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THE DAILY INTELLIGENCER.
VOL. HI.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
BC*A3<»**- Jam* Lkabt
MCXAUOHT & LEARY,
A TTORSKYS -AT- J.A w, SOI.RCI
TOBS IN C/IAXCKRY, <T PROC
TORS IN ADMIRALTY.
jfteiirr )□ tb* District ml Supreme
"J"bury will irive special attention to Of]-
,JZR&, Ojcveyanctng, KC.; also to the parrhaae
irf txi Ejetste.
JytS
D. P. JENKINS,
SEATTLE, W. T.,
J TTORNE Y-A T- LA W, S 01. RCI TOR
IS CIIANCKRY, AND I'ROCTOR
IS ADMIRALTY. inh2l
W. R. ANDREWS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
SEATTLE. W. T. s<pll
IRS. S. 0. HEWES. M. D.
HOM(EOP ATHIST.
IK if Ike First Lad} Graduate in Mfdiciae,
Ofsrs her services to the people of Seattle and
tbs Kortb Pacific Coast.
Mr*. Doctor H«we« comes Went *fl< r ten year*
of fonnUnt tori successful practice. Will open
lirkonse to the sick. Mother* CM find a home,
witk the brot medics' attendance during conflne
■eat.snd pstient* for t'eneri] medical treatment.
Will treat the nick by letter, and All order* fur
Medicine by mall or express,
taidenre on t'nlon »treet, between Fourth and
iftb. mj.lidwtf
OR. G. BRYANT,
Physician and Surgeon.
NEWCASTLE, W. T.
DBS. I. & H. B. BAGLEY.
Itomaeopat hints,
SEATTLE, W. T.
08. H. B. BAGI.EY, UTE PROFESSOR OP
PrißClplM til l Practice of Surgery in the
Mkhlgu Central Medical College, wilt make
Opsratlm Hunt try sn<l Surgical DUeasea s special
ty, aa<L will attend to calls ID an; part of the
•esad. dltf
W.C.V.CALHOIJN»
Soattlo, W. T.
OJm lb. 1, Dispatch Building, apposite Occi
dental Hotel.
OR. G. A. WEED,
NI'RUKON AND PHYSICIAN,
BP.ATTLE, W. T.
D. LOCKE, M. D.,
DENTIST,
Permanent Office— Front Room, upMilr*—
»rsiwoth»r« Block, rteattie. W. T Jjr il
DENTISTRY.
al'H J. 0. ORAHSE. DENTIST. OF
MBSK So* In Stone Is I < att's New Build-
lir in| on Commercial r treel. All work
v-iasteed.
0 l
mj.s. MAGGS,
Dontlat,
OFFICE, MILL HTREET,
Saddle and ltarneaa Store, EAST OF OC
CIDENTAL HOTEL. riß.
Electro Magnetism
-AND
HYDROPATHY !
VI t ELRCTRO Miovmc MEDICATED
BATHS will Our* Paralysis, Kh»umatisui.
JSS «U kinds of Nervous ABactiou*. Al*o. will
*Srtfy Ik* Bl*u>i. ami rauM thorough s«*tl«m of
urpin of lb*
laebkM by <-outr*<-t.
Isnilw st tbs
Eureka Bath Rooms
or*wrra •cHwisneMßa's •*<>«».
COMMERCIAL STUEET.
salMlm 11. DOANE.
H. CLARK,
CKffRACTOR J BMLDBR.
OVAHAXTKKS FIRST - CLAM
*QRK A T THE I.OWKST HA I KR.
s cotaplvt* mi'fit for raising anil tuo»la|
***'••». sad eill attend u> su.-b outers wIU
tad dispatch.
Btreet, oppoeita the Pavilion.
eastwick. MORRIS I CO,
Civil and Mining
«. Burettes Building.)
**' 4i Wteklnglmi airtrii
Wash. Territory.
«M minora! Uudi ui rubm, aui
•CJ?'"'' reported upua. Ptaas s»
VS?!i i *» tMtevasnceta faiasßsl
TELEGRAPHIC.
TXCLUSIRELY TO THE
IKIIM' L.RTKLL,IQF-RCER.
THR ONLY NEWSPAPER
Receiving Dispatches
IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
Prom <• ir Extra cf Saturday
The Disaster
TO THE
cmpi
At Sea and in San
Francisco Harbor.
