The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-15
FLAMES At WORK AGAIN
MORE PLAGUE BAC1LL1 GO UP IN
SMOKE.
A Dozen Buildings Near the Occidental
Hotel Given to the Fire-Beneht to
Nearby Property.

Another large fire was begun this
morning by the fire department, de-
stroyed the Union block, bounded by
Alakea, Richard, Merchant and King
streets. Everything in the block except
the Occidental hotel is to go, making a
dozen buildings consumed. The prop
erty condemned is valued at about $1O =
OOO
The work of destruction was begun
at IL o'clock this morning. Three
buildings occupying the space on Ala
lSea street from the hotel to Merchant
street were burned by noon, when the
fire was put out fer an hour. 1t was
started again at o'clock on the King
street side of the hotel The small
brick building occupied by the Hawai-
ian Marble Works and the paint shop
| of Spanton & Rand was sent up in
omoke in short order, the firemen keep
ing three streams constantly on the
! hotel building to prevent the flames
| from catching it. Windows in the uu-
per story of the hotel were broken by
the streams and the top story was
| flooded.
This afternoon the flames are eating
away the rest of the block The hotel
has a space burned away all round it
and as all the other buildings to be
burned are isolated from any others,
The lire may go ahead rapidly with
out danger. The old free dispensary
the buildings of fire engine number one
and half a. dozen cottages and Chi
nese stores are going. The fire build
ing was the best in the lot It is two
stories, with a stable in the rear. This
is one of the largest buildings yet de-
stroyed by the fire department. The
old bell was still hanging in the tower
when the firemen went to work
In the cottages and stores, nearly all
the goods were left to the flames The
monuments of the Marble Works were
Jdisinfected and moved away yesterday,
In the Chinese restaurant on Merchant
street, chairs. tables, pottery and some
provisions were scattered about when
the flames began to eat the structure
| away and the little Chinese soda wa
ter, tobacco and gambling Joints had
piles of cigars that went heavenwards
with the buildings and all the bacilli
therein. From the private homes fur
niture was nearly all taken, being well
fumigated in the marble works build
ing before removal.
| Several white families were moved
cut OF the block yesterday and furnish
I'd with quarters in Alex Robinson e
cottage in Printers lane. Mr. and Mrs
summerfield and Nj. and Mrs. Roit oc-
| cupied houses in the burned. district
The latter having four children. and an
other white family was also moved out
The rest of the inhabitants of the block
we're natives. Chinese and Japanese.
The block, excepting the hotel and
hre department buildings, was a row
of ugly shanties, opposite to bit of
the best street in town. Property
owners on the other side viii be vastly
benefited by the destruction Of the
dirty shacks, in which q lot of Chinese
iatlors, laundrymen, tobacco dealers
etc, were doing business. The value
of the fire to the Occidental hotel will
also be very great, in the Improvement
of the neigbOrhood. When the flames
die out finally the block viii be a clear
empty space throughout, but for tho
hotel building on the corner of King
and Alakea.
The Union block was in charge OF
Harry Juen and A. F. Judd, Jr.. as
representatives of the Board of Health
They had charge of the people living in
the buildings and appraised the prom
erty which it was though necessary 70
destroy.