The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-30

carried b. the winds. and the Etf1e s4s-
- Of household TREASURES wAS wiped oak
Wagons were everywhere- The price tor
fhs service u . wagon ranged frOn nSsn-
Ing to S1s0 cash load. accordtng TO the
oxf~sucy q the momenx o. The hard
hsnrfedness Of tbs owner.
WINE sbe nre burned over IT, feTF1togy
saved from saturdays nre, cs<pentess
veve busy engaged getting up many hight
frame structures being built IN the area
then burned TodAy>s fre ala not en-
crozeh upon the territory Of its prede-
esssor For . time IL looked - II the new
huilsinx 1t Third and Bennett streets
would So. and With u the building erected
AZ the rear OF the temporary poStofice.
but they vers saved With vet blankets
and streams Of water kept playing on
them A small row on Third street. BE-
twesn Bennett and Meyers. rebuilt since
Saturday. narrowly escaped. but the blow
ing up Of the Tut and Penrose block.
fronting u. prevented the IRE fron reach
1ng tharA
Tho Insurance. v1n Be fully shrss times
~ great ~ on Saturdays iouDea One
agent estimates II n i've times n much.
and says every agency in town Was loaded
Up with risks. IT must b remeunoered
that the heart 81 the business section
went W to-day and fully double the area
was burned over. Also into today's dis
tr3et were crowded the refugees from the
ersytoss IRE. and with them most Of the
goods that had been saved. One million
dollars seems . large amount 10 ascribe
TO = loss In = cheapiy built mining camp.
but there can be no question that todzy's
losses VIII more than reach these figures.
Tho insurance los. which was Sl5s,W6 on
Saturday. must be fully S4s9.@D today.
Every insurance Office In town 10 burned.
and figures cannot b obtained The adj
<s.z ~ ho fsvxr1rrz rff< that uuN<<exf
In thu previous FIRE are all in the camp
and had practically settled all the former
claims, only to have . new set to take up
The Florence = Cripple Creek railroad
had fiat cars a. the disposal OF the mer-
chants, ana vas kept busy hauling goods
shelter. Cars filled 1t Cripple Creek we're
hauled to side tracks al other points.
The Times. Journal and Prospector Of
fees were ali burned down. leaving Grip
pie Creek without a Newspaper. The
Times was burned out In Saturdays IRE.
but sawed some Of its material and had
started to build on the old burned district.
1t lost everything In today's confiasra-
ton Proprietor Tom Howell will issue
his paper in the morning FROM the Office
Of the Victor Weekly News.
Special trains are being run out OF camp
by both railroads. and are gong loaded.
Many peopie viii find shelter In Victor.
1AnAcohaA anu heishDoIins 'omis tohAsn.,
100 "n ~ ~ 81 49,
Dsnsss ing oe'aooA - me al VIII ue
The IRE h fiaishlng its work. and the
town u lighted by the flames from debris
not yet extinguishcd- The people are on
the streets. walking from ruin to ruin dis
~Ae .4.o sa.-se1op'e, "o's-e- 'ls ai'o
" ., ~. ~n~'ess1 ti.s nApt~n "eA-
oe,a TAD. heasuah, OF sictor, mas tsie-
- S'sp''su ~ NY. s.sinlyfe tor ~ .cnes iof
~. eso ~ .ic noiileieSs mere a ses'ei co1n,
ns.'sec mas uen oIsAhl1cu ~ sictof' anu
onerh OF sDeiter anu provisions nave oeen
s'a"e "a the ciesshs .. .hat to~n 70 the
seiia, eoiiniittse nsre' Inc sie,o! hre 90
eaf,nent was Called on Tor AID and arrived
- the scene hiteen minutes after leaving
tne uepot ID that CITY. mayor Doyie &C
companleu them.
With the talk of tncendiarism. rumors
spread last. and lost nothing in the reteh-
Ing. II was reported that the list OF dead
and injured runs into the scores. and this
AMI that officer was credited with having
shot men In the act Of setting fire to build
tnKs. IawleAsness seemed In the air. Men
lost their heads and were ready for any
thing. City Marshal James Marshall has
oworn In about 150 special policemen, ard
Company @, Second regiment. C. N. c., has
also been utilized Many Of tho men are
mounted, and the burned portion Is being
thoroughly patroled. About twenty ar
rcsts have been made for theft and other
causes, but the police now feel confident
that they will b able to prevent any furth-
cr depredafions by vandab. Stolen liquor
was plentiful. Many saloons were looted
for private drink. and . arm hand was
necessary TO restrain the crowds.
Those who opened their doors to the
homeless on Saturday night found them
selves equally homeless tonight. and there
are no uoors to open TO them. The COM
parativeiy few houses left are all one and
two-rocmod cabins. with now and then one
OF brick All the stores. restaurants and
bakeries are In ruins. and the town IL out
OF bread of course food can reach here by
tomorrow from Denver or. from Victor.
Anaconda and Giliett sucoor viii come by
morning, but there were many supperiess
tonight, and not few will sleep with no
pillow and no covering Fortunately. the
weather Is hne. though slightly chilly.
AZ BIO this evening car OF provisions
was brought In by w. s. Stratton. who
turned " over 10 the relief committee for
distribution Tomorrow morning. This car
~ furnished by Mr.. Strattor exclusively,
wniie a number OF other Colorado Springs
eiuxens made up another car. The relief
committee had not great many appiica-
the excitement wears OF and the pangs
OF hunger take hold. the COMMITTEES may
nave ius hands fuiL
revised hst OF the dead and injured IL
az koiiaNs;
D"an-S. Sriltn. Fasets. Two Others
un,deh'ined,
~. H. small. John Rice. c.
Evans, George r. Youngstown. George
isoyaen. rataily; John kretgver. fatally;
~. III. smith. superintendent OF water
WORKS L. Maroney. r. Bradley, eight
others. names not yet learned
Tho origin OF the fire appears TO have
neen purely accidental. though the gen