The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-20
FIRE FROM RAINIER.
Flames Seen at Townsend Ris-
ing From the Summit
EXPLORERS ABOVE THE SNOW.
weather Not so Favorable, bat an Nm
gineer Brings News That iney
Are Well and Pushing On

Mount Rainier Is a monument OF rys-
terry and the PoSt-Intelligencer party.
under Major Ingrahan. when IL shall
have completed the exploration OF the
lofty PEAK. viii bring back news OF inter
est 70 almost the entire American cont
nenf The latest popularity noticed IN
the old volcano was blaze of fire shoot
ing apparently from the summit. which
was witnessed Monday evening last By
Rev Ira A Mills. Of Port Townsend.
who gave the Leader the following &C
count Of the phenomenon:
Shortly before O'Clock in the evening.
as / was leaving nls house on Morgans
hill to come down town. / happened to
cast my eyes in the direction OF the noun
tain. when / beheli one OF the most
brilliant and wonderful sights II has ever
been my good fortune 20 witness. Above
the mountain the heavens seemed to be
blaze OF fire. blaze going up direct
from the top of Rainier. There could
be no mistaking il. for il came direct
from the top and shot straight upward.
II vas only for a few seconds that ] saw
It, for as soon as j realized what IL was
j turned and ran back toward the house
to call my wife To witness 10. When /
reached the gate glanced over my shout
der and saw that the IRE had disap-
peared, IL seemed. as suddenly as ii had
blazed up. / have described IL just as
j saw Il, and would stake my life on
the trutffuiness Of my statement.
The Leader says that the testimony OF
Rev. Mr.. Mills is perfectly reliable. A
circumstance coiucident with the view
OF the blazing mountain is found in the
fact that Dir. Mills at the time was stand
ing on Morgan's hill. in the immediate
vicinity OF the spot where Admiral Van
couver stood when he discovered the
giant and named it in honor of Admiral
Rainier.
Today the Post-Intelligencer party will
be in position TO see with degree Of
accuracy the extent of the more strongly
marked changes in the contour of Mount
Rainier. and will undoubtedly look closely
into the qustioa of smoke and fire. The
ascent practically begins today. as Major
1ngraham ana his five companions have
probably gotten away from the timber
line and are now making their way across
the snow fields toward Observation point,
from which the intention is to send a re-
port Of progress by one of the seven car
rier pigeons. A great deal, of course, de-
pS4EAS oll tAS state Oh the weather, NnlCn
according to indications, will not be quite
50 favorable today and tomorrow as dur
Ing the preceding seventy-two hours. The
weather office has reported that 1t Is diff
cult 10 give an adequate discussion Of the
situa tion owing 10 the absence of reports
from number of the stations The bar
ometeF has been falling steadily since
TueSday at p. m, and this, with In
crefsing cloudiness and unfavorable re-
ports from the west and south, has led
the observer to conclude that the pleasant
weather OF the past few days is over with
for time. The predictions for today for
Seattle xnd Western Washington are rain.
with stationary temperature. In case OF
unfaYorabie Indications. Major Ingraham
viii probably hold his party in a place of
shelter, and await the opportunity for as
cent afforded only by clear. cold weather.
special TO the Post Intelligencer from
Tacoma conveys the first news of the par
~. through George Kline. civil engineer.
who Is intereted In a coal claim seven
miles from Nilkeson. Mr. Kline met the
party near the Carbon river, and reports
every man hearty and well and pushing
on earnestly