The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-30

Young, manager, who were on the
ground rendering all the assistance
in their power. The engine, while
here, had 200 lbs. water pressure to
the square inch on the pump, and
the streams were delivered through
7-8ths and inch nozzles. At
O'Clock A. Nj, the engine returned TO
its first position TO play upon the
burning debris, where she worked
with 80 lbs. pressure until towards
8 O'Clock in the morning. The fore
man of the company is Mr.. Robert
More, who worked like a giant dur
ing the whole progress of the con-
flagration.
Engine No. 2, Mr.. +. b. Hop
.kins, engineer, and Mr.. George
Townsend, stoker, was placed at a
clstern in the rear of the Empire
Saloon. The cistern was full at
first, but gave signs of weakening,
when Mr.. Frank Hustace, the eff
cient foreman of the company, ran
line of hose from the hydrant
opposite Horns bakery to keep up
the supply in the cistern. Two
lines of hose were run out, one on
each side of Hotel street, and were
doing good service, but it became
apparent that another base of opera
tions must be found owing to the
water becoming low, the engine
beginning to suck air about z
O'Clock. She was then moved to
the corner, at Mr.. James Dodd's,
where the cistern supplied all the
water she could take. The water
pressure obtained was 1875 lbs. to
the square inch with two pumps.
From this point, two streams were
carried, one through 900 feet of
hose, to the Paiko Block and vi
entity, the other, through l 400 feet
of hose to the Empire Saloon, and
through Rose Lane to Castle &
Cookies, on King street. BY the
first mentioned stream the Waikiki
side of Nuuanu street, above Hotel,
was saved, and by the second, the
fire was stopped at Castle & Cookies
building. On the seward side of
Hotel street, the progress of the
flames was arrested by the tearing
down of the Chinese coffee saloon,
next the Empire, job in which the
British tars rendered effective aid;
and on the mountain side, the fire
was intercepted in its forward march,
after the Paiko Block went down.
Junior Mechanic Co. No. 2, bet
ter known as the Volunteer Boys,
Is in number, on hearing the first
alarm, took their hose cart to the
hydrant, corner Hotel and Nuuanu
streets, ran their hose up Hote!
street, through stable yard to the
origin of the fire on Smith street,
and if they had obtained pressure
enough of water, would have stayed
the fire, at least until the engine
hose was got under way. The low
pressure was due to the smallness
of the water pipes at the place. The
Boys, though driven back, con-
tinued to work like Trojans, joining
in with No. 2 engine, where they
gave a good account of themselves,
at other points. The Boys are to
be recommended for their pluck,
and Engine Co. No. 2 may well be
congratulated on so fine corps of
effective allies.
Engine No. A, William Kapela,
engineer. and William Kapela, Jr.,
stoker, was taken to the hydrant at
the head of Maunakea street, next
to the corner of Maunakea and Bere-
tania, where the water pipes were
found to be too small to supply the
engine properly, upon which she
was moved by the survey engineer
to the corner of Beretania and Nun
anu streets. Running one line of
hose down Nuuanu, and carrying it
in through an alleyway between
Ahi's carpenter shop and the Bee
hive, and over the roof of three
buildings, II inch stream was
turned on the buildings in the rear
of Loves bakery, and with such
splendid effect as to turn the direc-
ton of the fire, when it took
diagonal course towards Smith street,
across which it was followed up
with length after length of hose to.
Maunakea and down TO the river,
until 800 feet of hose were out.
Through some accident, several
lengths of new hose, used for the
first time, were lost in the fire. The
engine had $50 lbs. water pressure;
hut the pressure Auctuating, she
was moved down to the bay at
Brewers wharf, and assisted the
other engines in their operations be-
tween the foundry and King street.
She was last moved to the hydrant
next King street bridge. The fore
man of the company, Mr.. James
Boyd, commanded his men with
marked efficiency, and was assisted
by End Assistant Engineer of the
Fire Department, Mr.. Julius Asch.
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