New-York tribune., 1895-06-29
7UREW CLARET ON 7HE FIRE.
,...,s or TIE coSFI.AGRATIoS ~ sAS
vo,xrtSco-sAvED ~ a CHANGE IN
TIE WIND

c. rr,nclsco June ~ The nre which started at
coclock last night destroyed four blocks IN 'h' he'
~ IN. manufacturing district on the ''S' "F"''"h
q ioss Of 81 ,oc. in property ana s1'rih''"s "l'
NE II RACED unchecked FOR over -FOUR houfS' 'e''-
,,. or q succession of ', oi"n buildings. ana mish'
,. hoo, h.vond control FOR many hours longer
mn, for the lucky change In the wih' Inc ''c"'''
ha,tlcd IN vain 10 make inroads on Inc "'N"''e VI
the flames until they reached the DIG pIl'N "nc''e"
VS., ,n southern Pacific Railroad offices. These
s,ructures blocked The path ana gave ofe''''"S
snou ana chance to 90 the hrst cn"''Ne ""'N
r., h,,rned area ls bounded by TOWNSEND. bryant
Third and Flrh 80 The flames made occasional
lnvasons outside thcse limits but only 10 th' 'N
tent Of a Jew houses Miss Gilroy was burned 10
d..,b This was the only fatality reported she
was attending to save some OF her belongings an"
VA. covered with burning oil. a number of peop''
,ocoi,ed injuries from falling walls ana nyns UNI
bors II Is believed all these VIII recover. Inc Peo-
ple who lived in this district Inhabited the wo'ueh
houses scattered among the manufacturing P"l'S
They are mostly Of the poorer classes Iropap'y
one hundred families have been made ho"'eeSS' "'
sides losing all their possessions
A hundred or more small manufacturing establish
neut. such AS furniture factories. machine shops
etc were destroyed Three wineries containing
millions OF gallons of wine, wool warehouses;, i'e
houses railway yards. docks. lumber ana coa ,
had narrow escapes. JUS when 1t seemed as n IL w,
entire northern portion OF the cy "u.. ,, o"thuet
away the wind suddenly changed to me ,si 81
driving the flames back over the burned AREA '''
invrinr Ia a partial !ist OF the losses. - a.
belmont Hotel. 500 belmont ioneT an Is;nicr
Co,npsny $1,000. California CASING ,OIPneny
q 100: stanford House, 1900; Fulor Furni,uLe rae
,n,v IS to snyder & Rohly, 5000, kuhier ma
cI,22e shons 1900: san Francisco Box FACTORY
s'hurch $4,000 other losses In small ainouh's ar.
divided among hundreds OF sniaIi i inaci',. & h'op %
ri tenement houses Very little Insurance was car
rind and his was principally upon the DuiIunss
which have been saved Inc psopie WIZ ~ o o. ~, ~,
homcs are utterly destitute and must De caTed lot
i'v ,hc CITY until they cfn rebuild ~
The locality has long Dcen menace 10 'lir o'.
from the Fire Departments point OF N'eM' ""'"b !"
The innammable nature OF thc pul,uIns' houor nv
''vrhie the nre was burning a steam boi!er eA-
,lnSed I'm r French laundry the iorcc OF tis eA-
,oson sent about half ton or noh,' liVi S nyy,ms
ihrough the building. \ piece lohgea IN onIiiey
ttIa,oi So great was the shock that an the Minuo~h
~, DESTROYED by the heat were blown into the
Tbere was a thrilling scene while thc convent ~
d narochial school attached to 81 Hoses church
an n TN In danes 4 few moments before the roof
vi In boy was seen at one OF the upper win,
icin 80 cry OF horror went up from the crowd
aoI The nremen yelled 10 the boy 10 Jump pian,
~, was held out but Just then the names ana
,oL" NJ enyeloped the building and the next mo-
ment the roof fel In win crash. lsV,rtypoay ,, a
hIan,et held by the hremen ana escaped unn-
)upenii )poiice officers had their hair and clothing
,a oaJ while attempting TO prevent man entering
s's,,rn,ng building In which he thought his moth
a. a bad remained. She had already escaped however.
81 when the water supply gave out the employees
-, the I,achinan winery attached iong two-inch
Hnae 10 an iS00CgalloD tank OF claret VINE mat u
pn'ecr pn acre OF lumber and dry roofs was drenched
"sn "ssearch will begin to-day. II possible for any
bodies which may be In the ruins