Lake Union Lumber Mill Destroyed by Fire
A significant industrial loss at Lake Union, including thousands of dollars in machinery and inventory, alongside damage to a nearby school construction project.
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H. M. Holmes, whose mill at Lake Union was burned down on Sunday night, said yesterday his loss would reach about $6,000 in total. He values his machinery at $4,300, the building at $1,000, and he had about $700 worth of old stock still on hand, all of which was destroyed. There was an insurance of $1,600 on the building. The inside finishing material of the new school in the Eastern addition, which is to be called the Pacific, was also destroyed in the fire.
“H. M. Holmes, whose mill at Lake Union was burned down on Sunday night, said yesterday his loss would reach about $6,000 in total.”
Lake Union was once the heart of Seattle's industrial waterfront, defined by sawmills and shingle bolts. Today, the site of these former mills is largely transformed into high-density residential and tech hubs, though the memory of the area's industrial past lingers in its complex zoning and infrastructure.
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