Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-18

the street. to the rear Of Japanese
hotel was narrow two.story frame
building owned by Gus SChuman aud
occupied by Japanese and Chinese is
q lodging house. This. too, was total
~ destroyed.
The Japanese hotci just mention ID,
also owned by SChuman. and occupied
by Nishimura, and the small two
story frame building on the Waikiki
corner of Kekauikd and Hotel, mirac.
uously escaped with only a slight
sCorching.
This ended the conhagration so Car
as the makai side of Hotel street was
concerned. the fireman doing excellent
work in preventing the spreading of
the flames to King street in the face
OF the heavy wind.
On Mauka Side.
In the meantime, the flames were
doing rapid work with the. buildings
on the mauka side of the streets and
hundreds of Japanese. Chinese aud
Hawaiian men, women and children
made homeless in a few minutes time
were seen rushing in every direction,
lOngings.
In every vacant place out of he
range Of fire and water. these poor PEG
pie, the major part OF them cad N
their nightClothes, could be seen
squatting on their goods and chattris
.
Rapid Spread Of Flames.
The flames had by this time wiped
out entirely the building which vas
put mp some time ago directly in me
way of what might have been the cX-
tension Of Kckaulike street to Pauahi.
had consumed the whole OF the Hotel
extension of the Winston building
fronting on Hotel reducing to ashes
the place recently occupied by 7. Nh
ratas hat factory. the Japanese bisy.
Gle repair shop and several other sun.
dry Chinese and Japanese soda water
stands and the like.
Tenement Houses Co.
Not content with this destruction,
the flames spread mauka, burned down
the two threestOry frame tenement
houses in the midst of the block AMI
owned by T.. c. Winston, and then
spread to c. X. AIS twostory teue.
ment house bordering on the vacant
| lot that was recently leased by VII
| liam Mulch ard others to a Chinese
hiu for thcater purposes. This lot, II
might be mentioned, is very wide aud
runs clear through from Hotel TO Pa.
uahi streets. Undoubtedly, it was this
place that saved the buildings horde.
/ ing on Maunakea street, between ll0
tel and Pauahi.
Up River Street.
While the three tenement houses
were tOttering to their fall, the flames
spread TO the remainder OF the Wins
ton building ON River street, occupied
by Lee Wahs dry goods store, liop
Sings restaurant and other stores ana
soon had this on the way 10 total de.
struCtiOn.
The River street wing Of the Wins
ton building having been destroyed.
the flames spread to the next structure
which ran to the corner Oi PauGli
street, and was owned by En- Suk, the
janitOr of the Chinese church on Em
ma street. who lives in the lane just
mukai of the Alvarez premises. In a
very short time, this place was also q
mass OF ruins.
Starting from Pauahi street, the
stores along on River street to HolGI
were as follows: Japanese soda wa
ter shop, japanese watChmaker's shop
two japanese hotels, dry goods store
owned by a Chinaman, three more
japanese soda water shops, a Chinese
fruit store, japanese barber shop, Jap
anese soda water shop. Il branch 81
Sing Logs dry goods store, and on TIN
corner another Chinese dry goods
store.
Two Buildings Remain.
II was now about 40 o'clock, anc
the only buildings left in the bloch
that had not already been destroyed
or were rapidly approaching destruc
ton, were the long structure Of IN,
River Mill Company and the Chocl
Sing two.story store and tenemer,
building.
Wind Dies Down.
The wind had died down consider
ably and the firemen were getting
things well in hand. but the burnial
buildings in the middle Of the bloch
had made such a not lire that tL'
lumber piles, small shops and out
houses in the rear of the River Mil
Company building We're set afire and
despite the concerted efforts of the ma
jor part OF the frehen, 1t was seen
that the place could not be saved Il
a very short time this, too, had Deci
all but burned TO the ground.
Crock Sing a Lucky Man.
The firemen now turned their attcn
ton to saving the Chock Sing build
ing, the only one remaining IN Ia,
block. Streams OF water were cOnccn
trated on the dividing line between
the two buildings, and by dint OF mar
work. the place was finally saved wit
hardly even a sCoTChed section.
Chock Sing, it might be mentioned
us the Hotel street restaurant keepC
who has worked hard Tor many years
saved up his money, bought a piece o
land and put up the building, thus
; spending all OF his small fortune. HaC