![]() ![]() ![]() From JSunday Leader: Fire discovered by N.W. O’Rear (of the Leader) who tried to sound the alarm but the key had been hidden in Aldrich’s grocery and was only known by a few people. June 17, 1900, the fire leveled blocks bounded by Lawrence, Clay, Tyler and Polk streets. Students of teacher Kate Morgan lost all their books and school’s furniture. Bradshaw building & office and many smaller losses.Īug 21, 1886 – The Port Townsend Call in 1886 reports a fire, started by nearby forest fires, burned the school house at Leland to ashes. Sept 6, 1885 – Downtown fire at 2:30 am Moffetts & Co blacksmith in the Water, Washington, Taylor, and Tyler block spread rapidly burning every building in the block except Chet Terry’s Livery Stable, consuming 20 buildings in total including the Hastings Estate buildings, Weymouth & Bills Blacksmith, C.M. Port Townsend Fire Department ca 1890 Notable Fires in Port Townsend HistoryĪug– the S’Klallam village of qatay was burned by order of the federal government. With hours of work, the fire department was able to save the Yee Sing, Wo Kee building as well. the Bishop Building is said to have only survived due to the metal shutters over its windows. This fire destroyed the Learned Opera House, and damaged both the Bishop Building and the Yee Sing, Wo Kee Co. The last really large, multiple structure fire was in April of 1923. Buildings closer to the waterfront were saved by water pumped from the tug boat Tatoosh at the Quincy Wharf. At the time of the fire, the section of town was primarily Chinese-American businesses and residences. The second fire consumed multiple blocks between Quincy and Madison Streets, including the area that is now Memorial Field. ![]() The first fire happened in June that year, leveling the area that is today the commercial section of Uptown. In 1900 Port Townsend was hit by two major fires, one Uptown and one Downtown. Fire continued to be a threat however, in the fall of 1885 a fire began at a blacksmith shop in the block between Taylor and Tyler streets, destroying around 20 buildings. The earliest buildings in Port Townsend were constructed entirely of wood, but as the town prospered in the 1880s they were often replaced with “fire proof” brick structures. ![]()
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