The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-09
YAKIMA SUFFERS
GREATLY BY FIRE
ONE BLOCK GOES UP i'll SMOKE
loss VIII aggregate Nearly $500
900 Win OWLS - Per Cent Cow
cred by Insurance.

cred ~ insurance.
Almost the entire wholesale dis
Uict Of North Yakima is in ruins.
Fire. starting IS near as can be
learned, from spontaneous combus-
ton. swept the entire territory from
Yakima avenue to A street and from
the Northern Pacific right-of-way to
Selah stree Saturday night It was
only through heroic efforts Of Sheriff
Grant that the district south of the
avenue was saved Two men were
arrested for refusing to obey the
orders of the sheriff.
The loss is over 100000 and IS
only covered by comparativelr
small amount of insurance.
As far as could be learned at late
hour last night, the losses are about
as follows:
Pioneer Lumber Co. total $4,000
Yakima Produce Co., total
loss oV,VVu
Yakima Milling Co, stock
and building loss. ....... 5000
J. NJ. Perry c Co., total loss
| loss about ............. $4,000
Northern Pacific freight
house and platforms, to-
gether with six cars 49,. $4,000
ID Is. t0tn oil
loss ...... .......... lV,Voo
Coffin Bros warehouse, No 2, 5000
Yakima Hardware Co., loss
total oe,0oO
Springdale Creamery, total
loss ...... ...... 1,O0O
G. T. Aumiller, partial loss 1000
Total estimated loss, partial
ly covered by insurance. .$205,6VC
Only few of those who are heavy
losers by the fire could be found last
night, when the fire was in progress,
and their statements of their losses
are as follows:
Yakima Hardware Company:
Our loss will be in excess of $780,
600 We have only $4,000 in in
surance. We received two carloads
of ranges yesterday. That will add
considerably TO our loss
Alex Miller: Il figure my loss
about $4,000. The walls of the
building are gone, but the roof was
the main loss. OF course our stock
on hand is gone, but all told I thinh
that my loss will not exceed $6,l4t I
Pioneer Lumber Company: "Our
loss is complete but we are not pre-
pared to state what the amount viii
be until after tomorrow. We are
only partially secured by insurance
Darwin Redfeld, speaking for the
Hartung Hardware company, said:
"There was carload of wagons
shipped TO US that was burned up
The value was $1,000. The loss will
most likely fall on the railroad com
pany, as we have not accepted them
yet"
Il cannot say just what my loss
will be, but it will be in the neigh
borhood of between $4,000 and
$4,000. | had lots of stuff scat
tered around that l cannot think of
in all this excitement. I am in
sured but | don't know what it is
During the course of the fire case
Of cartridges exploded in the ware
house of the Yakima Hardware COM
pany, the charges scattering the i'm
mense crowd that had gathered to
witness the spectacular features of
the confiagration. John Clemans,
an 11-year-old boy, was shot in the
face and sustained painful injuries
that 1t is expected will not prove
serious. He was removed to st
Elizabeth's hospital. James Met
calf, the volunteer fireman. was as
sisting the Northern Pacific en-
ployees in preventing the depot
from burning and slid off the roof.
He struck on his head and was rem
dered unconscious. The extent of
his injuries was not made known
last night.
The total extent of the damage
will not be known for several days.
as many of those who suffered by FIRE
who are mercantile dealers in the
city, had stocks of goods stored in
the warehouses, that were complete