The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-01-03
Extensive CONFEDERATION
FOURTEEN BUILDINGS DESTROYED
Loss $4,000!

The largest fire which has probably ever occurred in
Honolulu, broke out Saturday evening, Dec. 20, about
Cd O'Clock. in the steam -four mill. The workmen
had stopped work at 4 o'clock, the hour customary
on Saturday afternoons. and the building was closed
ut Al. About two hours later, MIR. Hughes having
had occasion to q into his machine shop, found it
filed with smoke, and proceeding to the engine room,
found the partition between it and the bakery all in
. blaze. and the flames spreading rapidly. The alarm
was Immediately given, but before the engines were
on the ground, the whole interior Of the building was
in flames. All attempts 10 remove anything from it
were useless. and Mr.. II. did not even save his
account books
Adjoining the mill and attached to it was the
bakery, which had been in operation during the day.
There we're in it at the time Of the FIRE over 5000
lbs. Of bread, and in the mill some 80 barrels -four,
with the usual quantity Of meal. feed, bags. &c, &c,
all Of which were consumed. So rapidly did the FIRE
/ spread, that in less than fifteen minutes from the
time the alarm was given, the whole building, which
was four stories high. was a mass Of fame.
The FIRE next spread across Marine street to the
shops opposite the mill, and then to the adobe dwell
ing formerly occupied by I. Mossman, all Of which
were de stroyel. South Of the mill, the fire commu-
nicarei to Johnson & Fosters large carpenter shop,
a tso-story building. which, with several small build
ings, and all the lumber stored il the rear was con-
sume1- lbeuce the nre sprea1 u the Mi company :
warehouse, which was stored with bread casks, then
TO Caranaye's stone warehouse and Thompson *
Neyilie's blacksmith shop, all Of which, with their
contents, were consumed. The following is a list OF
the buildings destroyed, with an estimate Of the
losses. the figures being mostly below the cost
LOSSES BY THE FIRE.
steam FIglr NIL. including the Foundry, Bakery, Machinery,
do. do ssosk Of $50 Dol. a5ar. 1000 los. bread,
bran. casks, baK-, &c- 5000
Tho. Hughes. iron founder and machine shop......... 400
johnson 4 FOSTERS shiP<rehi's buiLhng,.-...----. 800
do. do. stock Of lumber, copper. &c. &c. 100
J.. J. Caranavs. stone warehouse and cCuteEts,.---.--- 5000
wilcox. Richards s Co--lumt~r,. 800
r. GdlilADd.-an adobe building. l-vVO
SIX small huiLiIuEs. mostly occupied - butcher shops
By I-SD
Thompson : 1000
T~o houses in Caranaye- yard, Corn doFu).......... 1000
asi dsellars near ~ The ar. 1000
Damage . government %O
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During the early part Of the evening the wind
blew strong from the west, but soon changed TO the
north and westward. While the -four mill was burn
ing the cinders were carried by the wind and scat
tered over the roofs Of the dwellings along Nuuanu
street, many Of which were set on fire by the sparks,
but by the aid Of persons standing on the roofs with
brooms and water, the fire was kept from spreading
in that direction. Large burning cinders and pieces
Of wood we're carried a. FAR as Beretanil street and
roofs set on FIRE in that neighb0rhood.
At one time. 1t seemed a. if the FIRE must spread up
Nuuauu street. but fortunately the wind SHIFTED and
noon, which left the ruofs IN = moist condition and