The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-06

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wcTx Oh the cp1-a house TIE rhalf
'sioes OF wocdsa Buildings north Of ;hs
cpsra house, hssi hy taE. tins share. ,ht
vrnerai fate sad were fast Disappearing Is
ms aia3 snso2e. Virtually nosntag eau d
= done toward say-lz the opsra aouse
'tch tiled 70 arsxe TIE tg.eass heat frosr
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.F4F@n hacS wst2 eeoychet fsens and
Burning garments. The very hose mel I'd
and the afcIaen Were forced 10 drag il
bacA Aa1 rgaeA s.se HE from second stree,
CONTROLLING THK MOB.
Up To tAis tiEle Aarsha. Murphy had
been tue only lead o. tue ire Gepar:rne tst;
30: Mayor Moran and CoaneI man Durie
new appeared ca the scene sad gstsmptet!
70 aElas order out of confusion. pargle.
wezr orgsnzed ~ carry good OUT oil tie
9ul1-4ags - Sas path OF the flames and the
side streets IN few minute. sers b.ccsesi
aish Inerchaatise CT ef Ba.terrefi
ssoEe In over !0a depasles aad insfracta
theEn TO arrest every man foani -geas-
us; aad III fes minutes the
rst De lad became working crowd. lcI
y Intelligent mea
Ire flames hsas outo the Deany block
ahi sae h-cnlen who covered the north
end Of ths C1.mza block, nexs to * on tae
soutR, could have CHECKED them there mad
x not osen FOR Eae AK u water. Al 5 ~
tae Dag frestoa hook aRa ladder ,rus K
came i-gring p ralIt street. AID turaesi
Up columbia - 60 arogss! 20 she rear ca3
% tne Opera House btccs: bsiE before il
had reached there the big bal.aiaS was Il
sAsieson, with every window showing
hGIae and smoke.
SPREAD OF THE FLAMES
Al ( o'clock the flames leapei across
Marion s,rest and the Colman b ocs on
the xsst and the Renig block on the east
side Of Front we're sooa the center of tae
tesy sea
An effsrt was made at 4 o'cloex to blow
up The Gilman block by placing lare
chs-ges OF dyusn t. ana other explosives
uaser tue ceater, bat !. proved aoor,iye ,
ada the building burned from one
ead 20 the othcr, The EXCLUSIONS
shattered the windows in the big h-tcK
blocks south OF ColGIn6 =, and several per.
soEs were badly cur by sae falling glass
AZ i've minutes 2 ST O'clock the keuney
orick block "a the corner OF Front and Coz
4fatia caUsa. are al the tor. EIgine No.
l was teen fosrel TO pun an and
e.tsea at ihs eorasr II Cherry street. BE-
fore stream cousd De startet again ever
building north Of Coigmbla street Vas on
are.
At The SAN FRANCISCO BLOCK.
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apparent barrier 10 the progress Of tho
iuss. Every uisdcx~ Of ths bird n
Sas cartalaeG with heavy wet hlan.ets
A charge ui powder wa . aces. under the
~ hite otoeh ..ere.s the street, bur Il {. ID not
IA the baiidiny. which IN a few nlnnte.
ehn5nl on are. IRON the henney ulocx the
waits u woEcs saii inward at 70 minutes
To o'clorx. seEtIng up a ctous. Of parks
an oufntEs ntsnds That scatteres: over the
Fooss 81 shs 81 !o.nine blocks. GEN ]. b.
Aeicsli1 lei party to the roaf OF the
building and line O; hose vas soon
raised ny means OF rops. Again the Ter
rt5e lnsaH.cieacy ~ water b.Ikat the her
cu4eaa etgrss Of tire workers rne water
barely came from the nozzle Of the hoss
aud tie fre-ngh;eFs found themselves
~eApoales> ia the i9eeof tnete-r4bie enernv.
>eyesai charges OF dynamite were then
p.ae2a nades the conner os the ss8 Fran
cisco store. which By this time vas on fire.
hut t1ey failed 10 have aay effect All of
the powder ia the city Sas bv this time
{ xpeA ed aud messengers we're dispatched
10 iAs powder house tGr more
LsrTLR coULp BIZ SAVED.
NJ effort was mate 10 save goods from
the san Francisco store; but from nearly
every ether building IL the street, ucr-
c1andEsc was carried and Piled Ia
tee ccister of side .frecg-. ana loaded
aPoa Grays which nlocsei gfls s;Feesa
FKlGHrFuL SEA OF FLAMES
At 5 o'eloek the scene became In iescr.b.
abe. TIE IRE had left sas san Francisco
sore 4 mass Of ruins. and had passed into
The Cnlcc blorx al siuigg. Oa the opposite
81 - 81 the street cye~y oult1iny was on IRE
sGi tbs seat was % teErl Die th4s no more
etort could tee fussss 10 chsck the hfs
81 p "a
? s@p.s carving t8eir pos.cs-
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p4sea in tae centre ct toe stree,
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~ @as iall Of fiysns aoAsd.. sixas aud
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