The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-06-18
BIG SUNDAY BLAZE
A Cluster OF Wooden Buildings De-
stroyed-- Origin a Mystery.

A destructive fire occurred at y
o'clock yesterday morning on King.
between Fort aud Bethel streets.
How the fire originated or where il
started is a matter OF conjecture.
The Portuguese barber in the rear
OF T.. =. Cunha's saloon says tha,
when he first saw the blaze, it seem
ed to him to he alongside the parti
tion in ;. Kubry's cigar store. }.
Spencer, operator in the Bell Tele.
phone office. was the first notified of
the lire and he promptly turned IN
the alarm. When he looked out OF
the central office window he saw the
fire was in the rear Of Kubey's
store, close to the partition between
that store aud ". W Wright's car
riag. factory. The fire gained
rapidly and befors the fire depart
meHt arrived the two bull iings were
a mass uf flames.
Minister King. who was among h.
first to- arrive GU the scene, took the
men in hand aud assisted IN having
some of the carriages and tools taken
out Of the burning buildings. When
, It was found that the buildings on
fire could not he saved, the tiremen
were set To work to prevent the
flames from spreading to adjoining
buildings. Although strenuous ef
forts were made he re- reached and
destruved a Portuguese shoemaker
stand. G.. ". Lincoln's carpenter
shop. also the stor-room of the Ho
uolulu Furniture CO.. Molteno's
barber shop, and part Of Young
! Maps cigar store. Moltpno managed
to save his goods from the flames
The Honolulu Furniture Co. was
nure unfortunate. The member.
are recent arrivals from the Coast
They brought a quantity of house
hold furniture with them for dis
posal here The furniture wa.
moved in ou Friday aud saturday
The entire stock was burnt.
A barge containing from twenty
Ia thirty men were landed from tn.
Japanese cruiser Takachiho to aid
III subduing th. flames. The men
worked hard and materially assisted
ia keeping tn. fire under control.
Tn. Union Saloon barber shoI
was scorched. but otherwise escaped
Mr. Wrigh,'s loss ia stock and
linish.d work will amount To abou,
SbGU. lie has an in.uranr. Of S2DI
uu the stock. slWn iu the Har,for,
Flr" Insurance Co., &. %. Berger
agent. aud 500 each IN the IUuuUi
N,Lsucashire aud Alliance Fir. In
Sufanro Companies. j, >. Walker
agent. There is an insurance -
SihU on the building with the Ham
burg. Magd.burg FIRE ln-uranc,
Co. +. \. Schsrfer y Co. agents
The binding Is tn" property of Il
: Cuuha.
rh" other buildings burnt belon,
to ia. Won Holt cstat" aud are unin
,ur,d.
Au interesting fcatur. 81 the ba,
tie with the flames was the way il
which sumr Of the old war hors.
uf th. driuuct volunteer Fire d..
partulrnt rushed in 10 assist he pal,
briga,i". They said they could no
help ii when they saw the fire get
ting the advantage. and they iii.
played un mean courage and skill b
their efforts
There was a good deal II rriticisr
heard about M. ! cngiur's passin
the hydrant at Halls corner. an
again going by the cist"rn at Bishop
Bank. Tim" WAS lost in the irs
place. and aft.rward eilicicury weak
enrd 10y ia" engiu"'s attachment /
an iuad"u'Iat. main on King stree
Fred. Harrison. who had bee
, doing paving work in the l"cslit.
los, som. IL his kit, He did we'll /
get three barrels Of lime out Of til
{ way, ~ il they had got wet ne'
, fire might have started from them.
Ropes were stretched at th" outs,
, Ia keep back th. crowd from impeC
ing IA" workers.
q There Was a great crowd gat here,
alrrg" portion OF which hung aroun
=, all III" forenoon.