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The Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington, on June 6, 1889.The conflagration lasted for less than a day, burning through the afternoon and into the night, during the same summer as the Great Spokane Fire and the Great Ellensburg Fire.
The early Seattle era came to a stunning halt with the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889. Started by a glue pot, the fire burned 29 city blocks (almost entirely wooden buildings; about 10 brick buildings also burned). It destroyed nearly the entire business district, all of the railroad terminals, and all but four of the wharves.
It held valuable papers, such as the records of the first days of Seattle Lodge No. 92 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, which were burnt along with the building during the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. [16] Soon after fire destroyed the building, Frye, despite being ill, announced he had let the contract for a new opera house.
At approximately 2:20 p.m. on June 6, 1889, an overturned glue pot in a carpentry shop accidentally started the most destructive fire in the history of Seattle. After this Great Seattle Fire, [1] [2] new construction was required to be of masonry, and the town's streets were regraded one to two stories higher.
Seattle Photographs Ongoing database of over 1,700 historical photographs of Seattle with special emphasis on images depicting neighborhoods, recreational activities including baseball, the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, "The Great Snow of 1916", theaters and transportation. Arthur Churchill Warner Photographs.
A fast-spreading wildfire that erupted this week about 45 miles northwest of Los Angeles roared from nothing to nearly 10,000 acres − in a matter of hours. The Hughes Fire that started Wednesday ...
The fire was 0% contained and its cause was under investigation, Cal Fire said. ∎ The Hurst Fire in the Sylmar area of northern Los Angeles burned 771 acres and was 37% contained, Cal Fire said.
By the late 1880s, the block had been built up with 1 and 2-story shops and lodging houses, all wood-frame. On June 6, 1889, the Great Seattle Fire, which destroyed more than 64 acres (260,000 m 2) of the commercial district, started in a cabinet shop at the site of the Federal Office Building. [2] The Rainier Grand Hotel and annex circa 1905