The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-25

in his desk a large quantity of valuable
data, collected since 1886, and also a
number of notes for small loans. These
were in wooden drawers, and the open
ing of the office and its use by the fire
men resulted in the tearing off of the
distributed, many of them floating
down through the holes in the floor
cut to sending below stream of wa
ter Almost all were destroyed. Sew
eral of these notes were not yet entered
upon the books, which are kept in the
safe, and there is no record of the
transactions. The records comprise the
individual data affecting business peo-
pie and it will take time and money to
replace such information. Mr.. Berrey
puts his loss at $4,000 and says he had
some facts which cannot be replaced;
that his entire insurance viii not come
to more than thirty-three per cent of
/ the loss.
In the second story of the building,
Immediately over the warehouse, which
extends only to a point opposite the
rear of the room formerly occupied by
the First American Bank, there were
a number of offices and nearly all occu-
pied. The firm of Achi and Johnson,
with the realty end of the business had
several rooms and they managed to
move out all their furniture or get 1t in
shape so that it would be damaged only
in the event of the total loss of the
building. The firms law library was
removed to Palama and the only loss
was in the handling and some little
damage to furniture. John Efhnger,
who had on hand a stock of South Sea
curios, suffered heavy loss, tapas and
other things being badly water soaked
and otherwise injured.
F. w. Makinney's abstract office is
Immediately opposite that of Efinger,
and there was wreckage, for the pa
pers in cases and the records with
which the office was filled, lwere wet
and scorched in some instances, making
the loss heavy, though it's total cannot
be estimated until there has been ex-
animation The rear offices of G. b.
Scott, broker, P. L. r. Strauch, broker,
! and H. Kobayashi, were practically
wrecked. Water was poured into the
entire wing of the building for the
purpose of reaching the fire beneath
standing an inch on the floor. The ex-
tent of the destruction was apparent
1,a fniGfS nn6Rr
that entire portion of the building were
found to be charred and weakened. 1t
is probable that the building there VIII
have to be rebuilt
On the Fort street side of the build
ing the cigar and tobacco store of David
Lawrence, while having heavy wall
to the rear through which the flames
did not come at any time, was flooded
with water, and the loss sustained was
heavy. There was a stock Of close to
$4,000 in the place and when the fire
and water was approaching the under
writer's told the owner to save what he
could. The insurance was only $6,OOV
and by dint of making use of every one
who would assist and carrying the
stock to the room at the corner of Fort
and King, something like one-third oil
the goods were saved. The loss VIII
be in the neighborhood of $4,000
In the other portions of the building
the damage was from haste to get Out
for fear of the spread of the fire
MANY occupants of offices in the Mer-
chant street side took out their fur-
nf+ure and on the ground noor several
of the offices, such as Armitage were
conpletely cleared. There were eXcep-
tions Hankey, the lawyer, j. y. carter
: CZrimwood. Richardson & Holloway
sticking to their places and losing noth-
: ing whatever. Waterhouse & COMPANY
| had some of their things taken out dnu
there was some little loss. An owe
the block, including the Bishop build
inc there was readiness to get out ol
tbe rooms if there was any spread OF
the flames. but the firemen kept 1t &c
bounds. g.
There were many humors OF the hre
When Lawrence, after waiting as ions
as prudent. began to move, there "d'
rush and every Chinese and Portu'
e,nese newsboy had the best and long
est of cigars to smoke. one lad car
ried off a case of smoking tobacco ah'
another was seen nan way UP -
; street bound for the slopes with clgar'
, ,,-ortb 500 a box, until he was almos
bent double. Mr.. Lawrence prevented
many such distractions but be coui'
: not be everywhere. In the hurry man!
? hoxes were broken and the cigars an'
i tobacco was at once fioated around ant
/ the water destroyed them.
Durine the carrying out OF furnltur
Fred Harrison had much help. so mucl
that he could not keep strict watcl
upon all that was saved. The desk
his office was taken apart and CARRIE
= to a place of safety. Yesterday ne De
: gan to search for it and found onl
. one-half. the top Of the desk being still
q missing.
From waterhouse & Company's ofic
nuch of the furniture was taken an
5 p. W. Shingle was unable to locat
l the place to which his workbench wa
l taken. He still searches.
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