Ruins of the Mack Building after Aberdeen Fire of 1903 — 10/1903 — #60632_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State) — Aberdeen
Port of Grays Harbor
Ruins of the Mack Building after Aberdeen Fire of 1903. John C. Hughes' "On the Harbor : From Black Friday to Nirvana" notes that the Aberdeen Fire started in a rooming house, the Arctic Hotel, on the morning of Friday, October 16, 1903 and burned until 2pm, destroying 140 buildings on seven city blocks. Damages were estimated at $600,000 (the equivalent of about $10 million dollars in 2007). Four residents of the Arctic Hotel perished in the fire.
Thanks to Sam Talley who adds that the Mack Building was at 13 Hume St. and the fire was reported by Fire Chief E.L. Koehler who was painting nearby when he felt the intense heat and then saw heavy smoke billowing from the fire.
