The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01
ONE SANITARY BONFIRE THE CLAUDNES ACCOUNT
BLOCK OF INFECTED sHACKs IN
ASHES.
Thirteen Small Business Establish
ments and a Big Warehouse Destroy
ed by Board of Health.

Honolulu was treated to great bon
fire yesterday afternoon. 1t was an un-
usual spectacle. 1t is unusual for a fire
department to be called out to bum
part of a block of houses. But such
was the case yesterday
Yesterday morning All Pow. aged a.
died in Bow Wal KEGS tailor shop oppo-
site Ahi's furniture store in Nuuanu
street This was next door to the prem
ises from which the victim of last Mon
day night came. After a short CONSUL
tation the Board of Health decided u
burn the building in which the death
occurred and the one next to il on the
Chaplain lane side.
There was Immediately detailed ex-
animation of the premises and the
rooms adjacent thereto. In the middle
of the floor i'm F. A. Severin's photo
graph gallery now owned by a Japan
ese) was huge rat, dead, evidently
victim of plague 1t was then decided
to continue the fire from All Les store
on the east down to the lane leading to
the Mechanics Home. Three houses,
occupied by thirteen Chinese and Jap
anese business establishments. were
condemned. The houses were owned by
Silviera, a San Francisco man. Mr.
Bolte, agent for the owner. consented
to the burning.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the shopkeep-
ers and residents of the block began TO
pack up. At u o'clock six big drays
arrived and began moving household
goods and shop wares to the depot at
Kakaako to be fumigated. BY 2 O'clock
all was out. The people were then re-
moved to the new quarantine at the
rife range. There were SO Chinese, 2S
Japanese and 6 Hawaiian women.
Five tins of kerosene oil, 20 gallons
We're poured over the floor and walls of
the two infected premises and the fire
was started there. Five streams of wa
ter were turned on the buildings in
front and two streams on the Me-
chanic's Home and buildings in rear.
In less time than it takes to tell
flames burst through the roof of the
center building, and it was plain that
the block would burn like finder. The
fire was an exceedingly hot one causing
people to clear out from the neighbor-
hood. From the first however, the de-
partment had the blaze thoroughly I'M
der control, doing most excellent work.
There was merely an alleyway on the
All Lo end where the flames were stop
ped short off. One of the buildings In
Fowler's yard, which was separated by
only a few inches from the SEVERN
gallery, took fire several times but was
promptly drenched with water and saw
ed from damage.
The houses were thoroughly burned.
Every particle of timber was complete
ly destroyed or charred.
The big two-story residence and
warehouses back of All Los place was
also destroyed. 1t was not intended that
it should be burned, If 1t could be help
ed. but ii was so close to the other
structures that it could not be saved.
I'TheMall, against the burning buildings,
was of stone. This became heated and
set the interior ablaZe. In few min
utes the structure was Quilted.
In the building was a large amount
of saki and some Oriental merchandise
owned by japanese merchants. 1t is
stated that the value is about $4,000,
but the Board of Health does not think
| ii is over half that much. The burden
Of proof is or the owners. It is certain
that the goods and building will have
to be paid for as neither was condemn
ed.
For an hour last night the fire &c
partment was engaged in pouring wa
ter over the smouldering heap and put
liting out the last particles of fire.
IT. is understood that a nice brick
| block will go up on the site of the old
shacls as soon as the quarantine is
| finally raised.