The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-18
SUNDAY MORNING BLAZE.
tul CiIN's nIstNiSS CuNrLu san.
HowtN ESCAPES.


At $500 Sunday morning one OF the
principal business blocks in the main
business part OF town came near receive
ing it, death warrant. At the moment
mentioned fire broke out in the rear OF
Kubcy's cigar store ON King street, and
quickly spread to the adjoining build
/ ings. The structures ia that vicinity
are mere fire ricks, constructed OF wood
which, at the time Of the conllagration,
was like finder from the late dry
weather. The origin Of the fire is not
positively known, though several credit
able reports are being passed around.
One OF these is to the effect that party
OF young men were playing cards in the
rear room OF the cigar establishment and
the fire started from cigar stumps cast
amid the trash.
Before the fire bell rang the alarm
was turned in from POO hack stand on
King street. Engine No. | responded
/ promptly and was the first on the scene.
| No. came out with its chemical
engine aud apparatus, rushed head long
all the way around the block and
brought up on the Bethel street side.
/ Chemicals were applied to the burning
! building but did absolutely no good,
and No rs big engine was called in.
] No. had water in five minutes, but by
that time Kubeys shop and a cobblery
next door were Quilted, and Wrights
blacksmith establishment was enveloped
in flames. johnson and Nalpoon, two
No. 1 firemen bravely assembled the shed
over Kubey's door and in clouds of
smoke and with fire bursting out all
around, turned the first water upon the
/ flames. No. then turned a stream
upon the burning buildings and in few
minutes the fire seemed under control.
But at that critical moment water
gave out. Everything was now re-
moved from the shops along the front
the carriage shop, Sanders EXPIRES,
office and Cunha's barber shop in the
rear. When water was again had, all Of
the structures on King street from Red.
wards shop up to the saloon alley
seven apartments in all, were doomed
The Chinese company had then ar
rived and turned in healthy stream o
water from the makai side OF Lincoln''
office. The volunteers had also fallen
in and were rendering the best OF ser
vice. Nos. | and then turned theil
attention to Wrght's shop and t.
Cunha's buildings on the side and t
the rear, in order to keep the fire iron
spreading. One OF the latter caught fir'
several times, but was eXtinguished b!
the timely application OF water iron
buckets sent up by Mr.. Cunha for thu
purpose.
sIhe wind started up and some of the ole
firemen settled back on their bearing
for an all day fight. But such was no
to be, for under three streams of waite
the attention of the invincible volun
teers and the watchful eyes of Cunha'
bucket brigade, the hungry flames wer,
made to succumb and thousands o
dollars worth of property was saved. A
the most critical period of the burning
detail from the Takachiho, sent owe
by Captain Nomura, all armed viii
long pick-hatchets, appeared AM
entered into the work of checking tn
fire, rendering very effective service.
The principal losers by the fire are a
follows:
f. $. Cunha $1,000, insurance $1,000
William Wright $4,000, insurance $1,000
Goldring * Co. $3.50, 10 insurance; 5
Kubey, about $500 insurance $500; Nol
Holt estate $1,000, no insurance; l.
, Chin $500, no insurance.
The losses sustained by McCoinsto
the eXpressman, Fritz the cobbler
Molteno the barber and Lincoln's ofiic
We're nominal, not footing up 500 a
told.