1898

Landscape marred by Fire

Despite the economic problems of the time, there were some high points.



The graduating class of Tacoma High School had a picnic at Point Defiance.
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After that things started to get hot:

September 18, 1898

Tacoma's Western Washington Industrial Exposition building burns to the ground. The building, built in early 1891, was the largest frame building on the West Coast. The mammoth structure covered two blocks around Tacoma Avenue and N 8th Street.

Loss on building $20,000. Loss on Tacoma Avenue bridge $2,000. No insurance.

October 11th, at 7:15 p.m.

Alarm was sounded from box 39 for a fire in the Tourist Hotel, on E street extending from North First to North Second.

(See Tacoma 1898)

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