A Noon Fire Erased Sequim's Pioneer Block
A stove accident destroyed a hotel and the Pioneer Block—including a bank, druggist and city council room—with losses over $10,000.
SEQUIM, April 25.—The hotel caught fire at noon today from an overturned stove and was quickly destroyed. The Pioneer Block, opposite the hotel, and occupied by a bank, A. R. Holland, druggists, the [??] Company and the city council room, was destroyed. The hotel and furniture cost $6,000; insurance, $2,500. Kirch & [??] lose $1,500, insurance, $1,000. A. R. Holland loses $1,000, insurance, $500. The total loss is over $10,000. All business houses were owned by the Sequim Land Company.
“The total loss is over $10,000.”
Sequim's downtown rebuilt after this 1895 blaze, but the town's identity as a small land-company settlement remains in its historic core. Wildfire and downtown fire risk still shape Clallam County.
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