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Seattle Daily Post Intelligencer
Seattle, King County, Washington
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Fire in Hanford, California, on Sept. 2 at 3 a.m. destroyed six buildings on Doty Street between Sixth and Seventh, including saloons, an office, a butcher shop, and others, with losses from $50 to $8000 and partial insurance coverage. Absence of wind and ample water prevented wider destruction.
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Hanford, Cal.
Event Date
Sept. 2., This Morning At 3 O'clock
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six buildings totally destroyed with losses: w. b. dick's saloon and contents (amount unspecified); delta office $700 loss, $450 insurance; r. mills's saloon $150 loss, $900 insurance; simon jacobs & co.'s building $1000 loss, $500 insurance; k. schwartz $5000 loss, $4000 insurance; d. l. healy $1000 loss, $1000 insurance; j. m. camp's butcher shop $300 loss, no insurance; john j. cortner $8000 loss, $4660 insurance; chinese restaurant material $50 loss, no insurance. absence of wind and abundant water supply prevented destruction of most of the business portion of the town.
Event Details
Hanford had its first fire at 3 o'clock this morning, totally destroying six buildings on Doty street between Sixth and Seventh streets, including W. B. Dick's saloon and contents, Delta office, R. Mills's saloon, Simon Jacobs & Co.'s building, K. Schwartz's property, D. L. Healy's property, J. M. Camp's butcher shop, John J. Cortner's property, and material in a Chinese restaurant.