The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-25
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ter of canvass was arranged Employees.
crowd outside made the press room a scene
os greatest activity and scon put the press
beyond danger.
City Comptroller VIII n. Parry. formerly
city editor O. the Pcst-Inteliigencer. was
ore of the most willing workers. II was
al his suggestion that the tarpauIin was
stretched over the big press. Side ny side
with him worked Ike hero Red Glsa-
sen. the newsnoy. anxious that the Post
Inseiisencer should not be delayed q mo-
neat IN getting on the street this morning
To him ard other willing volunteers is due
the fact TIA. although the press and other
machinery was somewhat damaged, the pa
per is delivered at the usual time 10 all sub
scucers
Lively Work I'm the Pressroom.
The scene in the pressroon was weird
and picturesque II hardly required mo-
ulent's notice after the first alarm had
been sounded 20 convince every one that
the most valuable single piece OF property
in the entire building was the magnificent
new press. purchased only last year. BE-
fore the men who happened to be in the
evening realized that fire was in progress
torrent OF water burst through the cell
ing overhead. In fact. the entire discharge
Of the heavy hose thrown into Mayer
Bros establishment was finding its way
down through the floor and ceiling and
pouring a cataract upon the press
The employees realized that prompt action
was necessary.
All official rank or grade was lost sight
OF as the editor-in-chief and the printers
devil worked side by side in an effort 10
protect the press. Parties were sent out
hastily 10 scour the streets for canvas and
tarpaulin OF any kind, shape or pattern
Soon half a dozen od3-looking bundles
came scurrying in. and kind of rude
shelter tent was stretched over the press
which reminded Pressman Bradley OF the
time when the first press was set up in the
present building before the first story had
been completed. and rain storm coming
on deluged the room so that the same
kind OF awning had TO be stretched over
the machinery
The streams OF water pouring from the
ceiling, the intermittent flashes OF the elec-
tric lights forming evaIescent rainb0ws.
the struggling. hurrying groups Of men
and boys. each willing to do whatever he
could. all formed a picture worthy the
pen of an artist, and which was thorough
ly appreciated by d crowd of several thou
sand people VINO thronged the streets in
front or the building until one solemn
stroke on the big fire bell told tha, the
fire fiend had been conquered.
None of the Wires Disarranged.
1t was remarkably fortunate fact that
with ali the Intricate network OF electric
wires that thread the entire Post-IntelIi-
gencer building from roof to basement, not
single wire became disarranged or en-
tangled. With the Heterogeneous mass OF
humanity with which the building was fill
cd at different times a fatal disaster was
liable 10 happen al any moment from this
source: but it iis not. The tirenen rushed
hither and thither. Newsboys, whose first
sympathies cluster around the paper that
Is at once their admiration and support. ell
bowed the crowd with enforced but not Will
ful helplessness. Curious inquirers insisted
on penetrating to the inUost recesses OF the
building merely TO see what was going on
A willing hand OF intelligent workers. soak
ed TO the skin with the drippings from the
fire hose and blinded by the dense volumes
Of smoke. toiIed patiently and persistently
to remove the lighter articles OF value
around the establishment and TO protect
the property that could not be moved. Bu,
in all the crowd and in all the network OF
wires, rot a single strand went awry. and
every light In the building was burning as
steadily when the smoke cleared away as
II was when the first fumes OF smoke gave
signal for the alarm.
BoIted Door Baffied the Department..
one OF the peculiar incidents OF the IRE
was the failure OF the patent door opener
recently purchased by The fire department.
70 work promptly. The machine Is prac-
tically a ram, with which one man is sup
poseSf to be able 10 open even the
strongest jail door. When Il was
applied 10 the Cherry street en-
trance of Mayer Bros. establishment. II
failed 10 open the door. The fireman VINO