Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20

rest of the State, beyond the TACT that
San Francisco had been severely sha.
ken and that he loss OF life and prop.
erty was probably very great.
Then cable communication ceased
and awful anxiety set In. for hundreds
OF people in Hawaii have friends and
relatives In San Francisco.
NEWS PouRs IN.
II was announced that when cable
communication with San Francisco
had been re-established five fire wills.
ties would blow. Everybody was on
the alert TO catch the signal when II
should come. Such was the strain OF
anxiety that on several occasions when
the fire whistle blew for fire. people
Immediately jumped at the conclusion
that II was the agreed cable signal.
many rushing to the cable Office aud
the newspaper Offices for information
that might give some clue to the fate
of loved ones. without waiting to count
| the number of blasts of the whistle.
But at 1915 this morning the five
whistles. announcing that the cable
was re-opened, were sounded. There
was no mistake this time. Then the
news beian to pour in.
EAGER FOR INFORMATION.
Scores Of newsboys rushed eXcltedly
to the Bulletin Office. shouting extra
even before the paper had received any
word over the re-opened wire.
Excitement was not confined to the
boys. however. for hundreds dropped
whatever business occupied them at
the moment and. II they had no deiln-
tie idea as to just what to do next. made
| for the streets to mingle together AMI
discuss the probnbl. news while wait
ing for the first messages over the line.
| This morning Honolulu knew that
there was still an attempt being maze
to open the San Francisco cable Sup
erintendent Gaines of the local cable
Office having received word from New
York that the cable peoples San Fran
cisco superintendent was ut the san
Francisco cable hut cndeavoring to get
u battery sent to him.
MOB AT CABLE OFFICE.
! when the fire whistles blew. n mob
made for the Commercial Pacific Cable
Company's office In the Young building,
where messages were posted rs fast rs
they arrived. the local cable people
thus showing how much they appre-
ciatcd the anxiety Of the public for
news OF San Francisco and California.
In this connection the local cable
people deserve the greatest credit,
lpraise and the gratitude of the public
for the manner In which they. from
the beginning, did all In their power
to get communication and. when II was
established. spared no pains To deliver
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BULLETIN FIRST WITH NEWS.
As usual. the Bulletin. with Its
splendid modern equipment, gave the
first news to the public.
| Al o o'clock. before the San Fran
cisco line was re-Opencd. an extra cdi-
tlon was rushed out with the news of
a cablegram having been received from
the Bremen. Germany, Offices OF H.
Hackfeld a. Co. by j. y. Ilackfeld, here,
giving the first definite detailed infOr'
nation of the California horror.
CABLES FROM FRISCO OPERATOR
A. II o'clock. the second Bulletin
extra was out with all Of the message
of the San Francisco cable operator
received up to that hour. The man nj
he San Francisco end of the cable II
Superintendent McKenna. lie stuck
to the determination Of getting In
touch with HonelulA and the rest Of
The world since the first of the terror
As soon as he connected. evidently
having received the battery he had
been waiting for. he wired what inl0r
nation he had to the Office here with
all possible dispatch.
THE OPERATORS STORY.
~. fl,A a. al
office, through the messages posted by
the cable people, and To the general
public, through tho extra editions IL
sued by the Bulletin, with all the news
that came over the line. Cable Super
intondcnt McEcnna at the San Fran
cisco end, from the hut where he had
managed to make connections. told
the story Of the havoc wrought. as he
had learned Il. lie closed with the
statement that he had not slept since
the night before the earthquake. H.,
said he was very tired. lie was gOinI
To sleep for little while. lie would
wire any further news as he got Il,
The message of McKenna appears
In other columns.
cLAMoRiNG FOR DETAILS.
AS soon as 1t was known that mes
, sages were coming from the San Fran
cisco operator telephones all over thc
, city and all over the Island were call
ed into use and newspaper Offices. II
particular, were bcsieged by inquiries
, Tor details.
? From Walalua, Waianae. Eva. Pear
/. City, Honolulu plantation, and from
[ the villages OF windward Oahu, iron
, everywhere, in fact, where there ar,
, folks who have relatives In San Fran
/ cisco, came telephone calls asking
;. what news there was from California
z Every bit of information was studied
4 pondered, discussed. theOrized upon
A and considered with anxious care. Tn,
Significance of each word was thought
4 fully weighed and where hope or con
|. ISOLATION could be wrung from son
@ tence II was taken with comfort, New
or has anything In the history of tn,
4 Islands so stirred the people here, a