The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-17

Additional particulars OF the terrible fire
a. Dawson OF October Is. are given In a
copy OF the Dawson Miner. which has been
received by the Post-Inseiligencer-
There is much Indignation a, Dawson
over the alleged spirit OF avarice shown oy
various people who had property 10 rent.
One instance is given of a man who had
made arrangements the day before the fire
TO buy lumber for cabin at $50 thous-
and; but when he wen; for IL a day after
the fire he was told that the price had
gone up TO $40. Other similar cases are
recorded.
Complete List of Sufferers.
The following list of losses is furnished:
Green Tree hotel. owned by James Hall.
who refused $500 for IL the day previous
Vancouver hotel Madame Dumuque-
New England hotel. Mr.: McGrath;
Empire bakery, Siopye Bros. $50. 30
Worden hote4 WorJ!en & Stanley, $45. 90
McPherren & Johnson's dry goods store.
Maison Tcrton., a new hotel, about 70
he opened by Aaron L. Jaffe, Of Seattle.
ssfsu
II. f. Peters jewery store.
California saloon.
Anderson's paint shop.
Montana restaurant. owned by J. E.
new building bought by Mr. waech-
ter which was TO have been butcher
shop.
4 cigar and tobacco store adjoining the
former.
The B. & NJ. news stand. fruit and con-
fectionery store. $500.
Phillips news stand. $2aG.
W. H Graham's jewelry store IN the
Empire Bakery building.
f. +. Hough's tailoring establishment in
Servant & Jackson's variety store.
81 600
DR. Goods loss. $500.
Oriental bar, owned by Miss Ruby Ell
Seattle lunch counter
Seattle restaurant. owned by Mrs. Bates.
$2.o"0
f. A. Suffers jewelry store $3.50.
!. Flatow's tailor shop $1,000.
Hibbards fur store; stock saved.
McDonald's tailor shop; stock partly
Albert Anderson, of the Arctic Mining
Company g. Coo.
The Snug cafe. owned by Frank Hadeno.
Dutch & Carroll. bakers. 1850.
De Graft, loss unknown.
DR.. j. w. Reed. 5000.
The Ladies. Bazaar. owned by Mrs. Shep-
herd 5000.
Mrs. L!chtenstadter. fur store: lost every.
thing but her wearing apparel.
RoSenbergs New York Store.
D. Colsky and s. S,einfieId, general mer.
chandise. Sl4 600.
Albert Meyer. jeweler $3.50.
Lew Craden mining broker. 81, 500
George Brewett, tailor $500: lost all his
p. Servant and S. Jackson. Of the Royal
Care. l,Jp-
Two buildings being reftted for res
taurants.
McRea, Matchmaker
Woodwork, law office
Sverdsgaard, druggist. $500.
There were also sixteen residences de-
stroyed
Attempted Incendiarism.
An evident attempt at incendiarism was
discovered while the fire was burning. The
Aurora hotel on First avenue and Second
street, owned by Thomas Chisholm, had
been entered and in the corner OF a front
room upstairs had been placed a pile OF
shavings, which was set afire. When IL
was discovered by Nellie Dudley, one OF the
employees. il had burned large hole in the
carpet ana nearly charred through the
floor. If the fire had not beer found when
it was IL would have probably swept away
the block Immediately north and moved
down on the large stores and warehouses
and Trading and Alaska Commercial COM
panies. and Dawson's food supply for the
winter been wiped our.
Just after the great fire was under con-
troll another was reported in the new DO
lice hospital which burned the roof and
charred the inside before it was put out
At almost the same time Juiiette's place
in the rear of the Northern saloon, was
Quilted by fire.
Private Miillin. Of London. fell from the
roof of a drug store while fighting the fire
and is not expected 10 live.
j. Ellis was badly burned and bruised by
falling from a ladder into a heap of burn
ing logs.