The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-29

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forced mary baek INTO the blazing ts1sse-
iaxs. Alarms vers spnt "a from ali fns
fire alarm boxss 10 fhe nesssborhec1. Ast
Tire wires were p<<i~~- Caief Swinzssy
happened 20 be croezsfsx tire Eour<esnfh
street bridge. ard saw tbe faazs- Es drove
- the nearest engine ho8se. srd ciioss7
fse apparatus 20 ire FIRE BY the tiras
the engine arrived Tas warehouse was a
azsss Of flames. and TIE Ere had already
spread 20 the factory across the ali-y. TIE
innsher ard hrsrk.. and the FIRE plugs near
tte burning buildings ~sfs under masses
~ 6eirs n was sore time before water
could b. secured. ara much clsieilisy was
sxr<riencsc tn dragging tze hose 10 sAe
building. The cfssff haSssad on Gfte~ more
apf'arats~. sad sacn@seed in gettins scv-
erzi companies 10 fss Gre. 4, xss seen
that the entire plant was soezsed. 20 ths
main efforts Of the desartntnt we're dsrecs-
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nAmss A. 10 O'Clock tie Ere was under,
control. ard al usdnssht Il xs. prartsrnI-
~ out. Several Injured fireman have be~n
taken from tho wreck. an. three more are
Known 10 bs among the dead. Three broth
<rs named Hardy wzye dangerously In
1ursd- II 10 said that probably seventy
more are XII buried IN the ruins.
Whsn the storm was ~ its height a gas
holder AT Eighteenth street collapsed.
columns OF burning gas iaaginx hixh IA
tss air.
The poor housp. situated a. the souts-
-; hnasts Of the city. suffered severely
from The storm. The entire roof OF the
female building Was torn on and fung
yards away. Large posts we're twisted
Away from the walls The main damage
vas done BY the destruction q the tow
~ on the top Of the central hu.ldlag. II
crashed entirely through shs building. and
Gown Into the basement There wern ela ilt
columns supporting the roof. and The fall
ins Of ihsss carried the noors Of me bsIld-
oHg beneath Eighty inmates received
eamsrovS wounds from flying glass and
brscks. 1ncrsdsbie a. II sounds. With f.sso
patients IN the building. TO OF whom are
Insane, not . HE Was Loaf az the poor
house. The damage 10 the building IN
estimated - eieoaoe.
Ii the flashes OF lightning las, n.sht the
city hospital looked ike . ruin. TIE new
surgical ware Vas partially d.mo.lxn.s
ard three ether buildings w>-s unroofed
ena the walls cracked In the darkness
W. physseiAns began the removal az the
pssssnfs TO temporary rusrfsrr feaYf,s,
mat TIE strained structures would 20 down
10 tho general collapse. There we're 80
SCR people In She hospital when the storm,
came. some gathered strength Ia their
fsxAt. and ran slriskinw from the plaza.
endins shsitsr ON the outside. Thirteen
ssre injured In one ward.
tne convention hall and the -Four Courts
ssfc In the path of the cloud as 4; pan~~d
from tho city horpstAi toward the river.
The convention hall lost cart Of the roof.
Ten says Nork and an expenditure Of
NNe Will make the hall good axain.
APT Tat safnoocs's presence Of mind
Prevented panic AZ the fair ground.
Nasn the creSd appealed for protectlen
..eh vac tornado, Pat Carmaosy corraEira
NE ffsxhttned people under the stand ara
sofera them 10 remain there. He hsla
? 'hss OF about Ss In cheek. ard 4 "a.
Meky sos them that he did 50. Everybody
vas trying to get ost. and ekntea 10 NAY.
break Tor the south side Of TIRE xta9,a
Whiis IAfmoody was holding fker,, b2r,r
tis* root OF TIE stand was blown or nnd
tss debris fell fnss whers the people ~ NJ
"a 10 80. carzoody's good udgnsnt .a,-
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