The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-08-28

write from the midst - the
strange scene. One may doubt whe-
rhs- there was ever bstoreS case quite
like this one The cabinet q Gov
eminent Ministers 81 MSd-it, who
for seversl DAYS seem 20 have done
Hrrle slSe than hold meetings on ms
unsttsr. s. las. decided Ihs- the sub
marrei wreek O.. the MSChiclSco
sbouId he blown 10 s. soon - pos
SibIs. "Wednesday morning, the ->-n
o. March, the proclamation was
issued thsr between 9 Snd IL o'clocS
on Friday morning. the Slth q
March, the explosion would take
plscs, and that by : o'clock all houses
within 80 yAris OF the wreck must os
vsesrsi-the streets that approx
mstelv marked this limit beng lndI-
eatei- - great, however, hiss been
tie Generalization from fear during
tha laSt TWO OF three dsys-wild
ruuCrs running through the town
tha- great quantities 90 nitrc-Sly-
cerIue hsG been found IN the wreck
ana that there waS ulcmsuJSTy danger
o. another ext. O>iul-the city was IL
Is-rz us-- deserted % L. = uVV lnh2c-
ftsurs long before the appointed time
During Monday. Tuesday and Wed
ussisv au slDo>t cray crowd wSS
pour-rE Out Of the city 70 the sub
ur5zn towns. zui every carriage, and
carl aut horse aui OK or mul5-eysr!y
svzliatle thing sud suin2l and man
that could be pressed into TIE service
Vas engaged in moving the panic
stricken crowds 20 The suburban
towns aud vil.zces and farm houses,
suf special trains were taxing tnOl>-
su,7s swsv 70 more distant points
Euufrz,is u houses fSr beyond the
proclaimed radius u danger are emp
lied. their owners lvSvIuE them 70
the care Of the military guard> that
OCCUPY the city - il l. were under
martial .2w.
By o'clock OF the morning Of the
evert+uI CAV those who had lot left
before began 70 sir IN preparation for
rhz evacuation 20 tie houses within
the prescribe zone Uy : O'Clock.
From 8 O. : o'clock II VS. sIsnt 10
-. The streets % rlat par. Of the
city wsra alive - never before me
current STRAINED along al TIE Ersa.
roaGs lead 51E 20 the suburbs Il COZ
sisted chiefly q the middle anu lower
classes thst could not a-ori % pay
for lodgings OUT Of town AID who
would lssye their homes only when
pereuUt1riiv ordered - @ CO ET tLe
Goveruu=lr- The ri-e-S bore the
little ones ia arms 4-1 --5 youths all
mais-u> carried such simple fro-
visions a. poor people could @Eo G.
- lesviuE to- those who were poorer
than themselves the free ratl1us
p-oui-5G q Jz distributed by The
C4ove-uue--. The Pr1-es ISN'T F-S-C--
the >crC1. E5zel=- and the colu0r--lr
s-i their families went together 10
the house 1f one % tie congress ton
il The suburbs who takes loarl-r> III
su-tr-r. aui who could give them al
rooms TIE most u- the re>- 90 rae
evangelical community found -1I--
inEs with fri=u-s
Fv-r tile sex I'D the LC>Ei.a.
Sud the prisoners lu .al-. anl tie
old and the young no The asE-
luus and nuns IN c1LV=ut>-
Tor. siuzular'y. all % these we-=
within rne danger luILs-Eer7
removed % places % safety during
these ezr.y morning lo-rs- Tue nuns
v-e-= taken % eouveLtusl buildings
two miles ag-sy from the city sud tie
oecuusuts. both old sud young. vt TIE
different a-yIuus % buildings near
the same place Tie seventy patients
in Tie hoS1i-ai were moved 10 she'd
like building In tie grounds o. the
annual provincial fair, sid the nifty
six uriso1e-s % the uGil-rllg-uo>I
spc--uriare and suitable o. al places
for them. Though easy 20 guard TIE
ms
sheltered galleries. = uO- only sale,
but g saiubrlOus. refuge for TINS p4rI
Of cur fellow citizens, who, Uu0ouot-
edlv. Will ever remember tLl> even.
as q most delightful picnic
A. : O'Clock il the morning. c41-
tsuIsr v~ss 8 deserted city, the natural
fear q the inhabitants na1 more 81
fec-ualiy zuc more rapidly emptled II
thzn all the commands q the mos
rsnorSsIeSs lf governments without
the help Of the panic could possibly
have done
A. tie dread hour approached. and
throughout these ITO historical days
SsntsD.7sr sut its surrounding heights
suddenly populated by the homeless
thousands 9resen-ed sight fitted %
move the dDileSI he1rt-
The dsv wss SPLENDID he hot Tay>
Of the sun we're s0ftsued by thin
veil Il clouds, and the wate-s Ct The
bav lzy quiet sud smooth over the
tre1cberous wreck
The muIurudes Of men, women and
children who swSrmed on every hill
side. snd who covered every height
commanding s view OF the dock,
might EASILY hsys passed a. out on 3
grand rOmeris the Out-of-dOOr eele-
brstion Of s church feast day. Inc
onIv wonder would have been 50 70
who could Be the saint celebrated by
s TESTS such s. was never before seen
nor heard o.. II Ess Indeed charm
ing sight. and these thousands might
have been taken as mere rOmerOs
were IL not for the many babes II
their midst, snd very young children,
and for their subdued voices IS they
gather in groups. and for their anxious
looks s. they iutently gaze toward tie
one SPOT that draws sil eyes
The great hotels Of E Sardi1erO-
the bathing bezeh about s quarter OF 6
mile sway from the city, closed except
in sumuer-sre filed Low By those
who csn pzy for the seeOmmodS-
ton. The Government has erected
main board sheds that viii shelter,
ire q charge. thousands OF the poorer