ON FfRR 17 HOURS
The Conflagration
Witnessed by Thoun
nntta.
VESSEL SCUTTLED
Cargo a Total Loss;
PtUGERS L\D BIG*
(■ME SUED.
A Statement by CaptSeabury
CALIFORNIA.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Jet. 3 -About teu
o'clock this morning the city was
startled by a report that the l'acific
Mall ftteaiuatilp Go's, meaiuei fioiu Vic
toria and Puget Sound, was on fire off
the heads. Tugs were at once dis
patched to her assistance, and about an
hour later she made her appearance
coining lip the channel. Many who
bad beard the news flocked to Tele
graph Hill and other favorable
jioints to witness the coming. Five
tugs that surrounded her, urging her
onward with all possible speed, while
the engines of the steamer were also
working to the full power of her for
ward boilers, the after set being evi
dently inactive, and the fire appearing
to be in their immediate vicinity. Huge
volumes of smoke poured from the deck
and just aft of the paddle boxes, and
from every port torward and -aft smoke
was also curling. The passengers were
.Mostly grouped on the forward deck,
but no confusion was visible and every
thing seemed to lie carried forward in
an orderly manner. Arriving off North
Point, the course of the ship changed,
a:id instead of standing off towards
Go»t Island, and making a wide circuit
outside of the ships anchored in
the channel her head was imme
diately swung sharply around and
she passed rapidly along the city front
until she reached the vicinity of the
mail dock. There the passengers were
Uuded and the ship was then grounded
on the uiud fiats near by. It has I wen
ascertained that the fire was discovered
la-t night nl>out 12 o'clock in the coal
hunkers. Beyond that little has l>eea
1 learned. The officers of th» cvupaay
estimate that the damage is not gnat
and the fire is extinguished, liut from
the haste made in leaching the ship
and the smoke that enveloped her, it
seems j»o>sihle that the damage must b»
considerable The Constitution had on
board about fifty passengers, some $70,-
000 in treasure and a general cargo.
This was her first trip on the Victoria
route, previous to which she hud been
laid up for some time. One of the tire
meti My* he discovered the fire al>o»t
five o'clock this morning. It «M then
jin the vicinity of the smokestacks. An
alarm was turned on l*»t no confu
■ion ensued, the crew going <|ui«s<ly
to their stations. The water was turned
on. and every «ff<>rt made to control
; tlte fire. The alter ls>ilers soon bad to
he ataudoned. Tlie l»oat* were then
lowered and guns lired. and prepara
tions made to leave the ship i' neces
sary. The passengers acted with great
coolness, and sat down and breakfasted
I as though nothing bed happened out
of the ordinary routine. Tb« ship was
off Point Heyes when the fire was d»s
covered, and the liest possible time *s s
made for port. The sea was very
smooth, but the fog w*s so thick that
progress was somewhat delayed. On
arriving iu the harbor the steamer was
i at onoe scuttled and grounded on M»-
•inn flat*. The tog* bepan throw in*
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON TERRITORY. MONDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1577.
wattr in the Lold. but Ending tiiv fire
-till gaining. an aUiui wi< -struck, ami
the city fire engine* sent to the burning
*«i-sel on and are now p< Miring
witer into her
Thus Jar '.he firr l>een confined tu
the hold, but the cabins and saloons
are flooded with water, and th»- fire is
still raging.
At •*» P. M. the tire on the att-taibost
Constitution wa* finally subdued on
reaching port. She was at once run to
Mission Hay. the passenger* and bag
gage being taken off on tugs. Several
tugs then surrounded her, and at»out
twenty streams were poured in the
ea!>in and bold. Six holes were cut in
her port side hold under the cabin
tl(x»r, and streams poured in. Five
holes were rut iu the starboard
side and water injected into that
quarter. The staterooms were fii>oded
for two feet and holes bored
through the floor leaving the water to
drain down to where the tire was sup
posed to IK*; as the passengers left the
steamer the flumes burst out for the
first time, coming up the ventilators
and sky-lights.
The Constitution was built in New
York in the year 1861. She is 842 feet
long, 44 feet beam, nnd 31 feet hold.
