The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-11
IRE BURNS
SIX BL LOCKS
Seattle Has a Million
Dollar Conflagration
mo Lives Lost

broke out on the northern water from
during hurricane last night was car
ried by the wind to n district TO III,
eastward thickly covered by wooder
buildings and In a short time twent,
acres we're ablaze. causing loss o
sl.0O0.OO0 and driving 500 peopl,
homeless into the storm.
The fire. starting at Railroad ave
nue. and Battery street. DESTROYED all
the buildings on six city blocks. and
picked out n wooden house here and
there in the surrounding district no,
entirely firc-swept When tho flames
we're at their height. burning brands
set fire TO houses several blocks from
the main fire
Alarming reports of loss of life were
circulated among the crowds outside
the fire lines, 1t being considered I'M
possible that all OF the occupants OF
the ilimsy lodging houses that burn.
like paper, could have escaped So
far as can be learned, however, there
we're no fatalities
Just az the firemen had begun TO
despair of saving large and populous
area east of Second avenue. the wind
suddenly abated and brisk rain be-
gan to fall. materially aiding the fire
fighters by auenching Goals blown to
roofs of houses,
The tanglc OF live electric wires in
The streets was great hindrance TO
the firemeD. On certain Dlankcd
streets tho wet boards became electri-
fed from broken wires and shocked
geyeral persons walking over them
So far as known, only three per.
sons were seriously hurt. although
many 0remcn were slightly injured
Ellsworth Anger, fireman, was
struck by live wire and was rend-
cred unconscious He was taken TO
hospital. but showed no improvement
this morning and his condition is con-
sldered critical S Myrono. another
fireman. was seriously burned about
the eyes and II is feared that he Will
suffer loss of his sight Fred Resily.
patrOlman, was severely injured
about the spine when he fell through
floor In the Wallfirst hotel while
searching for bodies.
Sixty horses were burned in a stable
on Railroad avenue.
The district had long been consid.
cred a dangerous risk and the insur-
ance rates were so high that most OF
tho light wooden buildings carried
little or no protection.
All the private dwellings In the
neighborhooG outside the danger zone
we're opened to the refugees, but some
families spent the night guarding
their belongings in the open field
near Dennyway. Stockades were
made OF trunks and furniture and
blankets were used as tents TO keep
off the pouring rain.
The Pacific hospital. at First ave
nue. and Vine street was directly OPP
poslte the hottest part of the fire and
were rushed from all parts of the
city and patients were removed as
rapidly as possible TO the City hos
pitRl The police stopped several au
tomobiles carrying parties of society
people TO see the fire and pressed the
machines into the service of remov-
ing patients from the endangered hos
pital
After all the patients had been re-
moved the hospital caught fire, but
was eXtlnguished before much dam
age was done. There was no panic
during the removal of the patients
None OF the halfdoZen persons In
jurd was seriously hurt The patients
OF the Pacific hospital. who are scat
tered among the other hospitals OF the
CITY, were not injured by the transfer.
There is DO salvage whatever In the
six burned blocks. The evlcted fami-
lies have found shelter The swarm
OF single men who poured out Of the
wooden lodging houses carried all
their treasures with them. and are
settled in other wooden lodging
houses. which abound In the northern.
part OF the water front
SEATTLE. Wash, June 10.-Fire
which broke out at 1920 tonight in
a thrce-story frame warehouse of Gal
bralth. Bacon & Co. .at Railroad ave
Due and Wall street, has swept over
an area three blocks long and two
blocks wide, and threatens a large dis
trict OF wooden buildings adjoining.
Besides burning the Galbraitb ware
house. the plant Of the Seattle Sheet
Metal Works and the ice plant and
warehouse of the Chlopcck Fish COM
pany. several large lodging houses
were destroyed.
A furious wind was blowing and the
flames spread rapidly AS soon as the
first company OF flremen arrived on
The scene a general alarm was sound
ed FYrebrands were carried several
blocks and incipient blazes broke out
in isolated places. but we're promptly
extingulshed by volunteer watchers.
At 1:3l The fire had swept the dis
trict Doupded by Railroad avenue on
the west. Bell street on the south
Second avenue on the east and Vine
street on the north. At IL o'clock the
fire jumped Second avenue and was
spreading north toward Dennyway.
Policemen were sent through the
district north and east OF the nre TO
warn the people to yacate All inc
buildings in the path OF the flames
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