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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1910
Page
6
The city endured a fierce blaze fed by wind that shifted streams of flame across brick blocks. Firefighters risked their lives as engines and hose wagons burned, crews fought from roofs, and officials tally a heavy property toll with rumors of casualties and widespread disruption to transport and power.
A powerful gale last night battered the waterfront along the lake shore. Boats shifted moorings and some vessels rode out the wind near piers while docks on the northern shore were loosened. a canoeist, Charlies Lee, is believed drowned with the only fatality reported.
The French submarine Pluviose sank after a May 26 collision with Ville de Paris. Twenty seven crewmen drowned as divers recovered bodies at Calais on June 11 while relatives and photographers faced restrictions.
A damaging blaze gutted upper floors and destroyed machinery across multiple first Avenue structures from 2406 to 2511, including the Pacific Coast Laundry Machinery plant and the Puget Sound Marble works. Several hotels and shops such as Wall Street hotel and Latona beer hall suffered severe damage. Ward’s cafe and Crystal barber shop reported losses. Fire crews battled flames as investigators surveyed the wreckage along Wall to Vine streets.
The Union Transfer company offers fire sufferers who saved furniture ten days of free storage in its stables and warehouse. The Star reports the permit to use storage facilities without cost for ten days.
An energetic old woman rushed into a clash between a husky young man and her 70 year old husband in front of the Eitel building at Second and Pike. She landed quick blows until a policeman arrived to separate the combatants.
Clearings and balances reported for Seattle Tacoma Portland and Spokane. Seattle clearings 1 863 655 92 Tacoma 730 912 Balances Portland 1 457 512 00 147 640 Spokane 905 432 95 041.
A compact reflection notes that ending a habit or oath becomes manageable when practiced daily. The line suggests consistency builds discipline and reduces difficulty over time.
The Public Welfare league formed at the Commercial Club aims to enforce law against vice and end the restricted district. It grows from a 17 member clean city committee, will be incorporated with 66 trustees and a nine member executive, and a second meeting to fill 55 trustees is set for Monday at the Commercial Club. The event drew about 70 prominent attendees and lists many signatories including Charles H. Black and J. R. Justice.
At Como Italy authorities ask Rome to issue a global manhunt for Porter Charlton alias Charlton Porter husband of Mary Crittenden Castle Beatt of San Francisco now missing after a suspected murder at a lakeside cottage near Como. Mary Crittenden Castle Beatt, 34, daughter of H B Scott, once linked to San Francisco society and related to President Harrison, is also a possible victim.
C F Graff contracting engineer denies allegations that he, or his foremen, fleece workers via employment agents. He says no charges have been filed by Mr Lyman of the city free employment bureau and that they source men from several agents, newspapers, and the civil service board.
The Star urges readers to study the Sunday classified pages for the best real estate offers. Some ads may include guarantees and will undergo strict scrutiny. Save the pages and read them carefully as one would a good book.
Fresno police pursue an incendiary theory after a warehouse housing 2,000 tons of raisins burned in Fresno last night. The blaze caused about 100,000 dollars in losses to several Pacific Coast packing companies amid a string of recent fires.
An Italian autopsy linked the death of Mrs Mary Crittenden Castle-Chariton to suffocation after her body was placed in a trunk pulled from Lake Como. Post mortem findings said head wounds did not alone cause death and the ceremony had been performed shortly before.
Boston reports preparations are underway for a 20 000 to 30 000 cloaks workers walkout in New York. The strike follows approval by the Lady Garment Workers International Union. Albert Block chairs the committee organizing the preliminary steps.
Mrs Maud Johnson dubbed "fake injury queen" receives a term of one to five years in the penitentiary for defrauding the Northern Pacific Railway by feigning injury in April 1909. She is moved from Vancouver to Walla Walla to begin serving next week.
Everett June 11 Conductor Weir of Everett died in a freight wreck at Skykomish. Two brakemen John T Boft and William McHale were injured and brought to Everett by special train. Weir's body had not been found. The rear cars and caboose are thought to have remained on the main line after a siding incident.
Mrs. Hicks, known to Seattle millinery trade, purchases the bankrupt stock of the Shop of Swelldom at 503 Union Ave. She will offer a sale at 25 cents on the dollar, with opening day Monday.
This advertisement urges small savers to start with one dollar, claiming experience shows today’s small deposits become tomorrow’s large business accounts. It emphasizes the saving habit and invites readers to begin now with a little.
Madison council debates Kellogg's bill to reform the Madison street cable line amid committee referrals and council reversals. The measure aims to shield Fifth Ward residents from shifts favoring Pike at and Western Ave, which could lengthen Madison street travel by 20 to 26 minutes.
Nearly 300 seniors and faculty prepare for a class day picnic at Three Tree Point with a faculty versus senior baseball game. Graduation exercises follow next Thursday morning at the Moore Theatre after a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J. W. Tees at First Methodist Church.
Owing to unseasonably cool dry weather the city prints the water use rules for the present year. Irrigation hours are extended to two hours each morning and evening. The notice lists permitted rates and times under the drought rules for all water consumers.
The fragment lists various recruitment and sales pitches including a $4.25 per sale promise, home vacuum cleaner for 85.50, and multiple job ads for land sales, routes, and door to door selling. Mentions agencies, samples, and sales incentives across diverse locales and firms.
Four room house offered at 8800 two blocks from street car line claims cleared lot 40 by 200 feet. Rent alternatives noted with garden work for 50 dollars cash and 5 dollars monthly. Ten acres bottom land seven cleared with easy terms valued under 1000 dollars per acre in berry district. East 2434 owner offers quarter acre 625 dollars good soil near 82nd street Green Lake. 1-108 Star.
Classified notice describes multiple land offerings near Everett and Seattle, including 10 acre and 6 acre parcels with houses, barns, streams, and improvements. Terms range from cash discounts to monthly payments, with prices from $675 to $308, per-acre and total amounts, plus rental options and Nearby transport via Tacoma Interurban.
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