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

1 tumhled down. The roof of the Pres.
byterian Church, a large and substan.
tial structure, was completely ruined,
falling in upon the pews, while the
rear wall was thrown a distance Of
about eight inches from its foundation
Fred. w. Wickenden. who conducts
a general merchandise $ tore. suffered
the greatest loss. which he estimates
at $1,000. The rear brick wall of his
store caved In, allowing a portion OF
the roof TO fall, and considerable
amount of crockery which was shelYed
= In that part Of the store was totally de.
stioyed. Shelving which was nailed to
the brick wall fell, and had the con.
tents of the store been thrown down a
steep precipice the destruction could
not have been more complete. Every.
thing in the store is in a heap.
Narrowly Escaped Death.
Wickenden's clerk and bookkeeper
had a narrow escape from death. He
was asleep at the time in the rear of
the store and the wall fell within a
few feet Of him. He succeeded IN
crawling out uninjurcd. Wickendens
home, a block distant, was also badly
damaged. The chimney fell through
he roof, breaking considerable furni.
tire, and there was nothing tint was
destructible that escaped
The LOOT, drug store. owned by Har.
ry II. Harris, and which adjoins the
| Wickenden store. is also total wreck.
| The only articles that escaped destruc.
ton were those that were in drawers.
The shelving caved In and there is a
grand mixture of drugs. toilet articles,
broken glass and show cases. His loss
is estimated at 81 500.
Justice of the Peace Kahn. who also
conducts a saloon. is another heavy
loser, all his bottled goods, glasses,
etc, being destroyed. c. II. Pierson,
another merchant. suffered about the
| same loss as did the Wickenden store.
Max King, also a merchant, lost about
$500.
Deputy District Attorney Leslie's OF.
fec was completely wrecked. His safe,
which was securely set in the wall.
was thrown from its position and fell
on Its side. Leslie's home was badly
damaged also. A house owned by DIR.
Graham OF Lompoc was demolished.
The chimney fell through the roof,
tearing away everything in its descent.
Walls caved in and a big water tank
completed the destruction. The fam.
lily was not at home.
II is impossible to give the names OF
all those who suffered damage, but
there Is not chimney standing in the
town, and not house, store nor any
building that did not suffer some dam
age. Every water tank is down in the
town.
Rambling and Crashing.
The first shock, which occurred at
l;2O O'Clock, was followed by about
dozen more at intervals up to this
morning. The general direction of the
shock, as was the case last Sunday
and Monday, was north and south. At
? o'clock dispatch was received in
Santa Barbara from Los Alamos that
the earth was quaking heavily, the air
vas filled with rumbling sounds, which
were at times broken by deafening
crashes. There Is a continual rum.
bling sound from the Garth, anu the
heat was reported to be intense three
hours after shutdown. Captain Harris,
one Of the best-known pioneer resi-.
dents of this county, was paralyzed
and rendered speechless by one of the
shocks.
The first shock this morning was
felt with most severity in the neigh.
obrhood of the Carreaga oil district,
about four miles from Los Alamos.
Subsequent shocks were felt closer to
Los Alamos and tonight the center OF
the disturbances is south of the latter
place, indicating that the earthquake