The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-19

march VI Illc lldlhcs WIS llldhlnS |
steady progress, being then about
half way down towards King street.
On Maunakea street, the American
House, at 20, was mass of flame.
On the opposite side of the street, a
couple of warehouses were being
rapidly consumed, giving forth a
series of loud explosions as the oil
and other inhammable stock within
were reached by the devouring ele-
ment. 1t was becoming more and
more evident every minute that
unless further progress was soon
arrested in this direction, the Kau-
makapili church was doomed. Sug-
gestions were urged by the BULLETIN
reporters and other spectators to
prominent persons supposed to be in
authority to make gap ahead OF the
fire by demolishing few OF the small
buildings on the river side, after
which the fremen and other workers
would have their hands free to pre-
vent the flames getting hold of long
row of two-story buildings on the
Waikiki side and which extended
clear back to Beretania opposite the
church, but the invariable answer
was 81 have no authority" AT this
juncture, His Majesty the King ac-
companied by Captain Hayley walked
round the corner, and at once took
in the situation, and gave orders
forthwith to tear down the structures
referred to, and the Job was done.
About half an hour later, the tug OF
war here reached climax. A body of
men on the top and within the build
ing at the end of the row already
mentioned, were tearing the fabric
topieces, while the hosemen on the
opposite side surrounded by the
blistering heat were playing upon the
| flames with steady stream. The
fire tiend was happily baifled in the
struggle, and the conhagration at
this point was under control
All this time, the conhagration
was rapidly spreading in other
directions. Maunakea, Meek and
| Nulianu streets were all but cleaned
out, thus putting the pestilential
slums and back yards of Chinatown
through most etlectual publication.
The fire on Nuuanu street had
| reached the brick and cement build
ing formerly occupied by Hollister
& Co., which was now II great burning
cauldron within, the flames bursting
out round the iron shutters. Next
above this building was "A vacant lot
and, beyond the gap, Loves bakery
The buildings in rear of the bakery
were burned close up by the fire
spreading from Smiths lane. King
street. by 6 o'clock, presented al
awful scene. The flames, having
marched down, in three solid, double
columns by Maupakea, Meek and
Nuuanu streets, ragged on both the
seaward and mountain sides of King
all the way from Maunakea to Moss
mans corner. Great volumes o
smoke, in pink, purple, orange, blacl
and yellow rolled skyward, while
in every direction, columns o
flame and showers of sparks con
tributed to the advancing shades o
evening lurid and terrible glare
From the upper rear verandah OF th'
Sailors Home, fair view of tn,
whole scene was obtained. Th
flames from the burning Ancho
Saloon rose high in the air; body O
men were at work desperately tryini
to demolish the building on tn
corner of Nuuanu and King street,
occupied by Wolfe & Co., grocers
when, on the opposite corner, dens
grey cloud of smoke covered the roc
of the Chinese store. The Chimes
store was in II few minutes mass c
blazing timbers. Wolfe's store wa
at once ignited and aXemen an
others, engaged in tearing it dowl
were driven off, and the building 500
met the fate of the day. Adjoinin
this was fine brick building, tn
3 Merchants Exchange, part of whic
was occupied by the Merchants E.
l change Saloon. Windows, doors an
/, all other removable woodwork wei
torn out, and flung into the stree
+ By this means, the building wa
4 saved, and the adjoining store ,
r Castle e. Cooke received but lit,
Il damage. However, in case of eme
g gency, Messrs. Castle & Cooke ha
h removed all powder and infammab
:, stock from the premises. The Polio
e Station was now enveloped in flan
e from the ground to the cupola. I'll
l. officials had, early in the progress
e the fire, removed the prisoners fro
g the premises, as well as all records
value, leaving the stock of opiul
confiscated from time to time, to
smoked out by the fire fiend. At pr
d cisely 6 :57, the bell and cupola tur
4, bled into the blazing debris.
,f The interior of the Chinese Cit
4 House, the grand opening of viii,
d was reported in the BULLETIN on IL
e third of February was being licked |
Ie by the flames, its iron shutters, tn
le morning presenting sadly warp,
'e and battered appearance. From Il
he Anchor Saloon to the Bethel Vestr
e. the blaze rose upward in nigh
|y volume, and was bent over in
Is threatening manner towards the ro
e. of the Sailors Home, three stori
he high. At this stage, the old histol
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