The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-28
4 BIG BLAZE.
One Building Destroyed and Others
Damaged.
Chinatown Saved from \ Second Deyas-
tAtiOn-A Chinaman Persisted
in the Flames.

great IRE O 1856. which Is c-ilt upon fol
? : block OF two on each side from King
street, and runs parallel with MaCnakea
/ street. next above i. Before there vas
tina 20 ge: Al alarm r11g, The flames
were bursting through the roof. Al
though the brigade vas quick IN res
. pending % The alarm, before any a?par-
AUS reached the sPo: the FIRE had com
( P.e.e possession OF the building.
The Volunteer BOYS Of Mechanic En-
gine Company No. were E-sr % lay on
. stream, having attached their hose %
The hvdrant :. The corner O Hotel and
Mauaakea streets. Engine No. > was
me firsc % get wa-sr on b. steam, play
ing Two str3sg streams under LOO pounds
pressure. An attempt was made - this
company 70 gat va-er IRON the c;steru
gate in King street a. tle crossing O:
NaUnzkea, but. after the ground had
. oaen Lac1r.olsly exCava.ei. the thing had
% &c abandoned On account q rhe rusty
gate screw wreuchi1g OF when the Key
was turned Resort vas then made
- the tylrzn: close b.. Honolulu
Engine Company No ! .. on 5
+ stream from g hyirant On NuuanI
street. Hawaii Engine Company
No. operated from the hydran.
gwen I'D = lis machine By No NO.1a-
. taers. China Engine Com Fary's steam p
pumped from the corner CT Ho-el and
r hesaul.k= streets.
Daring the les minutes ela1sing be:ore
. Che engines Eo- tz.--y % work tC5 aspect
q the ire threatened Al extensive con
fiayrzc.on. wooden buildings stood IN
+ every direction iron the burning fabric
Z row eEve.CPe1 Il flames and sending OUT
. fiery -OI ZE-S. win constant eruption
q SPARKS flying high. Be.-Ee some o.
ne hose lines 80 water, 1D1ee1. the
flames had attacked tie buildings al
. j2inl1g the corner one Of D5Gh streets.
. The hr5me1 Wo-Gsu- CD che upper ve-
al1a Of The next building On heAa-,Ike
street, failing 70 ge- water enough ever
% keep their clothes from catching ire,
bundle the nose tremendously over
-us ra.l 20 tie Ev0EGl. Inc essential
element shortly after coming n far
volume the hose vas lEEye1 up the
adder again and made u u good service.
IN the meantime Fire M2rsAal White
: had broken into the next building on
King street and, finding the right place
. 10 meet the advancing flames, Leo one Of
No. rs streams 70 . rear upper window,
made with !, having = telling effect a.
most Immediately. The other stream
on INA. side vas played from the ground
7 INFO the heart o. The ire. while the re-
manning lines were doing good service
E from the heka1..ke street side and the
rear Within mali Al hour the fire was
under control, but I Was nearly al hour
alter the alarm before the flames
were thoroughly s111u=d. That the
brigade did good WORK L shown IN the
Z condition o. the ruins. The charred
. frame u ths conner building i lait FOR
:as most part standing. While the
1Upe- story q the 41i5ini1g building on
hing stree. : a wreck, the ire only
. Searched the walls o. the lower story.
. The nex- building CT kekaUlise stree. :
saved With . burned gable end and some
damage on tIe second Tat. These re-
suits ara much less disastrous than Vas
f 80 be feared from the rad supply o. water
during the ErS- ha.i y the battle. Fer.
+ besides the long delay Il getting the
. h1Se filed OF the heaau..ke street side,
F me pressure OF kim street vas Tor many
E minutes faint and Irregular.
. The totally destroyed building o. the
F corner was owned by An sing, COX On
( The steamer KHAN, who also owned the
4 building next . = On hekau..ke street.
He had the buildings insured Tor $500
. ii the sun Fire Office. Tor = llcu Aessrs.
. Geo. ". Aaci4r,sle < Co. ara the agents.
. Ile conner division q the ouTne1 build
Z lrg vas occupied a. fruit store by An
. Won, hee. VINO l1s- the greater pan .
. rs stock. On the other side o. 3 Par-l-
. non and ma. we're four apa--m ents with
partitions parallel . King street. In the
. room iuycle@r back Al aged CliEaT2al
lay z.CE and there was nobody . rascue
MIN. His partially crena-e1 BODY x .
. found lying IN the nat -C2- constituted
. MS bed. There were 10 tenants = the
remaining three rC1ms. II. n one @
. them 2 brake was burned. The UPPER
z-0ry US CIT up into seven apartments.
FIVE q tleu occupied by Chinese and
Hawaiian tenants. Tuck Lung Chung
: owner u the building party destroyed
On kim street. AMI II lad = insured .Cr
sou n tie S1I OEcs.
Ile origin OF -Le ire : TOT positively
known. A. evidence : ma = started
near the middle q th= binding On tEa
front Deputy Marshal Hopkins vas
near -le place when cL- T---z- alarm Wa
rz-5@l. he Wen. - the building and
breaking \ : shutter ana Inserting MS
heal. i51-1 ae1C=--e OIL dropping IRON
al0ve. The Chinese say tls Ere was
ca-se1 % ;le bursting . : amp n a.
Cu.=-z.rs ro1- t=1zucei cT natives
From information received II me Der lily
Marshal. ~ 1z6 & naive lzUe1 Auka
z1E his wife arrested. F1-E had CocC
p.@l cce q -l= --o-Ls only -Wo = three
DAYS. and having - reputation Q. Dc
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-pCl which -1=y have been detained =
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: c1--u-E's --g1-S- wzS L--l 81 SLl
iav c- D=o1-v Marshal Hopkins and {
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arz Gorge Barker 81. Curtis, Joseph
Clark L s-T- Dc. ana jane Gregory
II -ne Eeztl y LC1iz-, tE= z-@- China
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witnesses Ee7= AaZal-l ANA, .1a MAJ
red lz--lee-, an I4l0= Lo-.aE, =o-
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.ieac t---.-- -zl Teen very old and YER
t=.t. IL 1-4-s very G--.e u. 1.1 n
smoke opium: .EsT lived a. tae Chimes.
r. Theatre I'D -IpF----=1 -.3=l- father = III
numb --a--e~S, L4.e on Saturday after
: noon --=. e4-E Czt attended o. HIM
liz rzL o-=- zl-lUE i'm . Cough :-r ~
. o. -l-=- l-E5- -l5 daughter l4I L1--:e
z - lis rescue w-@E she heal the alarm
: --- O. r=z-I--Z re building Tz= uEa
vented o. El= flames 1-Ju entering
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