hotel. About six
o'clock the roof Of the Burlington
hotel fell In carrying along with 1t u
part Of the Grand. In u short time
the interior of the Burlington wus
q complete wreck and the front OF
the grand on Market street, together
with the eastern end, adjoining the
Burlington was almost y rum. Tie
western end was saved. Two years
ago about half of the Grand hotel
block WIS leased to other parties and
was called the Burlington hotel.
The total ltss including buildings.
stores, furniture aud stocks IL "a.
timuted ut a million and a half
dollars.
The fire II believed to have been
due to spontaneous comb .stion of
the inflafiiniab'e mater In % In Hueter
& Co.'S store. Several Of the guests
hal narrow escapes, buL as far Ms
known no lives were lost.
AN EXPLOSION.
The whole front of Hueter Bros.
l. Co.'S store blew out with loud ex-
ploslon and large volumes of smoke
poured out, almost Overc, M ny fire
men. Jackson Undcrhill, u wine
merchant, was overcome by smoke
IN the Grand hotel and was carried
out unconscious. Cashier Weeks, of
the Gr"nd. who Is crippled WAS al
most overcome when he was assisted
out by the elevator boy.
WHOM THE LOSSES FALL ON.
Ths first floor Of Burlington on
Second street was occupied by Z. H.
HIrsi, millinery aud novelties; &. Z.
proprietary medicines;
Z. II. Wardwell, window shades
Ind fxings. These stores were
,utted, ~ were also Hunter & Co.'s,
the board Of trade rooms, and the
Burr Folding Bed Co.'s place of
business on Market street.
OTHER LOSSES.
The Southern Pacific, Central Pa.
ciflc and other railway ticket Offices
nier tbs Grand, together with
Fay's saloon, were damaged by
water. The Grand hotel wis opened
N 1870 by Messrs. Johnson & CO.,
md ut that time was considered one
II the finest In the world. 1t was
our stories high aud had q frOutage
" two hundred feet ON Market
treet.
LOSS NOT AS GREAT AS FIRST EsTI-
MATED.
BAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Nov. g.
The Interior Of the Grand Hotel IL
,ot damaged to the extent first be-
ieved, aud now II Ii stated the total
oss will probably not exceed one
hlrd Of the first estimate. Mrs.
burlington estimates the los . of her
urniture and hxtures ut twenty
heusani. Hueter Bros. loss will
each forty THOUSAND dollars. A
lne collection Of minerals al exhit-
o. the state board Of trade were
'lso destroyed.
IN OCEAN STEAMER BURNS TO THE
WATERS EDGE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-About II
'cIock Saturday night fire was dis
'ov"red In the hold Of the Mallory
Inc steamer Leona, which arrived
u Pier 20, North river, from Calves.
on Saturday morning with $500
"a es M cotton. 1t proved to he
me OF the tiercest river fires seen In
View York for years. The crew WIS
AIKEN ot with difficulty, and Capt.
s''ey, wife and two daughters were
escued In their night clothes. Ten
ng'nes aud three II ebo ,ts fought
ne uames, hut ut l o'clock Sunday
'i"rni'iy the entire cargo was pro-
'"unced u total loss, aud efforts are
cling made to save the vessel.
Az @3O u. N. the steamer was re- I
"rted burned to the waters edge
hd q total loss. The loss will ex-
eed 100000.
IssHE AN INCENDIARY?
SEATTLE, Nov. 8.-There are a
umosr Of people In this city aud
'so several insurance underwriters
'no would like to know Of the
'"ersalou's ot Miss Bertha Brad
''aw' petite little burnetts about
' years VI aye. aud formerly pro-
''e'ress OF the Silver Moon restaur-
~, III Que time located at the corner
!, commercial and Weller streets.
no dig IRE Of May 20 which result-
). . !" the destructlon Of half u block
wooden buildings NJ the corner Of
Mud U.lIor Oh raato ia