Is built of oak, with iron and copper
fastenings ; her draft is 18 feet ; tons
register, 4,100. HAS accommodation
for 175 cabin arul HOO steerage pas»pn
ners This vessel was re-coppered in
1 Sf?H. Her model is M, ami she has :i
carrying capacity of 2,000 tons freight
and 1,000 tons coal.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. .>— A* soon a*
the'flames were discovered coiuiug up
through the ventilators aud skv-liglits
water was t'trown down tL •»« places
and the flauies subdued. It wa-i im
possible to penetrate the lower portion
of the vessel a* the bops, of which there
were 227 bales on board, were on fire
and emitting dense suffocating smoke.
Now and again a blaze could be seen
from above tn iudicate the exact loca
tion of the fire. Chief Scannell arrived
at 11:30, and at 12 the steamer had
listed to starboard and was gradually
settling that way at a quarter past one.
A consultation was held between Chief
Scannell and the officers of the compa
uy and vessel, when it was ueterininea
that as the shell of the hull was on fire,
anil as it would be impossible to put
out the flames among the bops, the
only resource was to scuttle her. A
boat was then brought around astern
and men proceeded to cut boles in her
hold. The ventilators were cut in the
cabin at the same time, and streams of
water poured down. The ship slowly
settled down to her guards, when she
rested on the Itottoui all the afternoon
and the water poured steadily into her
until she was full to within two or three
feet of her main deck and the fire
drowned out. No examination is pos
sible at preseut, but the tire seems to
have been confined to that portion of
the hold and bet ween decks al .aft the
paddle boxes.
Capt. Seabury's Statement.
Capt Staburv gives the follow
ing account "At o'clock this
morning \v« sighted Point lieycs; at
5:;K>, while the crew were washing
the decks a thick smoke was observed
coming up through the after ventilators
nnd around the funnel, where it ap
peared accompanied by tongues of
flames I had the lire alarm imme
diately sounded, the ventilators closed,
and tinned in a stream of water into
the afterhoid, judging the tire wis
among the coals in that hold, there
were five jets of steam turned down,
hut we found the ship slowing down,
owing to exhaustion of steaiu in the
Itoiler*. About 0, a. ma thick fog
settled down, the ship being then, as
judged, abreast of Point Heycs. The
smoke having invaded the after saloon,
the passengers had to go to the upper
deck. They liehavea admirably ; not
the slightest fright, confusion or anxiety
being diisplayed by man, woman or
child. The crew fought the tire inch
by inch, and worked hard to prevent it
spreading to the forward p-irt of the
ship. In spite of their effort* however!
the alter (toilers were mjou rendered
useless, men not t<ein«r able to stand by
i them owing to smoke, we were then
forced to proceed with only such steam
us we got from our forward boilers giv
»n« us *(e«d of four to five knots, as
fog hud settled very thickly, 1 decided
to get out my boats and hoist siguals of
distress, and to fire guns every live
minute*; the latter I continued to do
untd the powder Uoame exhausted. 1
| had betUned down all the batches, com
menced firing guts at M o'clock, and
managed to give passenger* their
usual breakfast, though the saloon floor
was covered with water and the room
very None of the signals of
distress attracted any attention until
we ran clu*e to land, when a pilot boat
im."
Famspn praise the skill and
ability of Capt. Seabury Their
story is substantially the same as that
alrea ly giv.-n. Tli y «ucc<.-*dcd ia sav
ing ill their baggage, bat describe their
voyage from Point U ?y> s to San Fran
cisco as tlie longest ever uude in their
lives.
MISCELLANEOUS
BUY
YOUR
GOODS
€J» V
B
R
0
SCHWABACHER
&
G
*
0
THEY KEEP THE LARGESI
ASSORTMENT,
AN!) SKIJ,
CHEAPER
THAN ANY OTHKH
HO USE
11ST THE
TERR F TORY
I _ . .. ..
91 KS./A PP|,I% AT 10
1 >ESPECwI LI.V OFFERS HER SERVICES
i\ »H» /
Ladies' Nurse.
Room* on Front strrrt. ovrr Ruwr'n Groocrj
Storf. rJI-dtf
A. MACKINTOSH,
Votary Public irnd Conveyancer,
Iteul Kstate and Tax Agent.
liar a complete Abatract of Title to all Landa
111 Knit Oooa. >. Will attend to the purchaiie au.i
■ale ot I.aiidit anywhere on Sound. Special
attention paid lu Trawtfer of Real Eatat* and
Payment of Taiev. Patrunaga aoliclted ami aatie
fartiou guarantee!.
