The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-08
scHooLHoUsEs WRECKED.

| limlnary heaving before the crash and
| the glass went with a snap.
SCHoOLHoUSES WRECKED.
/ Reports show that nearly all of Oak
lands school buildings suffered and
many of the stone churches in town
The new First Baptist church. on the
corner of Telegraph avenue and Jones
street, is partial wreck. A part of
the heavy stone tower was torn from
| it's fastenngs and, crashing down,
destroyed the roof and a large part of
I the front of the building. The loss
is estimated at 500, 900.
The Unitarian church. on the corner
of Fourteenth and Grove, was likewise
badly wrecked, a portion of the heavy
cornice falling and tearing a great hole
in the side of the building.
The following school buildings were
damaged:
High school. cornice torn out and
roof collapsed; Washington school,
roof damaged; Grant school. wall
cracked; SWEET school, roof damaged:
Prescott school, walls cracked and
cornices thrown down.
On Washington street the damage to
buildings was tremendous. Worst OF
all the destruction wrought was that
" the DuilulIlS occupied by the ttceSe-
man Clothing Company A large part
of the front wall upstairs and a por-
ton of the roof was thrown into the
street and a part of the roof crashed
down through the offices on the second
floor, and even wrecked the ceiling of
the main floor. The damage to Heese-
mans stock is put at $4,000.
The Crellin Hotel building. on the
corner of Tenth and Washington. had
part of the cornice on the Tenth
Street side torn from the fastenings
and hurled to the sidewalk.
THE ONLY SKYSCRAPER.
A brick building on the corner Of
Eleventh and jefferson streets is near
ly totally wrecked in the upper stories.
on the Jefferson street side a half OF
the wall on the upper story is torn
away and the roof has sagged into the
opening.
The building occupied by Goldberg,
Bowen & Co. on the corner of Thir-
teenth and Jefferson streets, has a part
Of the cornice and some of the front
wall on the third story gone
On Broadway the old brick building
on the corner of Eighth street, which
S owned by the Shattuck Estate, was
50 badly wrecked as to be condemned
as unsafe by Fire Chief Ball.
The Central Park building, on Four
zenith and Broadway, shows the effects
II the earthquake in startling fashion.
The corner above the bank proper is
,ntirely twisted out Of shape, and a
art of the front wall along the Broad
way side of the top story is thrown
Jack into the building over score
# offices in the two upper floors are
wrecked hopeIessly. The building VIII
ave to have at least three Of the up
er floors rebuilt.
The Union Savings Bank building at
he corner of Thirteenth and Broad
,ay. is said to have been 50 badly
trained ana shot out of plumb by the
remor that il will be unsafe for future
Experts viii have to make
thorough investigation before the
ruth Of this report is known.
CHURCH DAMAGED.
st. Columbus church. at ~ixty-fourth
ud san Pablo avenue. Was slightly
amascd. one corner % the spira VAS
rocked but the Interior IF The struc-
are ESCAPED serious damage.
The glass front Of the Santa p res
auraut at san Pablo and Forticth
rect was smashed in.
Part of the glass front Of John g..
oburs's store AT san Pablo and Park
venue was smashed. and Il lot Of
.assuare on the shelves vas brgeu.
At IN. Judsou iron works the tire
all was twisted and broken ma
lin~ry was thrown our Of place and
hers,ise damaged. and the sn1Uirz
all ont If line.
The upper part Of the Emeryvi'-
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