The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-02
FIRE AT LAKE UNION
THE OLD LANE SHORE LUMBER
60. MILL BURNED DOWN.
Firemen by Hard work Save Sew
erni Nearby Boa.es-A Loss OF
x2.aoo--s Hos Near Black Diamond
Accidentally sheets ard Nils
Himseff-A Woman of the Town
Makes nn tnsuccessfu1 Attempt
to Kill Herself.

TIE 0lt Lax. Shore Lumber Comparys
NH. located at the foot OF Eeitke street.
south end OF Lake Union, and one block
eaSi OF The Weszeru mill. was completely
destroyed ny IRE yesterday afternoon. and
I9r tew minutes x seemed as Il ten or
WE'VE sTaI houses IL the immediate u
csnitT would also be swept away. TIE fire.
men mace good stand and won the day.
Aatnoagh two houses mere scorche1, one
vacant barn was wrecked. and lone
chicken was roasted. II there hal been a
s0oa breeze blowing tae FIRE would have
swept III The buildings within two blocks.
aar Lake Shore mill has been un0ccu-
PEG ter tEo or three years and all OF the
machinery was removed when Il Vas last
Si.@t Gown. II occupied good site on the
aaKe. ABOUT seventy-fiye feet cast Of q -
located the old electric light plant build
ing, and ali around Il are small one and
q hai story wooden houses. Some OF them
are occupied and some are vacant The
o4d fnsH has been a favoriie resort for
small boys who like 10 go in swimming or
take smoke out OF sight. Yesterday af-
tsFioon three boys were abo1t the mill
a snort Tune before the fire was discov-
eFel. SO IL Is safe to say that they could
So some isgh; on the subject
ne Ire vas discovered by Venus How
Ell. a pretty little girl with bright blue
eyes ana light hair. She lives In a house
close to the mill. Yesterday afternoon
she went down 10 the lake fishing and
just had It f.ne bite when she heard n
cracking noise from the south end Of the
iniu- sne forgot all about the fish and
ran 70 see what was the trouble. In the
micdie Of the fioor she saw a fire II was
circular III shape and was fast growing
larger The flames took 10 the well-olied
old boards and wrapped themselves
around them In fond embrace Venus
was scared. because she was afraid her
house would be burned up She ran home
ana told her sister Irene all about what
she had seen. Irene ran over 10 tell Mrs
seek about IL, ard Vents ran over to the
western mil TO give an alarm. on her
way she net Andrew Burke a laboTer
VINO is working at the Western mill
buFAe ran down To the Lake Shore mill
and saw that the little girl had told the
truth The fire was still working along
the floor inside Burke ran over to alarm
box u and pulled down the lever. Before
ne heaFd the first sound OF the bell Ila
looked over in the direction OF the mill
The flames had spread with lightning
IKE rapidly and were In complete pos
session OF the rickety old building Great
volumes Of white smoke. interspersed here
and there by darling tongue OF red told
how quickly and thoroughly the work Of
destruction was being accomplished The
people who lived near the mill commenced
moving out. The heat increased and all
the small buildings commenced to show
danger signs. The fire apparatus came
laundering UP. but Il was no easy matter
TO get lines out or the apparatus into good
positions. The location and nature of the
ground made 1t bad for the fire DEPART
ment.
The mill. which was about 200 feet long
ana TWO stories high. now went down. II
was not much OF i crash because II was
not built that way. The flames pulled up
and spread out. and thea came big balloon
Ike cdoulg OF smoke that sent the waves
OF hot air in ali directions The old slabs
aud sawdust under the mill were now
ahre, ana big sawdust spit that sepa-
rated the mill frem the electric plant also
eiazed up. The electric light plant COM
menced 20 shoulder. ana a vacant barn
caught fire. !, looked az II a small house
occupied by a family named Orgren would
surely burn. and so the men on truck No
commenced removing its contents. A
small bog stole bali and ran away,
chased by a policeman. FAnice Emerson.
who refereed the race. said that the po-
iceman could not catch the boy. The Or
gren house caught fire on the side facing
the northw ST. bat the firemen succeeded
In extinsu.shing the flames The damage
might reach 80. The house is owned nv
Edward K. Emerson ard has not been in
sured since last May. Another house. I'M
occupied. caught on the roof ana cornice.
but the firemen We're on hand again. The
electric light plant building was covered
with corrugated iron. so Il dd not get
sufficient start % make hard jon -Four
or ne houses close 20 the Mill were saved
without even a Scorch
When the alarm was turned in. chemical
engine No. !. engine companies No. and
Ne. I. track mol and hose No : responded
Five streams were used. Frank HergerL OF
the iirfn or ). :. Brace < Co. was a. the
western nsiA when the FIRST ZAP o. the bell
was heard. lie salt that the firemen did
good work. al things taken into consld-
Grafton The mill building WIS ahre from
end 10 end before 1hey arrived. SO il was
impossible TO gave g.. The foun3atlon MS
decaye8.
The Lake Shore MIL Was b.ssit ten or
twelve wears axe. bot VAS never ia use
unil IS>> ~ iSSa. October -. ISIS. The Lake
Shore Lumber Company Nas Incorporated.
VITA - carisal stock of SO oo = curtis
was president ara superintendent. : p
Nooasant was Ni~@ president. q. T. Case
WAS secretary ard Edward Rraav vas
treas lrec Na-biaerv was put IN and the
mii Ms started up. II hal c4raritv
~ &5,p") Ieet a day. After awhile jose 4
son obtained stuck IN the com7auv.
through IRE furnishing os legs After
AWHILE ara Eastern man came snto posses
son ~ me Prone~iy through loan %
sf.haa Following this tartt~ ran che r,u.
f0r q YEAR o. SO. Il VAS then closed AMI
'ha machinery was taken ont. There has
no. been any Insurance on Is for (oaE
"ne The mil when in running ORDER vas
worth So 80 or g. A-f hu. ira SIS 9euu4ed
condition. and wl5n tts weaksues founda-
ton. y WIS worth less than 8