Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-11
SIX CITY BLOCKS ARE
ENTIRELY WIPED OUT
Damage Would Have Been Greater
But for Heavy Rain.
BUILDINGS MOSTLY SMALL
With Hurricane Raging, Modern
Structures Burn Like Tinder.
No Known Loss of Life.

SEATTLE, Wash, June 11.-Fire that
broke out on the northern waterfront
during a hurricane last night was carried
by the wind to district to the eastward
thickIy covered by wooden buildings, and
in short time twenty acres were ablaze.
causing a loss of s., 100000 and rendering
500 people homeless.
The fire. starting at Railroad avenue
and Battery street, destroyed all the
buildings on six city blocks and picked
out q wooden house here and there in
the surrounding district not entirely fire
swept When the flames were at their
height burning brands set fire to houses
several blocks from the main fire.
No Known Fatalities.
Alarming reports of loss of life were
circulated, but so far as can be learned
there were no fatalities.
Just as the firemen had begun to de-
spair of saving a large and populous
area east of I'd avenue the wind sud-
denly abated and brisk rain began to
fall. materially aiding the fire fighters
by quenching Goals blown to roofs of
houses.
So far as known only three persons
we're seriously hurt, although many fire.
~cn were slightly injured.
Sixty horses were burned in a stable
81 Railroad avenue.
Area of the Fire.
The district entirely destroyed con-
,sts of the blocks bounded on the west
by Railroad avenue, on the east by I'd
avenue, on fka.-SoIth by Battery street
and on the north by Vine street. On the
east side of Sd avenue an open place
save the firemen a chance to make a de-
rrlined stand and they succeeded in
stopping the passage of the flames. A
rain which began shortly after the fire
started developed into a heavy shower
soon after midnight. At the same time
the wind died out.
The largest buildings burned were the
Galbraith-Bacon warehouses, which COW
cred the entire block bounded by Rail-
road and Elliott avenues and Battery and
Wall streets. They were erected last
year at cost of 100000. Another large
building destroyed was that of the Puget
Sound sheet metal works.
Rubber Made Fierce Blaze.
On the west side of lst avenue between
Bell and Wall streets a storage ware
house filled with rubber insulated cables
and eectrical material made so hot a
blaze that it was impossible to get near
it. The Glenarchry apartments, three
story brick structure, recently construct
ed. and the Wallfirst Hotel, between
Western avenue and 1st avenue, on Wall
street. were also burned. The latter was
a concrete building and after the fire had
swept through it dynamite was used to
raZe the tottering walls.
Most of the buildings were one, two and
three story frame structures, used as sa-
looms, dwellings and lodging houses
Many people raced out in their night
clothes. not having time TO dress before
being compelled to vacate by the rush Of
the flames.
Used Blankets for Tents.
All the private dwellings in the neigh
borhood outside the danger zone were
opened to the refugees but some families
spent the night guarding their belong
ings in the open. Stockades were made
OF trunks and furniture and blankets were
used as tents to keep off the rain.
The Pacific Hospital at 1st avenue and
Vine streets was directly opposite the
hottest part of the fire and was in great
danger Ambulances were rushed from
all parts of the city and patients were
removed as rapidly as possible to the
City Hospital.
After all the patients had been removed
the hospital caught fire, but il was ex-
tlngulshed before much damage was done
There was no panic during the removal
OF the patients.
Missing People Found.
Persons reported missing last night
during the fire were found TODAY. and
ii is believed there was no loss of life
None of the half dozen persons injured
was seriously hurt.
The patients If Pacific Hospital who
were scattered among the other hos
pitals OF the city, were not injured by
the transfer.
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