The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12
Special Dispatch TO the Post-Intelligencer.

Special Dispatch o the Post-Intellgencer
VANCOUVER Il. G., Sept. 11-New Westminster a heap Of
snoulerng ruins and her citizens
streets detected and hopeless The
Royal avenue botting everything out for seven
streets then spreading wiped Columbia with
It's of handsome business blocks The extent of the half
mile square The buildings stocks 00OOO
and the insurance about half
night at Brakeman krs wharf among which stood shed
that had been there for the past One that spark
credited that the fire started in the straw from spontaneous combus
shed closely spreading
there took all the buildings Columbia and Front
Telegraph railway blocks
from the Royal portion
blocks When the fire started the Gladys Edgar
Bonaccod tied close They
their moornes, noaed aiding
work OF dstr on by setting fire all the eanne and sheds the
The Gladys
To to
City planning mills.
midnight citizens city danger
There only a pny fight the holocaust.
Akeman holiday and Foreman Watts his place.
The phoned Vancouver that the
quarter entire brigade of Vancouver scenc
and the tv boade nnmped wafer from the river anaonpg tho
checking
the hotel block and several blocks back
the residential portion In the meantime the fire had
ey direction performing strange freaks
leaving Chnamans shack and saloon standing where
every building feet consumed At o'clock the Van
had succeeded in checking the flames the citizens having
their spread along the front by tearing down six
eight Chinese buildings partial list OF buildings destroyed fol-
Front south-Marke wharf partially inured .rackman
Kers wharf $4,000; Comanys
y. wharf and Sinclair
including seasons pack; Western Fishing Company
annerv; Giey Bros wharf and warehouse;
freight shed saved by effort of j. johnson
and m shed packed with freight
Chinese houses twelve Telegraph
hotel buildings owned by Quong Owono Co.,
block Brakman kr block containing full stock
Douglas Elliott block Society Propagation
Gospel block Cunningham building James Wise building
uhtee block, Dupont Hob"ok hotel Charles MDonoueh
block IIobrook bndng Armstrong English block
building, Ekhon hotel McGiyray building vul
can iron stable; Townsend building
hotel Armstrong brick block
umhly block buildings Bank Of British Columbia
block, Westminster furniture factory Bakers
bakery hall No J. Duncan McCal block, posoffce
and custom buildings. Bai buildings Colonial
building uhon hotel Burns Curtis block, Arm
onr oug block Trap building Masonic Temple Odd Fellows
buildings of James Cunning Central
Merchants Exchange block
Clarkon and Agnes streetsF four Chinese
Chinese mission Miss Rosons mission
James Cunningham three Of j. Iackie
OIIolarans j. Turnhnls house Alex
S}5,oo0; Harry Elos homestead
estate of ten dwellings hail. house Mayor shiles resi-
Methodist church parsonage dwellings belonging TO Lieut.
Gov Nnue the building province;
Nerbie residence Bonson aneocks ST Leonards hail. Woods
hotel Holy Cathedral valued s50D houses Of the
house houses of James Cunning
hams Baptist church
and ROYAL linton block, S7,00n
Of Z. d. Major two houses of the
houses Of j. Cunningham, $i0oO
houes Cnnningham hail. Mgan estate James
last after desperate and
vains struggle valued AT $4,000 dwelling houses OF