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

most capacity it steszae. out snso the hsr.
Dor.
Ia the meantime the steamer Mexico,
which sas lying AZ tie city dock was OAK
Ing S.sa merchandise bsogCht irem tao
stores by the -ray-. and after taking all the
Vsssss woGl' hal; from Tho wharf. il
steaIled into .he aafbor
Tue entire sh pying 10 me
bssooT, having plenty ct sirae to do SO,
pulled out into the stream. AMI i, i we'll
x ala 81. soE ever wharf. f-ssa the foot Of
1 Cnina street. - Jackson wss coasEEled
An eng the sap. { port were the sseara-
snl2 Aacoa, Captain Wallace: s.ramsa D
Spartan. c plain sallieo. steamship Mex
lee, Captain Huntington; IN. Palmyra
+ an 1 iaaEy other siGfps aad smaller vessels,
the usnss OF which IL vas I'M osslb.e ~
Learn.
Ths craft in the haroor did much good
"of4 AID by tseir timely ass.staacs saved
s;eat deal Of property. Amongst these
were the steamer Gollah, Riskely Msssics,
Henry Bailey, Washington, and the
schooner lesser
BARRIERS SWEPT AWAY
Meanwhile the temps. Of fame was
steadily sweeping down Front s,rset.
The fsslss-Leary building resisted the
HANGS ier long me, bat the in2i1lous
eEsmT Gnaiiy entered from tAe rear, and
having once gatEei an eatrsnes spread
through the ec!ire building like a f!a.h.
ne walls OF the san Francisco, Poncin-
Es9t aud Merchants Bank bloc Ks had
barely fallen Ia when tire topmost In
I aaele CT the big Ies.er-isesry tG.ldinG oe-
came the seEy cs1tsr o. the colGila Of
destruction.
TIE observation-disclosures building on
esssr avenue TO the west Of the Yeslsr
Lazy building was licAsd 10 IL a ;rise by
the flames, which taen walked With steady
3 IN f,sa-
Ter black
On James and second Streets The ire bad
DESTROYED every building mp to tse Butler
block by twenty MINUTES pas; o'clock.
Bussiso OF THE o cIpESTaL
The Occidental hotel then stood as the
ouly barrier between the flames and The
sawdus, flats, the n 'sr popnIous portion of
the city. For time II appeared as II tho
huge trisngte 81 brick and stone would
stand the storm and aid III conqueFiag the
hre. A line OF hose was p lsse 10 the roof,
but again the water suipy failed aud the
hreiDea stood holding t..e imposent hose,
waiiv the flame. jtimp.6 across the mar
row sire 4 an touched eornicc aud win
dow sal. Withiii ten minutes the entire
norta SIDE OF Ehe big hotel was sheet of
tire.
HELr FROM TACOMA
A yell and cheer At this tuucfurs an.
Tacoma Dispatches had been sent q.
O'Clock to Tacoma, Port Tosmscna and
Portland Tor assis,aEce. The facomaus hsd
answered promptly to the cali
and about forty men with hose carr nni
>0D feet of nos= started ffem Tacoma on q
special ,rala, which made ne trip in nfIy-
elght minutes. They pulled uo second
street.: y here they aid several lines and ala
spiensit work in checkigz the progress OF
tae flames toward the east
The frame Bntier block caught at ex-
actiy the sanas time that the occl dental
did. TIE Ire passed through me Aetei,
reached the other s.de IN less than ten
minutes, and tneu with q bound seixsd TIE
other side Of issicc avenue
The coiU III ri IRE now extended along
IesseF aveaue fcom sou Third street To
tie water front, MOVING along lowsri the
south with terrioie regularity, licking up
the tillsy buildings a. II they aai oeea
paper,
SPREADING EASTWARD
The Gre had eeen spreading 10 the east
nesavhiie. John C3.lias' residence, altar
bitter Il ghi, sGceum bed 70 the danes. bat
the Mallory house ediosaing vas ssv-f
Trinity church aud the residence OF tie
dean caught ironl fiSlas brands sni s0en
tell in ruins lne li.tis home on tue tfi-
angie IN front OF lne court 0use wss torn
dswa by the nook as6 Ladder ere. and
his sas the means Ct saylH. tie county
BAL iEags anu c3Sfk az tfc rffs-Fss> gu tGS
flames beyond Ihlfd street. H. l. lesisFs
nue res1eenca was ssy a by wes blankets
AMI pets besag spread over tae 1905.
Tns p-ssaaers aai besa removed from
tae cas- 5asi b. Efe the fire crossesi Nes.eF
avenue an. wsrs guarded ny posse OF
armed su.n al the cNu-t hofse. itsa
states MarshaI Hamilton had sli the Mite.
fssse. prisoners f-sGy 80 Tnafen them ~
ssfzty ). ocea.ioo demanded aal s1er z
Aeurnw m4reas3 most OF ths county
prisoners, heavily lro4e1 ard ciosely
sEsrGej, - .ae arnoTy-
ACROSS " igH AvEsvE.
To n. south u Ycs!eg avenue sae flames
moved across s3ggh Third street, licked Up
the city aagi. which fell in with a crHsa
before sae fire. had burned the towsr which
%grraountc.. IL. The r9w Of japanese and
Chinese hgus-s Lr.ow * van size. Ia acss
a-u tee ftsas i takes 10 ts3g shs IS ~, a2i
20 o'eioes rot r1iid ne wac s'sus.ias to
IA north 0f Hshingson ami vest OF s0at1
L arm sifcri, so@tga a lssier svsnue. Tas
Csth0lic caareh vas saved wsta greatest
q IA fs4lty.
ssrsixat 20 ,hs south ID eren irort
mcvaa the TER bic xA4s II taEne. Man
street wax rsacaei ~ { o'eaock .2a
-aairx or.g checked TIRE ars nousent
SAD :aeu a.s4ss. 70 - uss2ssty. be road
~sys. sll salat GA I.sls., caught on tie AID
burned ahead OF the eaiksiGEs q May
4as.saess making escape 8 heBss
xscAPgo slrH rEgIR isysa
Ia tae Gsstffc, south o. Yesler avsuns
lae-s were over 80 hot.as aa4 iSfsing
h0Gs.s Tbs Inmates o. saese pisces ss-
e rcd with teesr lives asA wasE tssy wo-s
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