The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-25
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WIND AND WAVE.
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heavy sea. They popped and booped
about on the crest Of the sweils until
they both were caught broadside In the
sea. over they turned and shot head
long to the bottom. Capt Madison and
the engineer OF the tug went down to
watefy grave.
Fully a thousand excited people crowd
ed down on the beach as close as 1t was
safe to do so 10 watch the Skookum grind
her vitais on the sands Of the beach. In
tho long drag from her moorings the
barge did not swerve TO the right or left
more than 100 feet. She drifted broad
side towards the shore and landed upon
the beach just below the lower extremi-
~ OF the military reservation. The waves
broke over the Inflated barge and car
ried away everything that was not Sc
cursly dashed down. For fully an hour
the baree's hun and keel stood the mer.
ci,ess pounding before breaking. Shortly
before midnight, however, when the storm
and surf were at their height. the Shook
UNI, with a mighty crash. broke In the wa
ter The stern OF the barge pounded all
night on big iron boiler which was ly.
ing on the beach This morning gang
plank was placed upon the deck OF the
barge and a score OF wreckers COM
menced removing her cargo Of liquor and
lumber.
In addition TO the loss of the skookum,
shipping circles have Jared badly, capt.
Peterson's and Lanes lighters all came
ashore and played havoc with the rear
OF several Front street buildings above
and below the A. G. Company plant
fate az the America. When the storm
ragged fiercely her captain hoisted her
anchor and headed her Prov for the lee
side. OF sledee island; but she turned
There were three souls aboard the Is
lam.
The thirteen men who were aboard. the
Until D. m. Several Of them made
frantic efforts to leave the barge, but
the cooler heads restrained them. They
y srs ss sknskam
the shore. and from the lighter they were
dragged through surf and wreckage with
coli o. rope one sy =. one, e., Several Several, men n,,,
none seriously Injured.
On the Low Beach.
The brunt Of the storm and tide was
sustained by the low beach land extend
Ing from the office Of the Kimball Steam
ship Company west TO the spit and up
river. There the waters covered every
foot OF beach TO the high ground on the
north side of the district. River street
became submerged to depth of several
feet.
With the sudden rising OF the tide
the monster breakers came surging In
from the sea carrying ruin and destruc-
south side OF River street were picked
up bodily for distance of two blocks
and dashed against those on the oppo-
site side; many Of these were Immediately
wrecked and the pieces carried away
by the waves; others, more substantial
In CONSTRUCTION. held out for varying
periods; but nearly all were. in the end.
prominent buildings thus lost were the
Riverside saloon, owned by Walter Bar
rieau. the Riverside printing office, Just
back OF the Harrteau building; the Thea
ter Comlqne building; Mr. Meyers shoe
shop and residence. new business build
Ing Just completed by r. J. Nestor; Tony
pany Of Japs Dr. an Ram nns OF ,,,e sGn,
used as barber shop. Star laundry;
Campbelis secondhand store Mr.. Ham
mond's photograph gallery; Fred Aiker's
news stand the Seattle store the Nome
Pure Water company's building the Hal
timore house. one OF the handsomest
structures on the street. and several
was wrecked. while beyond that The bal.
ance OF the buildings along the river bank
We're Hooded with water. Only In a few
instances were stocks and other goods
sudden was the onslaught OF the waves
became the first great
care OF the hundreds Of people along tho
way. and the saving OF property was sub
ordinated to the saving OF lives
Deyssta ton on the sptt,
On the spit across the way the destrue-
uoh OF property was complete To point
up TO Or. Greggs private hospital The
plaee was fairly crowded with tents and
small frame buildings. and hundreds OF
people made their homes there. Not one
now remains, and the sands are as fun
ot NE as In the days before the white
mans arrival Al this point. too, lie the
remains OF a schooner and tug, broken
and splintercd into useless hulks
The ruin was quite as complete on thu
pa,nt o. sronnd lying between the Kim
hai plant ana the snake river which had
held hundred or so Of hahitations and
the lumber yard OF T. j NeAtor or the
haildlngs only one~the Flatow laundry
and bath houke--is left. the others. hav.
Ing been swept away BY the breakers
that rushed over the place The lumber
mel with q similar fate, and hardly a
Here AIR, Neator also had a warehouse
In which were stored nails building ma
paf: Hashes and doors. etc This WAS car
s.ed away tosether with the stock Air
The City ~ ChicsEo. large boat used
as hotel By MIR NcHtNr was carried
from its old siic distance OF forty feet
aud lett on the edge Of the street No
damage, however, WAS sustained hy tho
beat
Tho ofliee ~ the Kimhan steamshfn
Company, which was located AZ the rx-
'reWn end OF Ri9ndon way. wifhsta,,A the
pounding az tho breakers and
promised Ga weather the STERN az last.
however Heating tighter was thFONu
violently against \ and under its repeat
~ blows he buiiaiux speCumhed ana was
aafrif1 away. Together with SOME ~ "a
FURNISHINGS rhe compaHy's large ware.
acHssl opposite was also HoodaA ard the
snede stored there considerably damaged
i was also feared that the huiialnr was
doomed &c destruction bat the falhns 81
no tic Al an opportuue moment Save.l
r. The company also lest about s. naN
worth Of lumber and coal
May Heavy LOSSES.
Just east ~ this patnt Moarae a NIL
Ter had s. ~ aorth ~ machinery sfareB
IN warehouse that wak (0st J II kaaY.
pef. eantsactar. lesl his shop and 1900
lses 20 lumber iu thia Block between
NWnAgN NAY and lanes alley, several
small buitNrrs Serc destroyed immeat-
atel1 hots ef lanes veil a tinshap. Tar.
Cons restaurant building and THREE eAhlas
eNNea ey LnWis l.are, were carried awng
Across iae alley aud lust back 20 KetlyAs
1fes N9F~ a Ahilalns occupied bv Mia