The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16
THE SEATTLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
FIRE IN THE NAVY YARD.
OVER ~ .ase. eco WORTH OF PROP
ERTY DESTROYED.
Nachsne shop Ma. - at Rreokiyn
Raraed. Together With Record
and Models OF Bafsf~.Aip Maine

NEW YORK Feb. 1s-ovsr E. asa 80
worth q government property was d.
st-cxeS. ~ IRE which started sozsghT in
E1e large machine shop ~ the P-ooksyr
navy yard. known as machine shop No.
y ard the workings 81 the navy yz-I
have received r ser1oszs s@te2cs Many
5ue models and patterns G1 Ss.slesssps
thssr parts and plans h&ye been destroyed
and some 81 them cannot re obtained
again except ~ gang over re wcsk
MAPPED osz n Ine beginning TIE steam
engineering department ~ me Brooklyn
yarG = practically wiped ear. ana fhe
work done * thst hGIatrg wt1 have 70
~ tArown temporarily apa- the depart
r7ezat - yards are decks ard that ot cen
strucrae-s and - pair
The IRE was discovered and the alarm
given az So o'clescs taaigh: py ths men
On watch az the hzt-iesnlp Mzssz eknsatts
The nsn OF tie Massachusetts Sc1rrssd
down "a the machine shop. about - yards
away. ard With the a4f % z hose r@@s
picked up n The yard. gst a small =;rear n
playing Dc the fire. Tn@ bald ~ vas
about - feet n width ard ~ tees iaax
i Vas f0a- stores n height and ousa1 -
stone AMI BRICK The wood II ira inside
was taooaGg hsy saturated WIN oil and The
aaEaes rapidly gained hea5way. L Vas
sae8 tAat kse NIA-ss&Gr lssettS men cau13
10 b1r little against the Blaze and Col
Huntington, II command % the marines
}3las2 - tne xn-k Al Ths engines -
the rejGhkorhc01 g -1@ navy yard -
spsorded - 5he alarm. bGt ths sl-eEaea
found tns great machine shop completely
s1Ve3oEe3 in ia mes. Atyen<iaN had 10 sgs
paid 70 the foundry ana ether buildings 81
ths vs-lnity. Several times the saEnes eot
3 start On the faGctr. rxsof. bzs TIRE fre-
men quickly pax thsu3 9gt- szzla2 cor
vgGsts4 i-o- building r she rear z -he
machine shop vas burned, bat the loss ou
tAiS IS insignificant. The fire made SUCH
rapid progress in The nacn1re SHOP thag
By So o'clock tor SAe tEe EAvy yaee pro
aouRes1 Z ID after .oss. ~ i o'clock the
Ere had spent tsslf
Machine shop Ne. = vas occupied bv
The coppsrsE3ThS t>e hoIlerrlake-s tne
carpenters and ulachfr5s1S About 50 rse.-
PIE were employed there but on4y two
watchE1en we're n the oRh&lng a. tire
tine 81 the outbreak q ire fire Aside
from being flied with a great mass u
machinery. more o. less Used. The build
Ing Was occupied a. : pattern and model
shop, Here were Kept az The models
plans, drawings and specifications % Nc7N
10 Dc GoEs 81 any ore u The naval vessels
that were % be repaired AZ The yard
Many models c: battleships AID warSaips
built from time % ,lnae we're kept there
These were mostly copies Of models. and
from q pScuniAry point. VIII not be IRE
parable The steam engineering depart-
u3snt had number ~ elaborate plans
which were originated 81 this yard, and
they cannot be replaced
In the machine shop very nitIe work
was o. hand A number os small orders
were being Sled for the torpedo boats
Mckee. Rogers. Foote. Porter and some
engine fittings were o-snx turned our FOR
TIE Newark. Scorpion ard Indiana
The record and models Of the battleSf:p
Maine. which was blown Up IL Havana
hArbor on February Is. 1885 were also
destroyed
The loss 10 the building is placed a.
SI9es. that On the machinery ard IathsS
IN the building az $50. 0e.a. THE cost e tia
models ard patterns IS variol.S5y est
mated. bur officials in the yard put TIE
total los. at little over 81 ~. Go Tie
cause OF the IRE is unknown as vet