Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-28
SAN FRANCISCO ABLAzE
Six Blocks Destroyed and ST.
500, 900 Damage Done.
FIRE BURNED OVER SIX HOURS.

FIRE BURNED OVER SIX HOURS.
One Woman Was Scalded to Death by
BIaEing Oil, and Several Firemen Were
Injured--It Was the Most Destructive
Fire Seen There For Years.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2S.-One Of the
most destructive fires known in San Fran
cisco for years destroyed property worth
81, 500, 900. Six blocks in the southern dis
trict were burned over, and the great
building of the southern Pacific company
was at one time Threatened
The fire broke out in the rear of the
san Francisco box factory, located ON the
corner of Fifth and Bryant streets. The
factory was II two story frame building
filled with inaammahlc material. The
flames spread rapidly. and II soon became
apparent that n serious contlagration was
threatened. The first alarm was turned
in from box No. %, and it was immedi-
atrly responded to by the department..
y second alarm was turned in upon the
flrr spreading t" the Liberty sofa works
adjoining ON the other side vt the block
Within few minutes the entire east end
of the block bounded by Grammar and
Bryant streets was "a mass Of flames, \
strong Southcrly wind was blowing, and
il WAS dCymCd necessary to turn in "A third
alarm. The flames soon SPREAD all over
the block, destroying in few minutes
the yards of the Spring Valley water
works and the furniture factory of II. Eu-
Ter. The box factory of kcrbCll Brothers
at 123 Bryant street: the stable of II
Nashhurn, nj 651 Bryant street; the car
riaAyc factory OF G. ". PhClan and the sofa
factory of !, HorStmann were all destroy
Ell in short order.
The high wind famed the flames and
swept them on their mad rush. driving
tho tir,mrn hack by dCgrVCS and the sit
uati"n became critical. Long tongues Of
flames stuck out from the flaming mass
clear acrt>S the str,t't, and from time to
time the h">c had ~ I've turned on the
buildings which thrCatrnctl Ia involve still
larger territory in tho cnni:agratinu. Tho
frrmCn were r'-rnfurclSl Ivy the full de
partmrnt hy this time and fought man
fully to coutiur the fire within the block
where II originated.
The Water supply Poor.
Tho whole Of the hlnck bounded by
Fourth. Fifth, Grammar and Bryant
str,rt> WAS Destroyed. with the exception
of the mAChiu" shops On the corner Of
Fourth and BRYANT >tr,N'tS. The fire then
spread toward BluX"m str,r't, Swcfh bling
on lis way the lUmlNr ward W Van Wart,
on the corner of Fourth and Grammar:
thr MVVhan Lumber company. on Bran
nan street, and various small machine
shops and tenement houses While the
H'lAEtmrn WAS struggling with the
names "hlch grow h"r'rr and h"rr"r ev-
CT! "'"iHVh'' ever! aNalIaoI" r~"urC" at
t'| '"''!'hHhu W TN" southern Pacific
I"'''F'S'u company was Drawn upon TO
P"r,'" 'h' "TF,
ne intense neat mad" 1t difficult I"
",''|' L" rs IAN 'AlErhE IN" water sup
ply. Nh''h WAS anything hut sufficient
,.,,,.1 W ny
water tower +, ndvr,rl most efficient Srrv-
irr, furnishing II jet Of water which could
Ia rvudrr,yl >rrNicrahl, whrr,, the other
strnm> thrown upon the flames wCr,
turned into steam l.f,r,, th,,v had barely
left the nozzle. The Wrilht. Carrick X
Williams box factory was rntirrly de
str1v,l
The houses along the line of the crnss
StrN,tS surrounding The, block bounded nv
Fourth. Fifth, BRYANT and Srannan streets
were all mon, or less in flames with rho
fir, working 70 the nurthwar,l across Bry.
ant strvt.
Miss Gilr,,v. while attCmptinr tO save
some Of her belongings. was covered with
burning oil and burned tO death 4
number "f l<N,plr received injuries from
falling walls and flying timlNrS.
The people in the nciEhhorhood were
terror stricken. Most uf them were of the
poorer classes and made great efforts 10
save their small hrlnnyinrs. Exnn,ss way.
onS and draws wrr,, at a premium. and p,>,-
pie were moving few blocks away from
the fire Probably 100, 600 people gathered
at the fire. and the police were powerlcSs
IL keep them away. The fire was 81 hot
however, that the crowd did not get near
enough 10 be IN serious danger.
Great Crowd of Spectators.
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