The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-08
A FIREBRAND'S WORK
Johnson's Mill Destroyed BY an
Incendiary.
FiREBoAT TOO LATE TO SAVE 1T.
Inc savmill Burned In Early Morning
1t Was Heavily Mortsaged-Ae-
eident to Fire ApParstus.

Ins !onnso7 lumber nil. On the Ecrth Sc
sssAs water front, was DESTROYED tv Ere vexrsr-
Cay morning between the horrs Of s-s 8
eeaock- TIE ezllding and Sta cozsszss ws-s
rendered unfit for future use, ard are n fact
total loss Evidences goes 70 show thai TIE Ere
Ess the work Of a. fnesDdix-y.
J. n kslssT, tie waschznsn Of the rzsEl. xx-s
ne following account OF tas f-s yesterday %
PosTIyTELLEGEzcEz reporter.
II Was seated On q Pile % I7rber abort 4
oe4ock this morning when say r7A7 sp-.ss-
on tie railroad track. 70 nv lei. called OFT
~ lat are yoa doing here 81 tia hour He an-
Preached. but when hs reached the wharf sarzed
aud ran swsy, disappearing II tie daykasss
Acf ten Minutes sssETws-o ! noticed light II
o2s Of Tire vin1nvs Of the niu rezr ia boiler
nct . large light, bit s1ca a q l4ras would
mako started fo- the 'front.' door. bot hefo-s
reached Il the flames e1-xf o7s Ike AZ sxos1-
sl01 OF guuDowdEr. A zsl appeared IL r1s
nil running 81 ne / yelled =: hin and insa
arsd he fell, bzs &ro@s aid ran 5ack szto the
rszsx As near ~ c7Eid see, Re disappeared
thrcnga hole II the AoOr which IRA. used for
waste sxwdust / vent - the machine shop %
A Wren and tsIephoasa for ths IRE epz-traszt
Before knew IL. Ehs apparatus from Battery
street - gtns-h house WA here They made
aas run, and the hook and ladder team cane
down the Hill without arr pole 70 the trick
Tie boys got water On TIE flames pretty quick,
OH TIE r-So5&i made scZ1e mistake, 811 cz5
DOs get Asrs f0y soTzs tina"
Mr.. KELSEY said that he supposed the nan
whom he sho. ~ must have ssczps. By swsza-
ming CT Eoze1 xw&y IL = h04s, The Es6s EEs
high, and cane up within eight feet Of sc
H1or-
TIE property DESTROYED consisted Of bald
ing two stories nigs, I8 feet long and sixty feet
vida Within the mill we're SAN and single
nilI machinery and l2thes. TIE MI Ia. bean
Idle since rear ago Lass Ap-i1, when Thomas
Johnson vas compelled 20 saEs down by bzsi-
Teas CON plie2tions-
The property i uncer al 800 mortgage 70
the Commercial National hank E W whe4.er
president Of the bank, stated thai tie hank
would suffer no loss, TIE mortgage covered
the " hole johnson property. which izelzG4i
besides he building destroyed. .1s wharf and
one lot On tie shOrs, together VIII several build
iugs
The loss 10 estimated a. sl5.11, viii insurance
Of S6y50. divided as follows: Home, OF Seattle,
sl,i25; Home, OF Oakland. sl-Izs; C15on, OF san
Francisco, E.i25, CoICmbi.. OF Portland Ills:
PhEnix. Of Brooklyn, s. o9c American. o: Phsla-
6slDhis- s. y03o
Hook and ladder tuck No- E&s 5ikshlet
while going % the fre- II Ess o2iy By re
prompt acton OF TIE driver that O ssrlous acct
DENT w2s ass-tsd Tie p.snks II TIE crossing
al Mercer street ha1 been taken I'd, a7d whsa
il Was noticed TIE horses we're turned 20 avert
s grand saAsh-up- The pole struck the f-o.ly
post and v2s smashed into spliate-s, but 70 fur
Iher damage w3z done he!ond giving al severe
SHAKING