The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-02
!nUS FIRE IN AUBURN.
|fERyfTY HALL AND THREE
OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED.
\ Less VIII Reach About SIS, 900,
~ which Nearly 0ne-Haif Falls
r..u the yariou. secret Societies
kh;eh Held Meetings In the BALL

ksai rixDatch 20 the pozt-fnteiligencer
fBIaN. March The fraternal So
L. seern 10 be specially marked By
Rare send. Less than year ago
k.,xantlful hall owned Jointly by the
FrHows and Knights az Fgthias q
Sarn was burned 20 the ground. Win
msable pluck they purchased new
Eng next 10 the City Drug Store and
| half a block from the depot. last
S,mtsr. ard rens5deled t. 70 meet the
5remsats Of q lodge han and public
t<geafh. These changes were only
ipieea a week Or t~o ago and the
rrni;les were coagrGtul8tlng therI-
- on their exceiieu. lodge arrange
IL. IN fact they had oae u the
lodge halls ia the state outside OF
big cities ard were locking forward
season q prosperity and Increase IN
kt3fshlp. These pleasant aatieipa-
= were doomed 70 disc ppointment.
morning at $50 O'Clock Ere vas dis
red IN the building. which had gained
headway that II was impossible to
4 the bnlid.ng or its contents.
en- here the FIRE leaped east 10 the
Drug Store. owned by Y. r. Blssen
>mpaay. and west TO the Auburn ho-
1owned sad occupied by Mrs b. r.
EN-. Both o. these buildings and al
large barn owned by Senator Wood
and Others. together with many Out
Einrs were burned 10 the ground.
burn l. unfortunate In not having any
sYotectiou Had theT4 been ever an
mixed bucket brigade with ladders
drug store and hotel would have been
~. az when the fire vas discovered
Es. confined 20 the south end Of Fra
~ hall A. & wa- many residence
the Northern Pacific Railway ware
= was saved with difficulty. and Il Is
order that tie whole town was no.
II away.
origin OF the fire Is a mystery. The
(h,s u Pythias lodge held an open SEES
and social last evening and at L y.
very one was out OF the building CIV
b the fact that ladies were present. no
bang was INDUCED in during the even
and tho ianitor who was the last 10
ihs building. at 1850 p. N. f. positive
sll lights and fire. were out. The FIRE
out Ia the opposite end or the build
k>,m ias store. The other buildings de-
fed were not 80 exceed thirty feet fran
ali and when the fire go. under way
! quickly caught fire. Nothing WIS
from the hall, and only part OF the
Eiafe OF the hotel and part 81 the stock
te drug store were got out.
r. HIasi. who occupied the rooms
the drug store as q residence. lost
Us In furniture. The total losses viii
Aggregate Si4.0ln or sl5.no OF this
|the Odd Fellows and Knights Of Pyta-
csc a building valued a. 3.olo: Insur-
N.vo. The Bisseil drug store loses
ksck and building E.:p.1 10 S. 90. and T.
sssel furniture. 5000: total Insurance.
The Auburn hotel loses building
J al 900 and furniture about $50: in
bee 30. The barn owned by Senator
ding was valued at St00. no insurance.
Z. different fraternities lost as follows:
Fellows. Valley Lodge. No. 60, new
1phernalia ana furniture $500. lnsgr-
!. fiS. Knights OF Pythias. Douglas
10. No. q. parapasrnalia and furniture
IL 40 Insurance; Unity Rebekah Lodge.
q. ]. o. o. F.. t2Jo. insurance slo-a: .he
,ns. King Solomon Lodge. No. e.. par
trnalia Son. rlo Insurance. the Work
| Auburn lodge M, -. para pheFna-
~. no Insurance. the g. 4. r.. Gen.
n post. paraphernaue go no iasar-
Il Gen. Grover Relief Corps parapher-
II TOO ~ insurance. s Goodrich piano
Rsao Insurance.
al lass is severely felt ~ the local
=, there being M building in the town
: sle for their purpose and their s0ciais
II almost the only gatherings OF the
Il In Auburn