Cle Elum fire, June 25, 1918.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
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Citation
Russell H. Connell (1876-1950), “Cle Elum fire, June 25, 1918.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs,” Brooks Library Digital Collections, accessed June 19, 2013, http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/8616.
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Title
Cle Elum fire, June 25, 1918.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
Subject
Kittitas County (Wash.) -- Cityscapes; Historical districts -- Washington (State) -- Kittitas County; Cityscapes -- Washington (State) -- Kittitas County; Cle Elum (Wash.) -- Cityscapes; Fires -- Washington (State) -- Cle Elum; School buildings -- Washington (State) -- Cle Elum
Description
High winds forced a trash fire out of control, burning thirty square blocks, including most of the business district, the afternoon of June 25, 1918. 1,500 homeless people took shelter in the school (left center) and the Independent Mine Building (see photograph titled "Independent Mine, Cle Elum".) Most of the brick buildings in Cle Elum's downtown were built after the fire.Postcard titled: "The Burning of Cle-Elum."
Creator
Russell H. Connell (1876-1950)
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Publisher
Ellensburg Public Library
Date
June 25, 1918.
Contributor
North Kittitas County Historical Society. Photo # NKB-019
Rights
Permission to reproduce this image must be requested from the director of the Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection. Please contact at 209 N. Ruby St.. Ellensburg, WA 98926, (509) 962-7252.
Type
3 ½"x 5" b/w reprint of original postcard.
Identifier
TNV-046