The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-02
A West Street Business Row
Destroyed by Fire
BIGGEST BLAZE o~ THE YEAS
Losses Aggregate Upwards Of Eighty
Thousand Dollars.
One Of Coiman's Corrugated Iron BIoens
and It's Contents Prey 80 the RfsnsI-~
Private Fire Departments snd s.1<|
Water Put Ont ths FIys-Inssranes.

1 "@sVN ~ Out kxA9 Et4S-Iu90xU
The most serious fire that has visited the city
this year occurred last night Colman block. q
| the southwest corner Of West and Mnxiou
streets-a twostory corrugated iron bufIdiun
l2Oxilo feet In sze-with almost it, entire CO.
tents. was destroyed The lcss win reach
10000 covered By an insurance OF ahous
| ss5ooo
The fire broke ont OF $50 O'Clock in the stor6 &
OF ) b Stewart & Co. commission merchxnta "
at SIS West street. among quantity Of coal ofl y
stored in the sorward part OF the store. Ih4 &
bursting OF case spread the flames to the fxnnf
OF the buildings. and an instant later they h1d
ourss through the glass doors and windows and
were ieaping up toward the second story Wes1
street was deserted at the time, and the fye ws1
discovered from the rear, ON Railroad nxennc.
/ by railroad crew engaged in switching on ths
Seattle, Lake Shore Eastern railway. THIS
shriil blasts OF the engines whistle conveyed
the alarm 20 the steam ferry City Of ssaxt3s.
lying at the slip az the foot OF Marion strsek
| and she in turn sounded few hlaxtx
| This had the effect OF bringing the chemical
| engine out, but it required Al alarm from bar
is to arouse the department. The chemsoel 4!
engine reached the scene OF the fire five mia.
utes after ifs discovery. took position a. 19ou$
street and minute later had stream ID. TIE
flames had made good headway. buf had the
| chemical been supported by other ssesmer. ~
FIRE could have been controlled right therr. II
lie stream did splendid work but the snrr~1 81
nug OF the flames 10 the rear nut the ara bexnnS
: reach. When this became clear. tl,e ena3ne
was transferred 10 The rear OF the building.
1t was fully ten minrtes after The f5re sfarte6
that engine No. arrived AZ Railro.l .veru, +.
| and Marion strse. and baoav, n,,,rnsr. ~ s
water from the bay. &
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mower ergsna -, ~. ,,.s..,.,,. - -. ss s.
b,aol -, r-t -. - = - -- =
=. 80. - PA11-tshs w-ss1 @ 81. = ~
49,. @-s a.alDol aaa io.cins !. % tne pfugs - 80.
sAse'. foa solas iosA Apaieaoss reason no NDS4f.
flowed through the hose. Investigation shoNe6
that IL was escaping through new lima q pd&6
which was being laid TO extend Coin sn,r ~
yate FIRE system 10 the vyaser s-ons bot -. r.
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.nehs uiu inesainao'e sefsaes- = nue "a caV
hose was attached to each OF Colman' = hooes an4
thus the engine was pumping four oE<oomo ~
water on the fire. "a 81
No 4engine from Sorsn seattle v,es a.. ,.1.r> Il
engine ~ .rriva .,,a ,vss ~,.,.a - t,s. -,.sSs
49,. - --~.- - - - ~ e.
vest ana MARION ssfee1A No.l Ahrens Va = M
the ena Oh hammonds wharf, pnmpEny Mz1
water. and No. Gousd Was - the foot ~ Mco11
son street on Railroad avenue being hrocrh6
down by the horses Of chemical engine NJ j
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rh,o, 80 49,. -.s.<,s - !, ,.s,s.s 4 -
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uus' gus "a nos eAaSu iaso ssfs sA1S sss
The building vas perfect Hre
lore the nrenen nad fairiy gos 80
had spread to the partI unoccu
store the of7ca ~ the p,,yet g.
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go. a..a 49, 80. ss .ss -
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cupslhs ooen noorA 1ne ne q
@ nslesness @5 taas.5 s1e1 n4sl ~ sl~ sL< 11sns
West street oi she surgins crows or
ina nad nileu !.
sysseI1aIIc nkls was ln,naeolss q u.
M .ne nle. ~ was soon clsA1 shat s1s
sioeA must -. anu tne eaoEss n
men. we're recsea g conn aing e
ana saving tne lulsoanuihk s1ue1 {
are al ss hiEnf innamiAnse - tae enc g.
slroyeu me na "s.e nsso g. ~ ...es sos a
esa y. s..s ..sA-s ~ - ..ss.e
portunity 70 rescus 2ods was onersa. Ine nrsmeM
nsa @ many ulmeni.iss s. 80 70 cohseao Nl.ns
nsss pace .u.iy o,op peop'e susfVunnsu ~ 49,
DOCK nounael Dy 1oiuihnia- Wess eno mff1oA
streets ana haai.oau avenue snu tA<y Nsfe
greatly hamps1sa ~ 'alins anu nane1Ln4 me
HS9s' -7-' = " @'-..r- - : -.
on f.alfoaa 1ssaus - 'ne y IenI z. sus sH1a1snss
ana tney VIE .ne D,oxsn slA1sess1 y sne -
tnefe oosa.scsesi ~ .c.A ~ s1sas's-
Inc hfs spleau y sns .sss N.1ous ..,1 -ol
delay and tne ech.s1 y sns pll'..ns =. 49, : =
OF name ihs,he ING s.un LEI. NM1s ae9N
cioaos on sl.oss poa.sn aossu ,.s .sol = sae n1xu
street enc OF eas DsiIllns' = nakAnk =
ior une 70 yea "hAs s4'o s~sss. - 70 10 #
might Oe, ....-. z. s.. :.
no. Ahlens snsiae w. va - aa1a y 80 ..I
1907 on Aarion ss.ess sna ~ ..n-s - s's 8
seattle 1erIy aan4ilss so ssaea1 -
on through the N.naoss ~ sae 3 sesn. 80 3.
WITH such 5000 sllss .'sss sll1 - s'''ss - -
une seemsu 70 ~ us1wasu - ~. lno hzss aso
ever was oniy iost71 - s.le ~ s.1-n -. 81
the onloing, Nnese ~ Da'ss ous "asH - -
Jury than oeforA
IL was as tnls jancsufe thaL ms S0l11
streams commenced 70 seii on tne nzme -
water came from the service pipes wan We4
force that eight men were rsqnired g ee14
through corrugated iron walls Ike they .Wero
made of paper. The salt vatef WAS vsxy emc4s
eious in extinguiShing the flames ma tWo
streams from Colman's engines aid ~ -
effective work.
The fire burned At the southwest corr Il
the building with great sercene1 anQ 49,
being only narrow ally between no nufniz
building snd the sssSsnln& one sontns eooepsp
by the Northwest FssN cozapsny: baiLln - = &
Company and the Kisxon-cahn Conpsnys -
latter structure was soon SMOKING . -
and flames broke ont momsns iasH onzy -
quenched by ven n-pisyed s:rean