The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-06-22
THE rEsTrvE FIRE rIESD.
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At $40 O'Clock last evening. An alarm from the
bell tower warned the general public that The iire
hend had again paid 4 visit ct destruction 10 the
city, the locslisy marked BY lis presence being
easily discesnsele by thc bright clare which ilin
mined the night sly IN The direction of the coraer
Of kilauea and Alien streets. Of tho Esplane6e.
and ussF The water front.
The toeston Of the oomneacon,ent o. the ETe
Was found 10 have hccn n wooden briidinc
owned hy Mrs. I. L. RyNn on hiauea street in
which the business OF boat-briliinS was carried
on BY her sons Rcfore the alarm was given The
coafscratioz mist have had considerable head.
way as when those Who arrived, quickly thereafter
The interior Of thRt t1ildiRe was mass Of frc
whose destructive inhuence was quickly cornmn.
nicated 10 another wooden building Immediately
adjoining rasisi owned by McSSrs. Lame < Co,
and used by them as grain warehouse, Messrs
W. &. Irwin then using part Of the baildias for
storage purposes In the mar were stables and
shcis rse6 Sy W. 2. SharFatt.
The DEPARTMENT was quickly on hand, but bad
judgment vas used in placing the engines at long
distances troga the Scero of TIE coahaCEation,
$50 and $50 feet of hose being requisite to reNch
for elective r1rpoSeS, causing tho loSs Of much
valuable time in making the necessary connection.
MyriadS Of sparks fileG the air greAtly cnGauccr-
lns The -e1ldinc occupied by the Inter Island
Steam Navigation Co, NessrS- Wilder \ Co. and
the Pacific Msil wharf, and also the bsrkeatinoS
Aslciil and Disccusfg lying al the lsster wharf
requests were made 10 bring the Ssoam tnS Eiest
into active service and use the are qaenchinc Rr-
parGtns With which she has been, loudly, pro-
Claimed % be supplied, eu; that etorfS we-e IN
availinc thosc In authority refusing 20 act until
the arrival % the engineer Of the boat who lives
couple Of miles out cf town. although another
engineer was ready and willing 10 perform the
duties
In TIE rnean:iuse EaCine Co. Ne. >. rut u work
and ine stream vas thrown through the pips the
hremon directing their efforts. with SUCCESS. TO
present the flames crossing Allen Street, and also
preventing the destruction Of = ootfsce owned and
occupied by Mr.. W. Z. ShsrrEtt. the draynaan.
Co, Nc, l, followed quickly after with another
sfrcnc sircara. ~ ftyans boat shop and the elect
q the to vore quickly after noticeable in raare-
ing the volume Of heat and flame. No As f,ire-
men were Al GiSaivantace for while on account
q lack q hoso- bGt that beinc removed, they
rendered excellent Sia. The IRE althCcch thus
controlled vas not entirely sahdnel until not a
veSssce q The buildings was left to burn and the
coutonts " the varehoases remain this morning.
a mass % sfncuiderinc rrins.
The losscs by the FIRE are estimated as fclgovs ;
T. " Lai1c 4 Co. building and Stcek. SS.ooo
insured for S2olo. ". &. Irwin Il Co. stuck
S5,Ooo ins1rcd for Sj.,TAs Ms. Ryan'S haildinc
stock and tools. SS5Qo. insured fer SluCO. ". Z.
SharTaff loss Sl.UQO no insurance, making total
lOss Of SiS,e1; total insurance, SaSlo. The loss
fails very hesVlly on MrS~ Ryan asld her s1uS who
besides losing nearly Sl.o0o OF prepared work.
also lost plans and models which Il viii be almoSy
irpcSSihle 10 replace The fire first discovered
! by native named Philips wstchman on Wilder
& Co 5 wharf, who states that he Saw smoke shd
I flames coming from the makRi side OF the Ryan
b1ilSiuc; be gave the alarm 10 Nr wun. ErAsl
who quickly communicated Il % Ike Bell Tower.
! The origin ct the fire Is ye. unknown.
Chef Noit and Assistants ASch and NOnSlTEat
As well IS Superintendent Wilson aud Depaty
1 Marshal DAYTON vere quickly On the crouud
members Of Elgine Cos No and remained 81
work al the scene Of the eoahaSEaiioa until ar
I early hour this morning drsnching the s.sli un-
quenched flames with NJ further boPe of rezSr6
than the approval Of the pablic and uebsfe o;
taxes.
Variazs events were in progress. viz. a meeting
Of Americans Al the Hotel. c11cerg BY the band Al
EmuL Square. and a scc'al az the Lycsua. ~
which large numbccof residents were concreSat-
ed, hui the dread alarm caused dearth os inter
ess in those side events and the participataES
therein quickly joined tie rush towards tbs nors
exciting socue ot \ diszs;uczs oonfasratio1-