The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-01
Work of pestru .tien Begins.

very valuable.
Work of Destru -tion Begins.
At2 O'Clock the first work of destruc-
| ton began by the removal of a house
connecting bridge between the Silyi-
rera and Ahlo premises. The tiremen
cut this connecting link away and then
| several cans of kerosene oil were |
poured into the upstairs rooms of Nos. |
325. 326 and 327. and all was ready for |
the match.
President Cooper sent word 10 Chief |
Hunt at 500 p. m. that everything was
I'D TO the Fire Department. BY a Gu
rious coincidence Chief Hunt at 3:2'
n. m. shouted to the foreman. who was
upstairs in the premises numbered
227. to start the fire. The match was
applied. and within a few seconds the
room was entirely ablaze. Within TWO
minutes the flames were leaplnS
through the Underwood roof. from
which the corrugated iron roOhnS had
already been removed. The hre spreau
nuickIy toward both ends of the
doomed structure. and began eating It's
way toward the rear. The scene on
Nuuanu street was fine. Two streams
of water were played on the buildings
across the street and onto the struct-
urps adjoining the infected premises.
+ The flames quickly destroyed the stores
in the central part. and then began
working fast toward the rear. Behlnd
No. 325 was a large twO-story concrete
z structure owned by l.. Ahlo, on the
f ground floor of which was stored a
= very valuable lot of sake just received
bv him. and recently fumiga-ed. The
: upper story was used as "A dwelling
Il place by Japanese NOshiwara women.
, 4 stream of water was kept on this
- building from the beginning. but It's
Closeness to the burning structure IN
5. front soon brought il under the con-
e troll of the fire and flames and smoke
- burst from the windows and beneath
the caves. This was a building which
the Board desired TO save, if possible,
r as IL and its contents was worth more
ID than all the structures facing on Nun
anu street \ second stream OF water
was brought 10 play on the burning
J! structure but within an hour the ROOT
le fell in. carrying i'm part of the wall
&C Chunks of the wall composition fell
upon the balcony. and. bounding, sew
a. eraI of the firemen had narrow escapes
III from being hit. One Of the foremeI
I'd was struck upon the forehead and Sc
Oh vereIv injured. In carrying hose
through the narrow passageways, two
IL fremen lodged a heavy piece OF cor
n. nice lust in time Had either mai
z been hit he would have been badly IN
r. iured If not killed.
mr. Some of the shacks extended almos
back to Mr.. Damon's Chinese school
III and i'm allowing these to burn withou
ne the -e spreading TO adjoining proper
If tv II firemen had their hands tull
tie Spar..s flying from the blazing mas
!. we're carried by the south wind, whlc
was blowing a good breeze 10 IN
rs, Nossman house on BeTetania street
in setting fire to the roof: also houses l
-. the rear of the Orpheum theater caugh
fire in the same manner. but in eac
TO case bucket brigades quenched thes
ne embryo fires.
be At one time il was thought the Ali
nd nremises were likely 10 be included /
:, the confagration. but this was pre-
vented by concentrating three stream
IN on the exposed buildings. In man
Dr. respects the work of the Fire Depart
he ment was a splendid achievement /
"a confirming the fire to the limits
mapped out by the Board OF Healtl
M They had the fire under control nearl
on the entire time the buildings wer
Tor abIaze. Chief Hunt working in among'
: his men and exposing himself in man
dangerous alleyways. In taking
lat horse from a stable in Ahlo's premise
es- a corporal of the regiment was klcke
nd by the animal in the mouth, knockin
81 his cigar away and cutting sever
cash in his under-lip. The corpor
vas coolly picked up his cigar from u
ned ground and resumed his beat.
ct The determination of the Board
a.. take such rigid measures arose fro
ny the discussion Of the subject at
no meeting of the Board of Health Satu
day night. when il was decided tn
-. certain parts of Chinatown must
destruction by fire being the on
means by which the district could
ap- purified and cleansed OF its saturat
orr filthiness. The Board is evidently pr
49,. pared to keep up vigorous measures
stamping out the plague, and as 500
ose as barracks can be erected for the
old the denizens of other sections o. Z
ced uuarantined district will be moved
- the new quarantine and their form
dwelling-houses and places OF busine
anu will be burned to the ground.
iieu Three Deaths Yesterday.
The first death by bubonic plag
aSS' reported at the Board of Healtn "
hat terday morning. was that of All Pc
, on ON Nuuanu street All Pow lived
1res an upstairs room. which was almt
noe next to that OF the Chinese who d
was a few days ago. In a room, saI
cad wiched in between the two inter'
it'll rooms. three Cinnamon have be
most sleeping. a reporter ascertaining Il
: they had slept there Friday mig
However. all are now in quarantine
ely KakaakO.
she'd The second death was that OF quo
You Quan. a young Chinaman,
died on King street near River in
;heu building. where he was employed
s to Sam Kee. The body was brought
lany the morgue in the afternoon and
heir autopsy held by DIR. HOFFMAN,,
G. pronounced the death caused by
III bonic plague. The body was sent
MILL the crematory.
Off The third case was that OF kon