Looking back at Seattle from Elliot Bay early in 1887-88. The Yesler Wharf that elbows thru the scene will be turned to a stubble of pilings by the Great Fire of June 6, 1889. A year and a few week earlier Central School, the white box with tower on the left horizon at 6th and Madison, would by consumed by fire. Columbia Street runs up to First Hill near the center of the panorama.