The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-04

Despite ihe vigilance NJ fho pollea
and soldiers MANY places we're piliaeei
in ihr WHOLESALE HsffIUt Liquar stores
were broken .n'n an1 stripped clean.
So result scores of ,agalnuls were
lfink dead duub I1 th. streets incl
tin in che commission aud Wholesale
district is cpmrlre. flames tonight hay.
ing completed the paralysis NJ tha onriv
morning Under tle fnteful shock all
the rookcries used as commission
houses. many of them relies of ,hc days|
ni ~ collapsed. Under the dcbrisI
were killed and buried hundreds "
horses hitched 10 the vegetable wagons
which were drawn up 10 receive their
days supply The dead horses wcro|
piled high and the wrcckagc blocked
the streets until the advancing confla-
grafton turned all that section Of the
town into vast funeral pyrc.
BURNED TO DEATH
IN LODGING HOUSES.
The new Ferry building did not es-
cape the wrath Of the tomblor and the
tower of this California landmark isl
badly shattered.
At the corner of Seventh and Howard
streets p great lodging house took fire
after the first shock and before the
guests had chance to escape. Therel
were hardly any exits, and ii is believed
nearly all the lodgers perished. Mrs. j.
j. Nilsson, one of those in the building,
leaped, with her child in her arms, from
the second floor to the pavement below
and escaped unhurt. She says she isl
confident she was the only one who
escaped. Such incidents as this were
repeated at many points.
In the commission store of C. Bunker
Il rescuer named Baker was killed while
trying to get dead bodies from the
ruins Other rescuers heard the pitiful
wall of little child, but were unable
TO get near the point from where the
cries issued. Soon the onrushng fire
ended the cry and the men turned to
other tasks.
Tonight hundreds of fremen and
other rescuers are prostrated, the strain
of the continual fighting in the face of
the awful calamity since early morning
hours proving more than any one can
stand. In the crowds at many points
people tainted and in some instances
dropped dead as the result of the reac-
tion following the unprecedented shock.
FLEE WITH WOUNDED
IN FIRES PATH.
; At Mechanics pavilion scenes of hero
ism and later of panic were enacted.
, The great frame building was turned
| into hospital for the care of the in
: jured, and here corps of fifty physi-
: clans, under the direction of Drs. Mil
) Ter and Herzog, rendered aid. Nurses
) volunteered their services and girls
from the Red Cross ship that steamed
: in from the government yards at Mare
) Island contributed doctors and supplies.
: Later in the afternoon whilo the
ambulances and automobiles were un-
loading their manned and wounded at
= the building, the march of the confia-
1 grafton up Market street gave warning
. that the injured would have to be re-
$ moved at once. This work was under
$ taken and every available vehicle was
S pressed into service to get the stricken
into hospitals and private houses of the
G Western addition. A few minutes after
$ the last of the wounded had been ear
, ried through the door, some on cots
S others in strong arms and on stretchers
2 shafts of fire shot from the roof and the
e structure burst into a whiriwind OF
G fames
e THE MADE LAND
SINKS SEVERAL INCHES
Down on the harbor front the eartf
y seemed to have sunk from six to eight
: inches and great cracks appeared in the
: streets. Car tracks We're twisted into
all shapes and buildings before they
were destroyed by IRE We're seen to bC
completely out Of plumb. The flames
swept in sheets across Front street ant
:. street cars and Southern Pacific rolling
l. stock together with the mail cars wer'
# burned to their truck wheels.
IS Tonight the first relief boat loade,
e with groceries and provisions reached
IS the Ferry building from Oakland, an'
l. other boats are reported to have starte,
$. from Sacramento. The Berkeley Cham
e ber of Commerce has sent word tina
IS the town hall and all public building
d there have been turned into lodgin,
o houses for the refugees. The homeless
l. will be fed and housed until they ar
d ablo to find shelter.
II At midnight the fire still roars. Flee
% ing inhabitants can see for mile
g around the pillars of fire towering sky
N ward. The crash of falling building
e and the mufiied reports of the explodin
" dynamite reach the ear at regular II
le tervals. A disaster that staggers con
s. prehension and in point of damage
unprecedented on the Pacific coast ha
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