The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-21
HADTOLEAP FORLIFE
Narrow Escapes From Death in
a Big finder Box.
A QUICK SOUTH SEATTLE BLAZE.
Lodging House, Grocery Store and
Butcher shop on South Tenth
Street Licked Up.

fire. in which several persons narrowly es-
capcd cramaiion. broke out last evening in
two-story aud a half frame lodging house. ~ the
corner OF Teatn Aad streets, AID before ths
flames could be stayed the building, together
vita a story and a-aaif frame structure sd
Joining, was totally destroyed. The lodging
house was owned By o. Z. GranstroEn, and was
flied vita roonlers. The building adjoining
vas the property Of Risdon, Calm Co, and
was occupied By the grocery store Of ". l. He'd
der sgd the butcher shop OF Joe soette. The
loss is about s4.700: insurance $3.50.
Precisely how the ire started no one is pre-
pared to state. Mr.. Grsnstrorn left home 10 the
morning for Fremont % attend 10 some business,
and not returning during the afternoon his Wlf@
concluded 70 have dinner without him Her
self, her children and several boardsrs had lust
rat down 10 the dinner table at O'clock, When
fire was suddenly discovered in the ceiling OF
the dining groom. The flames were eating their
way from the roof OF tbs kitchen toward the
front of the house. and the second story WA5 81
ready abl.ze. Immediately upon tie discovery
Of the presence Of fire there was great excite
ment in the ne.ghborhOod.
A lAborer. named j. g. MAXWELL. who with
his wife aud child have been living with tran-
sfToms, took his family 70 place OF safety and
then remembering his old brother, George ".
Maxwell, who was ia bed upstairs suffering
from pnsameais, lie ran u his rescue. lie got
him out and place was made for him with s
charitable ncighbor. Tasn he returned ana
dashed through the hot, binding smoke 10 DIS
rooms upsts.rs and succeeded In pitching OUT
two OF his trunks and some wearing appAreA
Tie flames, feeding on the walls o. t4neef,
were gaining ON him. lie hecaEne apparent Of
his peril aad made rush for the stairs, shield
fng his face from The heat 81 the flames with lis
arm When he reached the top OF the stairs he
heard tne IRE cracking savagely and then win
a crash the stairs fell in. The door wss on fra
from beneath ana WAS 80 hot IL almost oiIstsTe1
his feet through his shoes he shut Ms eyes,
covered his face with his jacket. and dashed
through q sheet Of dame - 81 open window.
from which he sprang. lie lighted squarely on
his feet in q mud puddle. He was Unlnj ured
except FOR sligEt seorching-
scarcely hsa the exciten ent. consequent upon
NaEkwell's wild leap, suhslded, when rem
window, opening from The front garrett, the
spectators szw the head OF q woman, her face
blsnched aad fear marked IN every feature. The
head disappeared and the spectators held their
bseath the flames licked the frames OF taa
window. Then the woman's head appeared
again. The window was open and she had lit
tie girl in her arms. she held the child as far
out as she could aud dropped her in the mud
below. She lsndei in almost the
came spot where MAXWELL had fallen.
Again the head disappeared, but only for & sec
Qua, and the spectators then saw the woman
leap from the window and fall ia the mud
within an arms length Of her child. Ihs
womans name is Mrs. Nellie . Bricn. sRd her
child. Lizzie, is 6 years old. willing hands drew
the mother and child from the friendly mud
hole, and they were cared for Al the home Of
Robert Greenslade, sho-t distance away.
Neither was seriously injured
The WOMAN lost everything she owned Her
husband, who is sNsy at present, Is a lAborer.
For a time Mrs GrKnstroIa was nesrly
beside herself with grief She sAld th2t her
e. 4 had q
ins and coui-aea1ed bystGaaers only saved her
from death By seiziEg he OF hsr ana thus keep
ing her from running into fAe burning house.
The boy was found later IN The brush ne
IRE. where he had taken refuge in his fright
Ths Games were discovered AZ the same tine
by Officers Pe&rce EnG Powers Ihe former
turned in an alarm from box IS, corner q
Eighth and Lane streets, ana me Latter
pulled IA al alarm from box -, at ire
corner OF Third saG Jackson atreets,
while the Oregon Improvement. CorapaDys
switch engine near by sGded % tie general ex-
element BY long gnd disco,dznt blasts ~ her
whistle. Tho department responded iUme1i-
s.ely, engines and 5, chemicals i and , and
hook ana ladder companies 7 and heiag soon
n the scene The engIues pat ssit water o. tia
fire from the bay, She tide ueing in, and chem
ical No did good service Chemical No. go;
stuck in the mud near the corner OF Ninth and
Weller, and she wss over two hours being re-
vslns, The Washington Iron WORKS ran line
70 the brs, which did very elective WORK
There wss scarcely two feet between the out
side walls Of the lcdginE-house and the building
ia which Haader's grocery store WAS Npcated,
and before The engines arrived the strSrxture
was nearly mass OF flames stream fNsJl
No. / was soon doing good work and lsIer No. y
also hsd water oil the Ere. The adjoining build
{ars wers rendered safe but IL was a question
whether the grocery store would be toisl loss
or not
willing neighbors assisted in carrying goods
from the store and in This manner about half
the stock was saved. The building being old
AMI fimsy. however. burned like finder and not
until the big lodging house was in sshss did the
hrsmeR get the flames under control, and by
that time the other building IVES completely
Quilted.
Al one time Il looked as though several FIRE
rlcn would be burHei. EoRr o. Eve men ST the
nozzle OF No. $ stream were fighting the fire
from TIRE Es-gef door, and several more hFemea
belonging 10 engine eopIaany No. were or the
ground 1ooF, playing The hose ~ the mass Of
binding Ere sna smoke. suddenly and with
ont warmth. the garnet iooF Tel. in, dropping IN
the flames win seytra. Erenlen, while Two OF
the freraen on the ground floor were knocked
down by tslllug umoers- The dremen in the
garrett luckily held 30 jhe hose. and tie fares
were driven back until half u dozen of their
comrades coald rush 10 their rescue. No one
wss serlousiv hurt
Near the store and to the south wss = large
pond containing shout three feet OF surface
wster AMI six feet of mud large taUk OF coal
olI which was taken from the store and placed
near tie pond was tipped over Snd about
twenty-five gallons uf otl soon ran down onto
TIE wAt,r. Brands from the buruiug building
fell % ths miniature lake. sud IN & few seconds
the mud pond wzs transformed into = secth.ng
mass "a flames which threatened great destrue-
ton. and by - intense heat drove tbs crowds 10
u greater distance. A Inc from chemical en-
sine No, J soon su5dgei the flames, however.
aIatd the cheers OF the on-looAerS
~ =. Holder carried = 500 stock Ct gro
ceTiss, and L 5 aiUosl IotalIoss. HE was q
sGrSd iu several companies tor amounts aSgre-
eating sl.5saa tae hatcher shop f fne Scttss IN
the same binding Nss valued ~ $40. ;olsi loss
DO Insurance.. a. p. Oraurrrou valued rs
building a. sI.too, and he csrr.cs $oa insurance
Ia companies represented oy Buras 4 Atkinson
avid Zwlck. Shaw 4 To- He also hsd as furnI-
ture iusutsd Iar ~. The s.8Fe but .iius. owned
b. ki~dou. Cznn * So, was lusGlrt
RARREE's BOILER EIESTs.
Rear of Ctrsstopher's shop on Fire