Clatsop County OR Archives News.....Old Hotel Burned August 19, 1904
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Morning Oregonian August 19, 1904
Grimes House At Seaside Is Totally Destroyed
One Roomer Is Badly Hurt
J.W.Applegate,A Portland Photographer,Jumps From A Window And Is Afterward 
Found Unconscious On River Bank

Seaside,Or.,Aug.4-(Special)
The old Grimes hotel was totally destroyed by fire this morning.The alarm was 
turned in at 3 o'clock A.M. and the Seaside fire department ran a line of hose 
from the town hydrants and succeeded in saving all adjoining buildings.
There were about forty roomers in the hotel,all of whom escaped with most of 
their personal effects.J.W.Applegate,a photographer,jumped from a window 
directly over where the fire started and crawled on his hands and knees toward 
the river,where he was found insensible.
The fire was probably incendiary,it having started in a portion of the hotel 
which was unoccupied.No insurance was carried.
Grimes hotel was built by G.K.Grimes,who came to Clatsop County in 1869.The 
building was commenced in 1879 and the west wing completed in 1880. The main 
building was built in 1882 and the east wing in 1885.The lumber was hauled 
from Astoria by teams. The buildings cost $10,000,containing 72 rooms,and was 
hard finished throughout.After the death of G.K.Grimes,the building went to 
his son,C.C.Grimes,who conducted it until about a year ago,when he sold it to 
his wife,Sarah Grimes.It was the second hotel built at Seaside,the first being 
the Seaside Hotel,built by Ben Holladay in 1876.

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