The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-12

flag with skull and crossborles hoist
ed on the Flagstaff Of the Central
School. 1t is said this flag was raised
by convict who was let out of the
penitentiary three or four days ago. He
swore when released that he would be
avenged. and many credit him with
having started the fire in the hay or
the BRAKEMAN & Kerc wharf.
A partial list of the buildings de-
stroyed is as follows:
Front street south-Market wharf, par.
TALLY insured; Brakeman & Ker's wharf
and contents, $4,000; New Vancouver Goa
Company's wharf and contents; Canadian
racine Navigation Company's wharf and
contents; Sinclair Canning Company
cannery, including seasons pack; West
ern Fishing Company's cannery: No. ;
1ire hall; Gilley Bros wharf and ware
house.
North side-All Chinese houses, some
ten or twelve, up to Telegraph Hotel;
Caledonia Hotel; five buildings owned by
Quong Owone & Co.: Webster Bros.
block; Brakeman & Ker block, contain
ing 1ull stock; Water street butcher shop;
douglas Elliott block; Society for the Pro-
pagation Of the Gospel block Jas. Gun
ningham building; James Wise building;
strong-English block: Armstrong frame
building; Eickhoff Hotel; McGillivary
ouliolng; Vulcan Iron Works; Elliott es-
tate livery stable; Townsend building.
columbia street, south-OccidentaI Ho-
tel; Armstrong brick block; Bumbly
plock; Cunningham building; Bank of
British Columbia.
North-Begby block; Westminster fur
nlture factory; Bakers bakery; Y. M.
L, linn
can McCalPs block; postoffice and Gus
tom-house; kllard buildings; Flaokie
buildings; Colonial Hotel; Globe House;
MEAD building; Guichon Hotel; Burns
Surus block; Armstrong-Yo lock:
Irapp building; Masonic Temple; ODD
fellows' building; Lewis building; four
buildings owned by James Cunningham;
central Hotel; Depot Hotel; Fales' fur
mture store; Merchants Exchange block.
Area between Clarkson and Agnos
streets-Fifty-five Chinese buildings;
three livery stables; Chinese Mission
Miss Robson's mission building; six
dwellings, Of James Cunningham, three of
=. FIackies, two of b. D. Turner: six of
>. y. Hollarens; J. TurnbulPs house:
Alex McEwan's residence, valued at $685.
Ooo; Harry Elliot's homestead estate of
ten dwellings; City Hall. Courthouse; ex-
mayor Smiles residence; four dwellings
owned by j. Fales; five dwellings, owned
by True estate: Methodist Church and
parsonage; four dwellings belonging to
Lieutenant Governor McInnes: old drill
nan, Oldest building in the province:
Merchies' residence; Ponson's residence:
Hancock's residence; st. Leonard's Hall:
woods Hotel; Trinity Cathedral, valued
at 10000; ten houses owned by the Har-
ring estate; Helring's Opera-house: seven
houses owned by James Cunningham.
Oliyet Baptist Church.
Between Agnos street and ROYAL ave-
nue-Clinton block. $1,000; Armstrong
dwelling; two Strong dwellings: two
houses owned by c. c. Major; two houses
owned by the Armstrong-John estate:
TWO houses owned by J. Cunningham
$1,000; two houses owned by J. Cunning
ham, $4,000; Orange Hail. Mflligan estate:
James Cunningham's residence, the last
TO burn after a desperate and unayailtng
struggle, value SIS 900; ten dwelling houses
owned by J. Cunningham; three houses
owned by R. Cunningham; two of the
ROBSON estate; five of the Burns estate:
TWO or the Hunter estate; Gillow's resi-
dence
There are two saloons left in toWn-the
Telegraph and the Last End. No no.
tells are left standing. The Catholic
church was the only church not de-
stroyed.
The magnificent City Hall was in
sured for about $4,000, but the Govern
ment buildings were not insured. al
though worth nearly 100000. Campbell.
the tailor, had a stock worth $35. 900
and was insured for $4,000. Few of
the small merchants were insured