The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04


barren cut at that point, eating east
erly thence along the south line OF
Clinton park to Guerrero when they
spread along the soulherly side Of that
thoroughfare easterly TO Cough.
sPRECKELS MANSION
) WITH THE LOST.
Thence along the east line of Cough
TO Page, along the north line of Page
half way TO 0ctavia, sparing the row
of buildings along the easterly line of
Octavia as far as Fell where they
reached to the ea.terly line of Octavia,
and along that line northerly to Full
ton. where on the west side they were
fronted by half burned block that
had been consumed by a fire started
by an overturned lamp on the morning
of the earthquake.
| Along the southerly line of McAllis-
| ter the flames made their way to
| Cough, stopping long enough to con-
sumo the northwest corner of Cough
| and McAIlister. Thence along the east
| erly line OF Cough to Golden Gate
| avenue, thence along the southerly
line of Golden Gate avenue to Van Ness
and along the easterly line of Van
| Ness TO Suffer. where they crossed to
/
| from the north line of Suffer and the
J east line of Franklin through to Clay
! In this district We're included some of
the most splendid mansions Of the
city, chief among which was the ma
+ test:c home OF Claus Coreckels. a the
/ southwest corner of Clay and Van
/ Ness.
! This splendid piece of architecture
done in brown stone in the chateau
style and adorned with all that wealth
and taste could gather, still stands.
though blackened by the ordeal and
I Invested Of all its beauty, melancholy
testimony OF the futilfty of human en-
deavor.
Still burning along the easterly side
I of Van Ness toward Fort Mason. the
fire reached Greenwich, along the south
line OF which it spread to Larlxin and
along the east line OF Larkin to Lom-
bard. Thence along the south line of
Lombard 10 Hyde and along the east
line of Hyde to Chestnut, easterly
thence along the south line of Chest
nut to Taylor; thence along the east
line OF Taylor to Bay, along the south
line of Bay to Mason. and down the
east side of Mason to the city front.
Within this vast waste of smoldering
enbers We're found three cases where
human beings still have their hahita-
ton as before the great confagration.
One of these was to he seen IN the
very summit of Telegraph Hill. where. |
perhaps. a score of homes still stand
A. the northwest corner of Jones and
Green the residence of Q. D. Baldwin. |
the real estate dealer in the Mills |
building is still habitable. Across the |
way at the northwest. Mrs. Ed. Huber
has preserved her home.
On q southerly line of Green at 1909 |
to 1017, are to be found residences of |
MIR. Kirk Harris. George j. Phillips. p. |
j. BirdsaH, William Hanke Charles J
g Frien and Martin Fussier. In this
cluster are also the homes of II. j
Liver more, capitalist, on Vallejo be-
teen Jones and Taylor; Miss x NJ.
Atkinson, 1892 Broadway: Homer Par
ker, 1890 Broadway; Eli Sheppard.
capitalist. at Vallejo and Taylor: Rev.
Joseph Worcester, 1890 Vallejo: Living
stoa jerks northwest corner IF Vallejo
and Taylor: Thomas Richardson lum-
herman, 1882 Vallejo: Morgan Shep-
par.l 1914 Vallejo: Frank Stone. :nsur
ance. 1895 Vallejo; Mrs. Virgil Will
liams, widow of the artist ard of the
elder Mr.. Polk, father of Willis Polk,
the architect.
There are also six sets of flats in this
which remain intact. The
men and women who saved
their homes by main effort, while sea
Of flame ragged and roared about them,
n their thankfulness for the mercy
hat has been shown them. have only
his small complaint to make-that in ,
heir distress they have been quite
T1av nd NV t1ztQ :
les, and for their protection they have
organized a patrol system Of their own,
ZACH man Of the number taking a two 6
lours' task of duty. 7
VINE WAS USED TO
PUT OUT FIRES.
Some 300 houses lying on the south h
nd east slopes Of Telegraph Hill re- v
nain to attest the efficacy of the juice "
f the grape in Quenching the flames
SIen water failed, for In this quarter e
he householders. many of whom are s.
Italians. saved their abodes by free O
sc of the red wine stored in their cell
ers. The red walls of the houses show p
he stains where the claret-soaked -
acks had been used to cool the heated o.
'allS of the buildings. c;
The one remaining spot unburhed W
-ithin the district is bounded by Mont II,
emery, Battery, Jackson and WASH
,gton. Within this district is the APP w
aisers' building, in which are stored
;me half-million dollars of valuable n,
ares belonging to the importing lner
ANTS of San Francisco. The saving bi
this and the adjoining buildings is tt
scribed to the heroic endeavors of to
apt Wolf and his men, of Compar Y in
Twenty United States infan
v who. with such means as they had Ell
hand, succeeded in tish-iu.; off the w
avouring element he
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