Office on MIU iitreet. nearly uppoaita lit* "Or.
ei'ental Hotel."
NEW PATENT.
A. C. CAMPBELL
HAM A LATE IMPROVEMENT ON THE
LEATHERS 5
ARTIFICIAL ST#\K !
The Improved Patent ia date.l
r S. Patent Office, Dee. 11, D»7« - Xe. liv.VU
BT THIS IMPROVEMENT STONE CAN BE
made much cheaper, faater. and with a better
Oaiah ILaa by tlia Leather*'ola patent. Any ana
■tailing to are the Stone mada by Uiia lata pro
ceaa. can do a<> by calling at my residence oa
Second street, Seattle, or at Dr Hagley'a, where
can be aeen a Vaea made of tLia laat )>atent. Tba
Vaae I aold him for si&. which coo Id not ba made
of natural atone for SJ.V), and tben not any better.
1 am nov ready to contract for all kinds of
Stone Work. Satisfaction given, or no pay.
I am alao prepared to cell rightafw any portion
of Waac ngtoa Territory : kh.>p Righta for s!•'■;
Ooanty Righta from li'o to Sl,uut. and upward*
Any person baying Righta wMI be inatructad bow
to make the Stone. I am the aola • wcer of thia
improved patent for Washington Territory.
jeX-dtf A. C. CAMPBELL.
Dress Making.
MRS. H. R. SPANGLE
\NNOrXCEB THAT SHE HAS OPENED A
Shop on
CHERRY STREET,
TMnt and IMOOI <bt«ii. what* tk«
•ill ba |ilwwd to mart S*T old Md arm cvtoni-
Mfno
STEAMBOATS, Ac.
STEAMER
PHANTOM
WILL LEAVE SEATTLE EVERY
Sunday, Tnesday and Friday,
At s o'clock. \ v.,
For Port Townsend,
Vn.l Returning Every
Monday, thtrsday ASP SATFRDAY
MORNINGS•
For freight or passsse »i-ptT OD bosrd octi
Temporary Arrangement!
Dt RINVJ THE COXTINTANCF. OF REPAIR*
to the North Pacific, the
STEAMER ANNIE STEWART
Will leave Seattle for Port TuwnsmJ op Siindiy
nights »t IS o'clock, aud on Thumi«y momiDK*
»t 3; connpcting »t that place with the Itabel for
Victoria. Returning ah" will leave Seattle for
Tacoina. Steilacooui aini Oljmpia, on TueKdaT
anil Fritlay evenings at about il ..Vlik-V,
THE ALIDA
lJurini; tins time will maVe FIVE TRIPS a Week
to ami from Tacoma ; leaviLi; eat h uight eicept
Tuesday ami Hatunlay. au'J l-tf
New Arrangement.
Until Farther Notice, the Steame'
as kp ■ ■ ■»" ■«
WILI. ltt'JJ AS FOLLOWS
Leave BEATLLE every MONDAY mi l FRIDAY
for TAOOMA. STF.!LACOC»M an.t OT.YMMA.
Returning from tb<>ae places every Tuen.lay anil
Saturday; and will leave SEATTLE for
MI'CEILTEO. LOWELL k SNOHOMISH CITY,
every WEDNESDAY, returning on Thursday.
at both ends of the route. aulH-tf
For Tacoma, Steilacoom and
Olympia.
i
1li<« N»w P*wipiig4>r Stealing
MESSENGER !|
CAPTAIN J. rt. PARKER,
WILL LEAVF. SF.\TTLE EVERY
T" *** J- f ml - ■* •MVte4U»l|
AT SEVEN' O'CLOCK, A. M.
jj.ll-dtf
PUGET SOUND
STIiIM NMITION (OHP'V.
New Arrangement
rnlil Further Notice ! {
The Steamer North Pacific
Will leave Seattle for Victoria and
Way Port* every Monday and
Thursday Mornings, at o A. M
The Steamer Annie Stewart,
For Port Townsetnl anil Way
Porta, ©very Tuesday and Friday,
at 8 a. m.
