The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-10
SIX lost N RTTSBURG FIRE
EXPLODING WHISKY WRECKS 4
hi. WAREH0t ST.
Nearly $4,000. oso Destroyed by .
Connaxration In the Cold storage
House of the Chautauqun Lake lee
Comparatively People Injured.

pITTSBTRG. Pa. Feb. l0.-At SD
O'Clock Iasi night ire started ia the large
ihfe~-siory cold storage house Of the
chautaugua Lake lee Company, occupy
Ing a block from Twelfth - Thirteenth
streets. between Pike aud Mulberry, and
before the flames were sabdned. az t:iS
THIS morning nearsy s. ps8ea worth 81
lives lost. and many people hasity IN
jf.rea. fhe IRE in point of fatalities IS
tae most serious that PittsbuTg has had
ia years.
The department responded e.ickly and
a general alarm Was sent in Other alarms
quickly followed. and a. midnight Ale
ghsuy's department was called on for heia.
The origin of the fire Is unknown. The
vicinity is composed OF mixture OF huge
warehouses and many private residences,
the inhabitants Of which fled in alarm.
carrying with them such portable house
hold goods they possessed.
There were frequent explosions, which
greatly added 10 the CONSERVATION The
streets We're completely blocksl with Pc
pie. and their goods in;crierei with the
french. who We're aire tsiy handicapped in
tisiI efforts 10 control the ilames on &C.
co@Et 81 the windows aad doors &C The
bJ-ping buildings be.1. str Jngiy ntr:cI
By / e1vy iron shutters.
A il.i5 p. m an explosion OF whisky
Stored IN Tire warehouse occurred. b!cw-
Ing Gu the Mulberry alley Wal. with .tr-
riDle results. At the tine the iiregen.
policemen. newspaper men and others
crowded the street rear by ana the aliey.
Many We're caught in the falling walls,
how many Viii nat he known until the de-
bris j. cleared away
Many people we're injured by flying
bricks and beams and all the ambulance
ana patrol wagons OF the city were called
into service. Telegraph. telephone and
electric light wires Al the corner of Thir-
teenth aud Penn streets feil shortly after
the explosion and killed an unknown man.
jus; after the explosion the large ware
house of W. a. Hoverler Il 60. situated on
Pike street directly opposite the chau~
tsuqua compauy's building. was abiaze
aGd ~ 4 short time was bes ohd nope Of
saving.
AT about lis the fire was gotten under
control and 80 further spread is expected.
The two large buildings are a total wreck.
and the loss cannot be much less than
million dollars
At a m. there are six dead al the
morguc only five Of whom have been
identified. The identified dead are: \. j.
Berry lieutenant OF police William Scott.
ir.. son ol William Scott. president Of the
Chautauqua lee Company: Mrs. Sife.
aged So Stanley Sife, aged -, D8.id
I.oveiess aged 81
John Scott. n brother of William, 10
missing ami IS supposed 10 be under The
debris
Among the seriously injured are: Capt
!. A. Brown. building Inspector. both legs
broken. owen Fielder. compound fracture
OF right leg: William Fleming. squeezed
by falling rafters may die.
fhe f0iiowIag il the best list OF losses
obiainable tonight.
iioyerler Storage Company. building
ana contents seU0.oco
Chautauaua Ice company $3.50 e1
Union Storage Company. sl15,0.c.
Some OF the heaviest individual losers
who had consignments IN the warehouse
are.
The Economy nfStilling Company Srj0
barrels of whisky. worth S15o.5sl.
MononEahea Textile Company. 5000
dealers. - $50 pounds of wool
Collins Cigar Company, - car loads of
tobacco
W. IL Williams. commission merchant.
~ car loads OF sugar.