Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-25

however. when the first cutlery wa
made in the warehouse directly acrOs
q narrow courtyard Almost instanti
nCOusly volume ri punGent smUh
poured into the store and all hanL
spranE ~ the salyage Of goods. WhC
the proprietor returned ON the run
few moments later he found his stOcI
iutrad" and everything portable fruI
his store hcaped mp in Notes rostal
ant.
j.. G. Ablcs. real estate agent. an
T. J." Winter, insurance agent. who's
Offices are in the rear of the stOI
next door, were taken by surprise. NJ
Ablcs. on rushing 10 secure books an
papers. was driven back by the visci
smoke of burning oils. paints and co
Ton waste. Not until the whole pla,
had been delugcd with water could h
reach any of his effects.
In the front al the same store. q
either side. the tenants were the Int
Island Telegraph Company and J. "
~ RodhOuso. matchmaker. f. J. eros
and the operating stan managed to r,
move the greater part Ol the wireless
telegraph equipment to the Sprcckel
building opposite.
by telephone and othcI means mOs
0i tn" tenants Oi the block were uuicl
ll on the scene and the interior b,
came for all the world like II startlc
beehive. Scores Ui willing helnrr
Joined those whose BELONGINGS wcr
threatened ana corridors and stat
eases swarmod with burden nearer,
Furniture. cases Of documents. typ,
writer's. letter presses. maps and nj,
lures were carried ont and stored whel
ever n place could b" IOunu. cuisines
and professional men in adjacCu
blocks were prompt in rendering roor
t"r this purpose.
Even the tenants on the M"rchuu
street ground door either remove
their effects or had them made read
for quick removal.
David Lawrence 4 Co. did not bcgi
I" clear ont their stock until 800. q
nearly an hour after the alarm. The
Iucy secured the assistance of one O
two sCOr" young mon and boys, WIN
runtcrmarched in continuous proccs
sion across Fort street until the larg
stock had been deposited In the Jud,
building. Later the stock was tr,ICku,
by the Union Express Company to III
thiltOn building. Quite a deal q
small packages of tobacco. besides
quantity Of loose clgars, WAS lost IL
~" muck of the street at the first re
moval
Occupants Of Block.
To civ" an idea Of what a popula
hN" Of business the Campbell an,
Beaver blocks are. the following lis
Of tenants Is printed:
Queen strcot-M. \. Gonsaves i
Co.
Queen and Foit streets. two nuorS-
NJ. Phillips Il Co.
FOu street. two ioOrs-IIawuiia,
Hardwar" Co.. II. J. Noir". J. $. Mar
lin: ground floor: Tntcr.lsland TcIc
graph Company. j. W. \. Rcdhuusr
l.. G. Abl"s. r. l.. Winter, David Law
rene" 4 Go. ITh"n comes q now va
cant stor" formerly occupied by tn,
First National Bank
Fort and Merchant streets. groun(
tluor--H. Watcrhouse 4 Co.
Merchant 80
Brown; Grlmwood Richardson A. IIol
oway; Harry Armltage. j. O. Carter
\. Fernandez, II. {. Garter. P. Il. Bur
n"tt", German Alliance Insurance
Company. VIM. Savldgc.
Second floOr-Hiud, Rulph AZ Co.
+. w. Hankoy, Hawaii Land Co., Bitu
ninous Rock Paving Co, Il. Il. Reid.
ford, Webster a Bartlett, Fred. Har
lison. w. G. Achi, W. c. Achi g. Co.,
Achi a Johnson, j. NJ. Munsarrat. NJ,
y. Monsarrat, Hawaii a. South Seas
Nurios Co. John Effinger tTho
SnideI, Fulton n Scott. y. w. Girls.
void, 4. NJ. Moore, Garrett Il. Gray,
?. T. Il. Slrauch. Q. II. B,rrcy, A. Il.
5indt, Honolulu n Hawaiian Paper Co..
\yr"s ~ SahIu THE Mirror). Kohayu.
,hI.
For Understanding the battle wagrd
~ III" hrcmen something about the
construction of the building should he
inown. It is somewhat OF maze ON
he ground plan. Taking the Camp.
'"ll and Beaver together. the bloc is
hollow square whose front extends
m Fort street from Merchant to
queen street, with wings fronting on
Merchant and Queen and middle ok.
"nsions reaching back halfway to
>aahumanu street. Between Mcr.
hant street and the middle structure
marrow aIleyway ending at Bishop
cos bank building. corner Of Mcr.
hant and Eaahumanu streets. On
h" opposite side the middle structure
butts on courtyard about thirty feet
quarc behind Martins and the trle.
Iaph office stores. All tho exterior
'alIs are o, brick with iron shutters
II some Of them and fire wall gables
aside EXtciOriy II is a hrcproOf
uilding like the entire square of
bounded by Fort, Queen,
aahumanu and Merchant streets, of
hich It is the greater part, the others
.inV th. extensive prOun of Thnn n