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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.
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.
The early Seattle era came to a stunning halt with the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889. It burned 29 city blocks, destroying most of the central business district ; no one, however, perished in the flames, and the city quickly rebounded from the destruction.
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June 6: The Great Seattle Fire is caused by an overturned glue pot. [7] July 4: The Great Ellensburg Fire destroys the city's downtown area. [8] August 4: The Great Spokane Fire destroys the city's downtown area. November 11: Washington is admitted to the union as the 42nd U.S. state.
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