The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-08-23
photo by DaveyD

Later on. towards morning. We
, moved down to the artesian well or
Hustace Lane and drew on the water
! there. Everything went nicely, and
each fireman worked valiant'v and
well. Better work could not have zen
| done under the circumstances, and
wish to express my thorough satisfac-
/ tion with the services Of all the men
and of the entire fire department.
Mr.. Thurston, in discussing the diff
! ficulties met with. referred to the inter-
ference of the electric wires and the
danger of electrocution to the firemen
and to the crowds that always assem-
BILE at a fire.
The current should be turned off
by the company the moment the alarm
is tYrned in" said he THE danger of
live wires impedcs progress with the
work. and greatly increases the danger
to life. The electric company did bet =
ter last night than at the Hall fire.
however, and as soon as they realize
how important a thing it is that the
current should be promptly turned off.
! think they will attend to the mat
ter more seriously. At the Hall fire
the numerous live wires were u con-
Stant menace to life. and the narrow
ness of the streets gave us very littl,
room to work. Owing to the breadth
of the street in front of the Stock
Yards last night the danger of wires
was not so great. and the current was
turned off more quickly. The telephone
company did eNcellently, and deserve
credit for prompt action in the cutting
of their wres.'
Mr.. j. \. McCandless, of the electric
company, was also seen on the subject
of live wires at fires. There is but
little danger from electric wires" said
he. The current over these wires is
only ll0 volts, which would not hurt
anyone should they receive the full
shock. This is mistaken idea that
these live wires are a menace to life.
should man receive the entire 11u
volts shock il would not seriously In
jure him, although it might be suffi-
cient to knock him down"
Superintendent Brown, of the water
works said yesterday that there was no
shortage of the water supply because
| of the fire, as the scene being so close
to the Beretania street pumping sta
tion. all the water was taken direct
| from the mains, the stream from the
| reservoir being turned off so that the
supply there might not be drained.
All day yesterday there We're seven
drayS and thirty men engaged i'm haul
ing away the Carcasses from the scene.
| In all, forty bodies were taken to the
water front. where they were hauled
of the carcasses We're taken beyond the
reef
The Honolulu Stock Yards Company
was Incorporated for 100000 in 1899.
ana business was started shortly after
Incorporation. The company carried on
a very large business, having com
plete carriage repairing shop, paint
shop, horseshoeing department ana
harness shop. 1t is stated by those
! interested that the business was in Il
prosperous condition, and that divi-
dend was just about to be declared on
the capital stock, most of which had
been subscribed for. the dividend to
have been paid on September l.
! The complete list of insurance risks
is as follows: Royal Insurance Com
pany, $500 German American Insur-
ancr Company. $500; Union Assurance
Society, $1,000; Commercial Union As
surance Company. $500: Liverpool
London and Globe, $1,000; Imperial In
surance Company, $4,000: Greenwich
Insurance Company of New York, s2,-
600; Caledonian Insurance Company
50 1000; Northern Assurance Company
$4,000; German Alliance Assurance
Company, $1,000; Niagara Fire Insur-
ance Company. $1,000; Norwich Union
81 900; Scottish Union and National
Insurance Company, 800. Total. $685.
900