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

life
The county prisoners were returned TO
Jail from the armory before midnight \
CniEsnan. who was 4 trusty, escaped.
! The city prisoners were divided between
TIE county taii and the temporary wooden
,ail- The former had fifty inmates and
/ the latter about seventy.
AT o'clock a man was seen carrying
/ ire brands across the alley between
South Third and South Fourth streets
near Yssser avenue He was setting FIRE
10 house that had escaped the flames
| when special policeman commenced
F! shooting 81 aim To avoid the shots he
I lodged Into the house and never came
cut lie was doubtless burned To death
/ While the Occidental was burning Officer
| James Campbell saw a man attempting 10
I get into the Puget Sound National Bank
1 oy the back entrance. He ordered him to
| stop and the man drew a revolver. The
| officer took it away from him and led hsn
| TO the county jail A. South Fourth street
the man struck the policeman IN the race.
| knocking him down. and ran The ofii-
| Ger fired three shots at him. and brought
him to standstin. This gave rise TO a
report that a man had BEEN killed by an
officer.
The coal bunkers were burning at
o'clock. In the old hunkers there were
$50 tons and in the new bgnkers ls, tons.
AT o'clock the dry dock, the Mechan-
icks' mill and Shuster's stable were APP
parently safe
The walls Of Dearborn's. Schwabaehers
Dexter Horton & Co.'S, levin & Co.'S.
Harrington & Smiths. Wah Chong &
Co.'S buildings are standing.
The damage TO the electric and cable
roads amounted 10 about so. 90,
Sixty-three safes were counted in the
ruins south OF Yesler avenue at Il o clock.
Most OF them seemed unifnpaired. Fully
three times that number were found
north or the avenue.
Col. Haines called out the militia at 5
o'clock. Company e was stationed on
Third street and Company d on Second
street. The militia worked in harmony
with the special police and did excellent
picket duty. At O'Clock Captain Carr re-
lieved Company 3 and the special police
relieved Company ID.
Judge Hanford adjourned district court
and gave the jury in the Evans murder
trial into the custody OF a bailiff, who al
lowed them to separate.
The Puget Sound trains stopped at the
end of the Grant street bridges
A negro who was caught in the act OF
stealing was Knocked down by blow on
the head with an axe. He was then car
rIed to Jail.
Chief Butterfield. mounted on a horse.
superintendent the movements of over one
hundred special police.
The fine law library OF Burke & Halter
| was saved. Strive. HaEes & McMlcken.
| Gen. J. b. Metcalfe and number OF other
! attorneys lost their extensive libraries.
A volunteer fireman who was on top OF
| the Boyd block when IL was enveloped.
| is supposed to be burned to death. All
| avenues OF escape were clogged, and as a
| last resort the man jumped. lighting. as 1t
was thought. in the midst of the flames.
Two young ladies were seen to enter the
| Denny block when the fire was raging
| fierceiy. and a gentleman who watched
| for their return for quarter OF an hour
stated in the evening that they did not
| return. There was no other exit but the
| front entrance.
! A thief snatched purse from a woman
| on Second street. He was chased by an
| excited mob to Occidental square where
| he was captured. The mob wanted to
hang him but the officers succeeded In
landing him in Jail.
The Offices in the Korn building were
nearly all emptied of their contents.
Nearly all the tenants OF the Yesler-
Leary building saved most OF their books
and papers.
The abstractors In the bricks along
Front street saved nearly all their books
All saloons that were not burned were
ordered closed.
F. II. Gordon, a young man who came
to Seattle from Maine few days ago at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon paid 81 500
all the money he had in the world, In
Avery. Kirke & Lansings business. An
hour later his Investment had gone UP in
smoke.
Enough OF the plant of the Post-IntelM-
gencer was saved to insure the uninter-
rupted continuance OF its publication.
Josiah Collins. Jr., the chief OF the IRE
department, was in San Francisco.
The funds. bonds and papers. and all
the valuables of the First National Bank
were removed to a place OF safety.
The scenes and incidents during the pro-
gress of thu fire besgar description. The
widest excitement was manifested by all.
The merchants along Front street where
the fire first began. hired teams and many
move the goods from their stores to Com
merciai street and 20 points along the wa
ter front.
In n majority of instances the teamsters
were inclined to be reasonable and saved
"a great many goods. The bulk OF the
goods saved were those that were hauled
TO vacant lots In the north end OF the
town.
Dan Sullivan succeeded In rescuing q
child from the lodging house on Washing
ton street. between Commercial and
South Second who had been deserted by
IT'S mother The building was on fire AZ
the time, ard Mr.. Sullivan had a narrow
escape.
At the Merchants National Pank all the
parers books moneys and everything of
value WAS placed IN the vaults of the Sc
attic Safe Deposit Company which was To-
Gated in the basement OF the building
Ali the records Of Justice Njller's court
were destroyed The city records were
nearly all saved b. Clerk Ferris and his
deputy. The county records were made
ready for removal. but this was rendered
unnecessary Justice Rivers saved all the
records Of his court.
on call of Mayor Moran n meeting OF
citizens was called at the court house at
o'clock The following citizens COM
nittee was appc nted TO swear In special
police and look after the welfare OF the
CITY I'm conjunction with the police and
militia: D. A. Mckenzie. chairman: n. e.
Durie. Douglas Young Frank Sydel, " n.
Colt. II. OHara. p. W. Rochester secre-
tary: I. II. Dempsey. Alfred Carton. c. p.
Nichols. c. II. kittinger, F. Corcoran. The
COMMITTEES swore in about 20 special off,
GERS. who dill very effective work
A good many OF the records in the city
clerks and treasurer's Office were de-
stroved.
The WASHINGTON Savings hank bricked
Nh the entrance TO It's vaults during the
fire.
The wires Of the electric motor lines
wcra repaired twenty hours after the Are.
Thomas Cochran employed with Haley
while attempting 20 assist in saving goods
from the san Francisco store was struck
by failing brick and rendered inssnsihle.
Several men were badly injured by fall
irv signs.
Cieorge Hyde Preston came very near
being seriously injured ny falling glass "a