The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-28
An INDUSTRY BURNED
Moran Bros. Foundry Destroyed
By the Flames.
The LOSS NAY REACH $40 900.
Firs Breaks oat in the OIL Room and
s~eeps Through the sufiasng-
The pastSrns AFRO Saved.

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safr0,ss fire ksss night. Owing 10 fae
nature of The property damaged and the
uapf0pls.oas Zine for making a thorough
.;sTesfigsstoss i close estimate OF Tue
legs eannof bg given. III is Nase 10 say,
however, that 7hs figures viii be ~ the
resgnborheyo,l os Ezs. 400 or s5a.e8l II inc
yaiuabie machinery in the foundry came
through without serious damage TIE
fFrs aag handled well frefEl all points OF
yIeg, ard especially In that the pattern
si,go III the sos9ih end Of the building
was saseG, Thus preserving between 3d.
90 and gTs.ssa wo-th of property, Before
the department arrived good work was
done by Otto Wa bfe. sx-captain Of truck
No. 1, and Watch nan n. j Sfsaykey with
tho foundry hosh. ia preventing The
flames from reaching tho south end Of
the building. Abfsit eighty mer VIII be-
shrown out Of nc rk temporarily
The Moran broth arss foundry was one
efprs frame h1ildi 5g. $50 feet long by .
feet wisie. On TOP and running the An-
tire length Was a large dome. the ssssSs
OF which were made up of ~snao" WORK
The roof was OF corrugated iron. AZ the
north ersa OF the building was the tool
shop. a new aitfion. wherein were
etore-l s1nae barr sIs of oil. This room was
separated franl the foundry room by a
partition with windows In It. ~ the
south end OF the building and occupying
about SO feet Of she entire length was
The pattern room combining patterns that
represent The work cf years and much
valuable machinery.
The foundrv closed last evening at 40
o. clock, but Il sas fully & before some
cf the men left the lace. Night Watch
man +. j. Sissrksy rasnc~ on duty. and
the big gatas Of thcs yard that enclose
the siisps were clossd and locked. Prowi-
srs are not welcomed at the foundry,
especially at night. avi enc who climbs
the fence does so At his peril. A few
minutes after o'ciocl. Waterman shar-
key was making fas rounds through the
foundry room wfers h,e saw light in the
tool room. All b. eorid see was flicker
through the wanaesar in the partition.
He ran to the room as fass as possible.
and there found nsst the flames were
busnlag IN the northeast corner of the
room close 10 The barrels OF oil. lie
Nss greatly excited. hut made a defer
fstsed snerf 10 smother the flames with
his coat.
II was ne use, the flames danced mer-
rl;y around him. lessped mp against tho
barrels Of oil and made Roadway at an
astonishing rate, He soon saw that 1t
would be Impossible 10 win the battle
and ran out of the room and across the
yard TO the office, Where an auxiliary to
eax II Is located. Be smashed the glass
and almost Instantly the sound of the
big hammer striking at fire Headquarters
was heard. Then lie ran back TO the tool
room and commenced lighting the fire
einelchandcd.
st the moment the alarm bell sounded
Otto Welde who lives below the foundry.
was walking up Commercial street to-
wasd the city. lie used TO be captain OF
truck Ne. ]. and. OF course, stopped stlll
at the corner of Commercial and Charles
streets aud lstesed to the bell as IL
sounded II. Then he knew that the box
whish always makes the iiremen feel
nervous had been pulled. He locke.
down at the sirydock and foundry. just
then he could SEQ IL little light AT the
northeast corner of the foundry building.
He ran 10 the scere and found sharkey
coming out % the tooi-roam. which was
then like furnace. Even in the face
OF so serious a catastrophe, Welae fell
like laughing. fer Sharkey In fighting
the fire had so far forgotten himself that
the scat Of his trousers had caught fire
and was burning rapidly. Weitle caugh;
up bucket or water that the watchrnan
OF the sawmiil WAS about to throw on the
IRE ~ the building and thus saved shar-
key fruna what might have proved a serl-
Gus burning
By this time ire flames had broken
through the windows OF the tool room ana
were commencing Ia tighten up the hea.
vens IN an ominous manner. The foundry
hose sas gotten out and attached "a J
plug on Charles street. bat no wrencs
could be found and SO the water was no
started Setter buck. however. was tx
resisnecf at the Norman street plug an.
q stream wa gotten onin time IA sln xo.,s
WORK in retarilng the progress II tn,
flames toward the precious payte,n Ihop.
Although Only "a few iniauteJ Ia,
elapsed since sas Gre WAS discovered an,
the alafn, sent sn. the progress of IN
fiamss ass. been reTaariSaeie, The charae
ter Ell the building aaa the nature OF IN
machinery in the asp of II helped 20 max
matters wssms.g. The flames soon beek,
through the sssnssos work OF che dome an
seat Ialsg slender tongues htavcaw ard
The eovagatc1 iron work. however. pge
vented great display and whea the slr
apparatus arrived there was nothing nor
than a large building fairly alive Will
flames, Engsa2 company Ne. : had IN,
lines al work in good i5ne ana engine No
s had one line. 1thssut IA engine Ns.
ess.s asej about the p0int where the mr.
started Caief HUM was oa the seen
aEf directed the nsht 80 an easy. 600
nlaanse Captain Alien ana his men ha
one lsae Inside the ball3snz at tao mrs
opening On the east s{ysg from Charlie
sstasi. and Chief Baat went IN Wits sen,
If tha ether nreuen when hc ;aa. reor
VAS enGeres irons $he southwest curse,
Tsge firsasoaE answered the alarm. as
coald not set near enough 10 throw "a
her tines ASfer ,he fire aeparsueu, ~
% work therc was ssaa a faiiing HfT IN ~
flames and at . O'Clock the TIRE VAS We
uasIer control.
The only taesrv advanced as To he or
sin OK che FIRE IS that OF spontaneous
combustion, There MIS- no fire ar light {
any kinsg ia the reoa.
IL there VAS aay DAMAGE fs the pat
tern roesa IL WAS from water. ard prs
spnlshly light.
The hght bad been a Shart and har
enc. he i'feasen being fasorgs! go - cen
siderable extent by thn many sloerS. A
easranen cvalt l~ oessIne8 AZ cossxcn
lent iaSssnts sssi shis save them q chsa<,
L. Charge sAslr patnt SO attack as ofte
~ 's2asht ssls sssbse. one shiag IA
eNlseai. she Bremen dt.l sheir siaty Az
ssta nat sAjsa tsseje work
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