The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-07
KING STREET FIRE.
Police Inquiry Held Before Marshal Parke
POLICE DEPARTMENT, HONo-1
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ing house and the carpenter shop of Mr..
Way on King street, Honolulu, which oc-
Cured about 2:30 AN.
David Kalikoa's statement-At 2:30 AN.
1 saw a light in the grocery store of Mr..
Wolfe, when Iarrived to where the re was
I sang out, fire house fire hOuse!! saw
Null, No. Il (POliceman), and Hsgh Nc
Intyre. Null and myself then bursted open
the door; Mcintyre called to me not to
open the door, 1 then shut the door again,
1 then called for Mr.. Gulick, he was not
there. At the time / saw Ukn, policeman
No. coming towards me, 1 saw Mr..
Mehrtens and Mr.. Mcintyre after 1 called
out fire. I dragged the hose carriage out of
the house and attached the hose to the
hydrant to procure water to play on the fire,
but on connecting the hose to the hydrant
there was no water in the pipes. Next, L
saw Mr.. w. c. Parke coming towards the
fire. At l o'clock AN. l was standing near
the flagstaff of Engine Company No. l; L
got back at the corner of Alakea and King
streets at 1880 A. NJ; L went from there to
the corner of Alakea and Merchant streets,
and from there [ went to the cOrner of
Merchant and Richard streets, from there l
got To the corner of King and Richard
streets, from there to the corner of King
and Alakea streets; then L walked back
wards and forwards on King street, till I
saw the fire. From the time the bell of the
Stone Church struck l o'clock AM. L was
never in any yard or in any house, but was
on my watch as a police officer and doing
my duty. | did not see Frank SHREDDER the
Portuguese produced before me, who I
know has charge of Engine Company No. l.
I remained at the fire and did not leave
there kept on my duty as an officer, doing
all I could to e%xtinguish the fire. Null and
myself burst open the door; fifteen minutes
after I called out fire Mr.. Mehrtens came. |
think the door was bursted open prior to
Mr.. Mehrten's arrival
Frank Shrieder's statements i am the
steward and have charge of the Engine Com
pany No. l. | reside at Marcus CoIburn's
house on King street, in Honolulu. | went
to sleep at 9 O'Clock on the evening Of June
eth, 1888. At 2:3O A. NJ. of the 28th, my
wife called me and | Immediately dressed
myself and started for Engine Company
No. 1. When L passed Mr.. Wolfe's store it
was on fire, the door on the mau ka side
was not open. [ passed on to the engine
house. When | arrived there L found that
some parties had taken the engine out of
the house. / do not know the names of
the men who took the engine out-we at
the hose of the Engine Co. No. l to
the hydrant at the corner of Alakea and
King streets and took the hose into Mr.. Gu
lick's house, but there was no water in the
hydrant. The engine was out of the house
my arrival.
j. H.. Mehrten's statements / came on
duty at 1880 p. NJ. of June 9th and remain
ed on duty up until the fire was all out on
the morning of the 29th. At ten minutes
past 2 a. NJ. l was at the station house at
Honolulu. | heard a cry of fire and imme-
diately ran to the place where [ heard the
cry of fire, when [ met officer No. IL, and
found out that it was the store of Mr.. Wolfe
that was on fire. When 1 arrived the file
was confined in the building-no doors or
windows opened-went in the yard of Mr..
Way at the end of Mr., Wolfe's building
saw no fire at that end. went up to the
Hose Company No. [, where L met Mr.. H.
Mcintyre and helped him to pull out the
hose carriage AMI attached the hose to the
hydrant. I then went to Mr.. Gulick's
house and assisted in taking the furniture
out. When [ left Mr.. VOLTS store no doors
or windows of the building were opened.
While we were attaching the hose the heat
inside busted open the front door of the
store on King street. Myself aud ii native
boy closed the door AMI put up scantlings
against it, SO as not to allow any draft to
enter the building. [ left the station house
prior to the ringing of the bell. L did not
see Frank SHREDDER, steward Of Engine Co.
l, until some time after the fire had
burst out of Mr.. Wolfe's store. On my arrival
at the store L could not tell in which part of
the building the fire originated, it appeared
to me as if the whole inside of the building
was on fire. As soon as 1 saw Mr.. Frank
who | knew was employed by
Mr.. Wolfe. 1 asked him if they had left any
or lamps burning in the tore; he
said no, that MIR. Wolfe had locked the
door and had taken the key with him. /
then left Frank Shrieder and aided in ex-
tinguishing the Tire. About $50 A. NJ. of
the 2Sth, I saw Mr.. Wolfe and Mr.. SHREDDER
together. L then asked Mr..
Wolfe if they had left anything burning ih
the building, he said no. Mr.. Wolfe then
informed me that he did not know how the
fire originated, as he had not left any
matches laying around.
Hina's statement-I am the second cap
tain in Mr.. Mehrten's watch; between IL
and l A. NJ. June 8th, | met officer No. IL
at the corner of Richard and King streets.
I left him and wat to the corner of Fort
and King streets, from there to the corner
of Fort and Hotel streets, then
from there to the corner of Alakea
and Hotel streets, where l had been
ordered to look after the police officer who
took charge of the officers of the man-of-
var Essex, now taking observations;
from there on Alakea street till / got up to
the corner of Beretania and AIakea street,
from there | went on Beretania street till /
got to the corner of Nuuanu and Bereta MIA
streets, from there to the corner of Nuua-
nu and Kukui streets / then turned back
on Nuuanu street till 1 got to the corner Of
Nuuanu and Beretania streets from there
to the Station House, / arrived at the Sta
ton House Is minutes to 2 AN, June 18th,
where / found officer Mehrtens and Kama
mu, and we remained there till 10 minutes
past 2 AM, when we heard a cry of fire !