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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 .
On June 6, 1889, a fire ignites in a Seattle woodworking shop and sweeps through some 100 acres, destroying much of the city’s business district and waterfront. The Great Seattle Fire...
On the afternoon of June 6, 1889, John Back, an assistant in Victor Clairmont's woodworking shop at Front Street (now First Avenue) and Madison Avenue, was heating glue over a gasoline fire. Sometime after 2:15, the glue boiled over, caught fire, and spread to the floors, which were covered by wood chips and turpentine.
On June 6, 1889, at about 2:45 p.m., what became known as the Great Seattle Fire started when a pot of glue burst into flames in a small cabinet shop on Front Street (today's 1st Avenue). The blaze quickly spread in all directions, racing unseen through basements and under planked streets and sidewalks before breaking into the open.
At about 2:30 p.m. on June 6, 1889, a pot of glue bursts into flames in Victor Clairmont's basement cabinet shop at the corner of Front (1st Avenue) and Madison streets in Seattle. Efforts to contain the fire fail and it soon engulfs the wood-frame building.
The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the City. This digital document library contains links to primary sources about the fire and its aftermath.
On June 6, 1889, the Great Seattle Fire began in a basement of the Pontius Building on the southwest corner of Front Street (today's 1st Avenue) and Madison Street and was soon beyond containment. Sources vary somewhat on the geographical extent of the devastation.
Mural of 1889 Seattle Fire painted by Rudolph Franz Zallinger, 1953, MOHAI, 1953.545.1. On June 6, 1889, the Great Seattle Fire forever changed the landscape of the city, sparking a rebuilding and restructuring of Seattle into the innovative city known today. Discover the history behind this important event in Seattle’s early development ...
The aftermath of The Great Seattle fire, which occurred on June 6, 1889. The fire leveled the city's entire business district, 29 blocks of mainly flimsy wooden buildings.
On June 6, 1889—130 years ago—a burgeoning Seattle was completely transformed in less than a day. At 2:45 p.m., a worker threw water on an overheating glue pot in a cabinet factory,...