The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-17
LOSS OF LIFE
AND PR0PERT
Aberdeen, Wash, Visited BY D.
stractiye Conflagrstion
STARTED IN OLD FIRE TIA
NARROW ESCAPE OF woMA
AND CHILDREN.

! A BERDEEN. Wash. Oct 1s.-Th
/ n most destructive fire in the hiI
tory Of this town today causeI
the death OF four men and wiped oil
( ten business blocks ana residences
causing loss OF probably SE0G0G00-
/ The Dead.
Charles Ralfo
I Daniel Webster.
Calvin Mckenzie.
Unknown man.
The injured.
John Steen. kicked in the head nv
runaway horse.
]. u. Hansen. head and body bruised
= Bretberg head cut.
III. w Lacey, kicked I'm the head by
runaway horse.
Joan Mills Of HoQuiam. foot injured
William egelsby. partially suffocate.f
Not r-ore than oue-half Of the loss 8.
! covered oy insurance. for Tho TeaslI
mat the insurance companies have re|
Aused 10 carry az greater risk GA ac
count Of the inilammlDIe material a
which an the buildings III Aberdeen an,
constructed. Every business man i'm tht
city is loser. either by Ere, safer. Eel
moVal, breakage or loss by theN no
anticipating that the dames could e
beyond the ire departments cunu1
many waited until the fire was clos
upon them before starting 10 move on.
The streets We're soon strewa and ia
tered with all kinds Of material. am.
the rush and haste OF teams and peopI
IN every direction caused great confu
sion.
Started in Firetrap.
The fire started in the old 8racl
fnn IA Nal rrr
car L. C@ain, which has been recarde.
as a fretrap aud a dangerously con
structed building. 1T was three stCrie.
high and was occupied by numer0u.
single men. who cooked their 0wr
meals, chiefly on oil stoves. 1T was IT
room On the third story where th.
ndmes started, and the interior oil III.
building was a mass Of flames when Ell
alarm was sent in. The building wa.
leased by Louisa SelberE. who had ius
fitted it I'D with new furniture She ee.
capped with her children, saving nr
clothes.
From the Mack block the fire sDrea
TO the fine new hose house and head
quarters Of the fire department. and
matters began to look eNceedinglT
gloomy. Great volumes of flames sha
INTO the air. and the heat became un-
pedraDle block distant. The saloof
next 10 the engine house was soon blaz.
IN g and then flames jumped across th
alley TO Walkers saloon. and eva
DulldlngjF the block bounded by Haro
ana y. and g sereets, including Kal-
mans brick block efent up
Alarm Was General.
Word went along every ble1-
street 10 prepare for the worst. and
Tar up as the Commercial block ther
were hurried preparations 60 get ont IA
danger From the engine house the fre
Ieaped into the Dabley block. a one
story structure. and TO the Anderson
Diock, just north. All the buildings in
the block bounded by Heron. Hume ami
g and II streets were soon in the grin
OF the devOuring flames. The fire was
also playing havoc with the front If
stores on the north side Of Heron street.
From AndersOn's block the flames
Jumped to the State bank. and all ths
buildings in the block bounded by He-
ron, 9, Wishkah and H streets were
burned, including the Central school
building, PfunG's jewelry store. FuIIer's
store, Brokers grocery. a new biuiarz
parlor, city council chamber. Wheeler
BroIners' store, Lucart's candy kitchen
and the express Office. George VVOlffs
dry goods store in the fine VVeatherva--
block went next, and then came the de-
struction OF the finely equipped Cres-
cent hotel.
Jumped Across Street.
The flames. which had jumped across
ii street to Patterson q Lockes' ofice.
continued through every block TO the
Pacific hotel, and this newly constructs
ed hotel was also destroyed The fire
jumped from the block bounded by He
ron. Wishkah. I and II streets to the
splendid residence OF Edward HuIbert
on Wishka.h and Z streets. The opera
house, all the material and buildings
OF the new hospital association and the
residence of II. b. Dudley went next.
In order to stop the further progress OF
the flames dynamite was used in sew
eral buildings on which the flames were
advancing. In order to save the hos
pltal of DR.. Smith, as the wind blew
directly from the cast. the FIRE was
carried in a diagonal way from Heron
up to I street, destroying the residences
of W. B. Mack Telephone messages
brought the fire departments OF HO-
GUAM and Montesano to the scene. and
they did effective work. All sorts OF re-
ports concerning the death or injury
OF well known business men were cur
rent AT O'Clock this afternoon the
nre was under control
Aberdeen has a population OF about
1000, and the chief industry is lumber