The Steamer Alida, for Taco
ma, every day except Sunday and
Wednesday, at 10 p. u.
lujU-dlf
NORTHERN
TRANSPORTATION 10.V,
Carrying the U. S. Hails.
r THK STEAMER J. B. LHiß*.
C«pt. Brtttaln.of the above Com
pany. will lea'.c Seattle every MONDAY, at 7
j o'clock, a. m., fnr WhlJby Inland, I'taaladr. \*
«!"tinrr and Whatcom ; and every FRIDAY for
Whidby lalat.d. I'taalady aud I.a Conner; return
ing on WedneKlaya and Saturday*.
m THE STEAMER DISPATCH.
iMridrijdL <'apt. Monroe, will leave Seattle
every TIIt'KHDAY EVENIXO. at 10 o'clock. for
Port Townaend. Hati Joan bland and Henit.%hmoo.
letnming on Suudaya.
t or freight or paaaag* apply on board.
J. C. BRITTAIN.
Seattle. April 37, 1K77. ap'i7-dawtf
TO FARMERS & LOGGERS.
TIIF. UdHT-DEAFr STEAMER
Jgjjjjt '
w R m jm. rm? 9
CAPTAIN L. OREEN.
WILL LEAVE HEATTLE FOR
Duwamish and White River
EVERT SU NDAY AND THI'R*DAY.
For freight or paaaage at ply on board.
Will alao mater vea*eia, and tow raftaor lighten.
KIKES. MIMAS k BULKY.
au7.dawif
Tlio Steamer
Fanny Lake
J. H. HILL. - - MASTER.
WILL LEAVE SEATTLE FOR
Centreville, It na lady
Skagit Sl La Conner
EVERT
j* Jlmufav a*"f TharMday.
5«l»-d*Wtf
MISCELLANEOUS.
Crawford & Harrington,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
SEATTLE, W. X_,
Hare on hand a large and well assorted stock of goods in
their line, consisting of Foreign and Domestic
Hardware and Cutlery
Iron nnd Steel, assorted,
Blacksmith and Carpenter Tools.
Agricultural and Mining Implements.
Crockery and Cilassware. Paints&Oil
Hemp and Manilla Cordage. Groceries ami Provisions, Winev
Liquors, Etc.
AGENTS FOR THE
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON, &C
W TALBOT CO.U., FOR CITY TRADK, KOR| SAUK FROM WH.UIK
CRAWFORD & HARRINGTON.
SKATTLK, W. T., duly Ist, IS7.">.
THE ARCADE !
FRONT STREET, SEATTLE
DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS,
GLOVES, <fcc.
tallies and Wills" Furnishing (Ms. Trunks.
VALISES, ETC.
Our spring lias arrived, an*l comprises" the mont Fasbio able
(moils in tlm market. We eall sjvecial attention to nur FUJiNISHINi J
GOODS ami CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.
Q-ENTS' HATS A SPECIALTY
BOYD. POM & Ydlifi.
NEW GOODS AND NEW STYLES BY EVERY STEAMER.
PINKHAM & SAXE,
AKK SRLLIXG THEIK
CLOTHING !
—AND
GENTS FURNISHING GOOIKS
CHEAPER
THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE
IS THE COUNTRY. .m 3
L. P. SMITH SON
Pl«w Call and Examine our S'tock
Onr Motto is—Fair Dealing, (juick Kales and Small Profits.
STORE ON FRONT STREET. Opposite the Brewery.
W. A. JENNINGS,
Wlm.lfmlv uut U*l»H Dwlrr In Choir*
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
HARDWARE, FINE TEAS, CROCKERY,
6LASSWARE, FLOUR, FEED, AC.
Imported and California Wines,
Foreign ami Domestic Liquors, Cigars ami Tobacco.
All Gooda Guarantee) as fifprescuted. Goods Delivered in the City Free
of Ch&rge
' Oommerolal Street. Seattle. W. T
H*vi' just rra ivcd >» Addition
lo their Ntnek of
WATCHES
Clocks,
JEWELRY,
Of eve ry desirable --1y Ic* unci kind.
They return their sineen thui-.kft to
tlie j iddie for the very generou* j atron
»ge liftitOttid since Iha ir rvturii from
California
NO. 107.
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