The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-28
GREAT LOSS BY FIRE
San Francisco Illuminated by the Re-
lentlsss Flames.
WOODEN BUILDINGS
More Than Two Million Dollars In
Property Go Up In Smoke-One
Death Reported = Panic-
Stricken People.

idly and In a few minutes the Fifth
Street Furniture company was mass
Of flames. As soon as the fire chief ar
rived an alarm was sounded. and de-
spite the work Of the the firemen. II
was not long before the whole block
bounded by Fourth. Fifth. Bryan; ard
Brannan was mass OF flames. A
third alarm, calling all the fire appa-
ratus Of the city into use. was sounded,
but still the fire spread. At 1880 p. m.
the fire is beyond control and the pros
pect is that 1t will sweep to the water
front, half mile away. No exact esti-
mate OF the loss can be made. but II Is
believd to be already s2.000.000 The
buildings In that section of the town
are mostly wooden. devoted to manu-
featuring interests. There are a large
number of brick wineries, and II the
fire reaches them the loss will be
enormous. The fire has already reach
ed Fourth street.
The yards of the Spring Valley wa
ter works and the furniture factory of
II. EULER were destroyed. The box
factory Of Korbell Bros at 723 Bryant
u,
at 657 Bryant street, and the carriage
factory Of G. w. Phelan and the soda
factory of J. Horstman were all de-
stroyed In short order. The high wind
which famed the flames and swept
them on their mad career drove the
firemen back by degrees and the situ-
alton became critical In the extreme.
Long tongues Of flame shot out from
the burning mass clear across the
street, and from time TO time the hose
had TO be turned on buildings which
threatened to involve a still larger ter
ritory in the confiagration. The fire.
men. reinforced by the Full department
by this time. fought manfully to con-
fine the fire within the block where 1t
originated. The block bounded by
Fourth. Fifth. Brannan and Bryant
streets was destroyed. with the excep-
ton Of the machine shops on the cor.
ner Of Fourth and Bryant.
Within a short time the fire had
reached the huge brick building on the
corner Of Fourth and Townsend streets,
formerly occupied by the Southern Pa
cific company as general offices. The
Arctic oil works are also In that vi
cinity and lumber yards are numerous.
The docks are close by and huge coal
yards are scattered through the Sec
tion.
The wind has shifted and the fire
Is now sweeping in two directions. 1t
has spread across Sixth street and also
across Fourth and to the southeast.
While the firemen were struggling
with the flames. which grew fiercer and
flercer every moment. every available
recourse at the command OF the South
ern Pacific company was drawn upon
To check the advance of the fierce
flames in a southerly direction. The
intense heat made 1t difficult TO utilize
to its full capacity the water supply,
which was anything but sufficient. ow-
ing to the unusual number of hydrants
called into play all over the district.
The water tower rendered most eff
ficient service. furnishing a jet of wa
ter which could be made serviceable
where the other streams thrown upon
the flames were turned into steam be-
fore they had barely left the nozzle.
The Wright. Carrlck & Williams box
factory Is entirely destroyed. Main g.
Winchester's harness factory. on Fifth
and Bryant streets. is a complete loss.
The houses along the lines of the cross
streets surrounding the block bounded
by Fourth. Fifth. Bryant and Brannan
are all more or less in flames. with the
fire working to the northward across
Bryant street. The entire block bound
a1 nd,
Brannan streets is a mass of ruins.
The fire has reached the Overland
Transfer company's brick freight ware
house. and the hardware storehouse OF
Baker & Hamilton. These brick build
ings have temporarily checked the
flames. but they are working around 10
the railroad yards. A number of i'm
mense wool warehouses have been de-
stroyed. The enormous brick winery of
Lachman e. Co. which contains sew
eral million gallons of wine, has just
caught fire at one corner. 1t Is
thought. however. that this valuable
property can be saved.
The wind is blowing half a gale and
the sparks are being carried for blocks.
greatly increasing the spread of the
| fire. The winery OF Lachman & ia
coby. which is even bigger than the
Lachman winery. at the corner of
Third and Brannan streets. has not yet
been reached by the fire. and the fire.
men are devoting all their energies to
keep IL from spreading in that direc-
| tion. The fire has now been raging for
| three hours and is burning as fiercely
as ever. The whole southern sky Is
ablaze and thousands OF people are
hocking to the scene of the fire from
all parts Of the city. The police are
having hard work to keep the careless
multitude out Of danger and give the
iremen room in which TO work. Every
| engine and fireman In the city is at
| work. and all the extra men. police
and special police are being pressed
! into service.
AT 915 o'clock the fire at the Lach-
man winery appeared 10 be checked,
but il is eating its way on all sides
of the big brick building. one death
is reported. a Miss Gilroy. while at
| tempting to save some OF her belong