The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-21
TO COMPROMISE CLAIMS HORSES HRSHN FLAMES ORDERED TO SHOW CAUS
OVER A HUNDRED ARE BURNED
TO DEATH.
Honolulu StocKyards Company's Prop
erty Completely Destroyed by a Fire
Fierce and Rapid Beyond Conception

Fierce and Rapid Beyond Conception.
The building of the Honolulu Stock
Yards Company went up in fierce
and rapid fire about half past one
O'Clock this morning. A large number
of horses estimated at considerably
more than a hundred were burned up.
Their frenzied neighing and shrilling,
the fierce stampeuing back to danger of
those once rescued and the agony of
those who burned in their stables, all
gave to this fire a dramatic fascination
that made its spell felt by the hundreds
attracted toit
The destruction of the buildings used
by the company in it's business was
complete. The livery and boarding
stable, the carriage repair and paint
shop, the harness manufacturing es-
tablishment. and the horse shoeing shop
run in connection are all destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $3.50 to
the Honolulu Stock Yards Company,
and $4,000 to owners of horses, car
riages and other property kept there.
This is believed by many a very low
estimate and $65.000 and even SIS, 900 has
been spoken of as probable figure.
The Stockyards company carried $685.
| 900 of insurance. Wha& individual own
ers carried is not known, but it is
thought rOt great deal.
The Stockyards Company is capita
lized at 100000.
All day the scene of the fire has at
| tracted hundreds of people. The rows
of charred bodies of horses as they lie
where they dieo in their stalls, is
most grewsome sight.
SITUATION OF THE FIRE.
The property of the Honolulu Stock
Yards Company is situated at the juno
ton of King and South streets, the new
| buildings running along King to a
| point opposite to where Alapai street
| runs up to Punchbowl The original and
main buildings are therefore on the
makai Waikiki corner of South and
| King, the two frontages forming an
obtuse angle. On the opposite corner
| stands the Triangle grocery store and
| contiguous to the grocery runs a large
wooden structure recently erected and
| having frontage on both King and
! South streets. On King the premises
| are occupied by the Langton Hotel,
| carriage repository, some vacant stores
| and upstairs dwelling rooms. On South
| Street is the main entrance of Wrights
! Carriage works and smithy having an
| other entrance on the King Street side.
On the mauka side of King street and
| Immediately facing part of the new
buildings of the stable lie some newly
! built private residences, a cluster of
Japanese stores including barber shop
a miscellaneous store and a calabasn
polishers' shop. A few small houses run
to the mauka Eva corner of Alapai and
! King while the residence of c. H. and j.
| b. Atherton lie next to the Waikiki
| junction. Directly Waikiki of the King
, street frontage of the stables and ad-
| joining the new building there is a col
! lection of wooden shanties and stores,
tenanted by Japanese store keepers, a
| horse shoer and next to the stockvard
! property, a Chinese laundry None of
| these latter were even scorched by the
fire the wind carrying the flames and
heat towards the town.
HORSES ESCAPE.
/ Directly back of the main or South
street frontage of the stables ran the
main buildings which are backed by
corrals giving in their turn onto an
open marshy space through which many
of the horses escaped. The makai
boundary of the property is formed by
/ Hustace Avenue, leading to the old
l Cyclomere Park. Hustace's Lumber
Yard and an open corral are immediate
| ly opposite the stables on this side.
The Honolulu stock Yards Company
was Incorporated in August 1899
through the efforts of w. S. Withers its
present manager, for the sum of $780,
900 most of which is paid up. The con-
cern dealt largely in the sale of live
stock besides having large livery and
boarding business and it's affairs were
To- Al VI
| the manager is at present on the main
land on vacation the business at the
time of the fire being under the control
| of G. A. Rice son of w. H. Rice the
president and heaviest individual owner
of stock in the company. The stock is
held in many small investments
throughout the islands. w. H. Rice is
at present on Kauai but will be mott
fled by first opportunity and is expect
ed in a few days. Meantime the force
in charge will make an approximate
estimate of the company's status quo.
The property was insured for $4,000 a
small portion of this amount covering
various payments made to the builder
of the new additions. The new prop
erty, while the Waikiki end is practi-
cally untouched, was completely des-
troyed in more than half of it's extent.
Smith the contractor is said not to have
carried any insurance but ii is a moot
| point as 10 VINO VIII bear the loss as
the buildings had not been accepted
by the Stockyards company although
it had paid certain sums over to the
builder according to agreement. The
new building was valued at $4,000.
Wilcox Bros. and John Watt of Ho-
nokaa are among the heavier holders
of the stock of the company.
ESTIMATE OF LOSS.
The loss is not regarded as seriously
by the management as might be ina
gined. While there will be a consider
able deficit it is believed that the as
sets of the corporation including the
valuable real estate, the insurance
policies, which are scattered in small
amounts in various companies the cash
in bank and outstanding accounts. will
when realized upon recoup the stock
holders in a fair amount OF the capita
stock Nothing about rebuilding will