The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-26

6EahEA$ " as StE8tefi ~ A@e - -
OF them undoubtedly OF ineendsafy
origin.
The first frf. occurred Wednesday morn
ing November ID At As O'clock. AnG ie-
ssroyed the headquarters building OF tue
White Pass d i uk0n Route containing lIse
general Offices Of the company. SeFeral Oh
the officials Of the company. Including Pur-
chasing Agent Wilson. Paymaster Brooks
aud General Freight and Passenger Agent
Mccartney. had sleeping rooms in the up
per portion OF tins structure They had
narrow escapes from death. ali jumping
from upper story windows. Taey escaped
IN their night snirts, and each man saf-
fered from burns % bruises. Iney We're
no. dangerously injured. however, ana the
day following were hobbiing about the city.
4 good many Of the records Of the com
pany. tncsudiDg maps and reports OF sur,
veying parties were host. Edwin Han
Warner, chief Of the preliminary survey
party. had filed his report the evening pre-
vious which Included complete data OF his
summers work, covering notes for fort.
miles of projected Tine. This report was
lost With the exception of Warmers re-
port. ali tie other maps. reports and pa
pers can be replaced.
The headqf;arters building and the off,
GERS mess house. adjoining, were burned,
and had II not been for the heroic work of
about 1850 citizens. the whole southern
part of the city would have been burned.
for the Wind was blowing cutting gale
from the north. IL Ii impossible to esti-
was the only loser.
Mr.. Mccartney Escapes.
The fire In the railway building started
IN the upper portion Of the long building.
on the wiuawara side The rooms were In
few seconds fIlsd with sitting smoke.
Civil Engineer Williams escaped with
burns ard the noise awoke Paymaster
Brooks, ~ho pounded on the partition 20
General Freight and Passenger Agent Nc
CARNEY. Mccartney opened his eyes and.
finding the room full u smoke. he Jumped
and opened his door, leading into the hall.
As he Ola so bank OF black smoke en-
yeloped him. aud ne dropped TO the floor
as II felled With a club. Ills lungs were
fun OF The sitting stun, and for a second
he was powersess 20 do anything. lie was
sufficiently conscious 10 kick the door clos
ed with his fort ard then he era wied to the
wlndow. broke IL open. and threw himself
out. Tie weak he afraid he
Usght be asphyxIated. and the Whit Of
smoke he lid get almos; rendered him hors
de combat lie did no. know where he
was going 10 fail when he went ont Of the
window.
II ddn't think much anout H. said he
II Just wanted 70 get OUT
Fortunately fer him. he fell on the roof
q the porfh, and the matter. Of shining
down 10 tns ground vas easily performed.
and resulted In only few patches OF skin
being seraped from his bare limbs. AS
soon az he reached tire ground ne realized
that his attire consisted of principally
goose flesh and nghs shirt, hut since
there was work TO do. he waved custom
md appearances 10 the winter wind and
proceeded Inside the burning building. aud
sent TIVE men unstars with n Babcock
extingulsher "a soon as the mer reached
the top of the stairs volume of smoke
struck them They dropped the e.xt!nguish-
after the extinguisher. all landing in n
heap.
Brooks Almost overcome.
All thls time Mccartney thought that
Brooks had escaped from the bulsiIng, so
when he heard him rolling about In his
room upstairs his blood ran cold with fear
for the mans safety. Mccartney ran out
side. got a timber. and placing It against
Brooks window called II brooks 10 come
out. Tut the paymaSter did not come. He
appeared at The window several times and
threw various documents out ami asked
Mccartney 10 save them. The fire and
smoke were getting nercer and Mccartney
was afraid Brooks would he asphyaiat ed.
He ran about on the frozen ground and
Ice regardless % the cuts inflicted. and soon
his feet were bleeding freely Mccartney
finally tried to ahin zap the pole and pun
Brooks out by the hair. but when ne was
about half way nr. Brooks came out M
sartney slid ~ the ground and Brooks
came down the pole head first ana was
caught at the ground
Fer few minutes Troeks was uneon-
scious. and seveFa. men worked over him.
ffis lungs vera allied with smoke. ana he
was taken with .flts ~ wrenHAing and nall-
sea As SOON rs ne was asie "a walk around
he aided the workmen ln carrying ou,
hooks and papers from hls downstairs or
fee. IN Che further en3 of the building
Mccartney telsphoHed Assistant CHE!
Engineer htslep. who was np tho line about
White pass telling hm q The tra aud
then he tried 10 telephone camp No | for
special train ana 2sa men with buckets
- fight the IRE rgt the telephone wapil
nst work. 80 he sent a swift-fuoted man
zap the track ga carry tae order
The trale With tae railway bucket fr4.
Eade reached the scene }ust rs che fatues
were ncksng un fhr Jas. veStlge Of tho raj.
way building. The citizens wlta wet fian.
ka5s, Buckets ~ water ard hooks ard Ia
tiers aad prevented fhe flames from sqrsaa.
ing to other egllilrRx.
Anothcr Fire Friday Evening
The second ire MS Ftiday evening n
NembeF -. II eANEHt in harm ia ths
center - Che city, and fAe barn was CON.
sums8 AMI tar@e aae Acrs,s h.ioaginx n
Aarshai Tanner eFeHl ttV,s. .t'ae general ina
nreSsoU "a t'lat tha f3tc MS NJ incsnfia-,
origin. either fer the purrase az saseie,.rS
during che cXrit. fue0t VT Tor purposes ,7.
Vengeance On ESt1.r NO. av MS sY-ry.
ans efficiency, has bcsn proving a tsYxsl
20 law breakers Alout $50 fnrf tt;rs,s
ont anA confined the flames g far barn !.
Though tse surrounding huidlSeS wsr.
EoarW naT scorCh:d
Tee ely has an sff rivrs h1ek arE 'a73st
company ana oucket hrigSa 5a = "a
DAYS toe rev fire apparatus y : Us in 10
sitspD. 2H5 ,lse@sEtiR3Hs san shea ea4a " az
any Hfe that aHRCars.
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