The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-11
EARTHQUAKE f ON OAKLAND SIDE

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eral notable wrecks bemoaned are OF
those windows recently placed and oc-
cupying IN some instances the entire
front of the stores.
Heeseman's plate window, on wash
ington street, is one of the largest
windows completely shattered. and the
candy stores. with few exceptions. are
simply reduced to so many piles Of
broken glass.
The quake brought with II pre-
liminary hsaving before the crash, and
the glass went with snap.
SCHooLHoUSES WRECKED.
Reports show that nearly all Of Oak
lands school buildings suffered and
many of the stone churches i'm 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 fastenings and. crashing down.
destroyed the roof and large part of
the front of the building. The loss
is estimated at $4,000
The Unitarian church, on the corner
of Fourteenth and Grove. was likewise
badly wrecked. a portion of the heavy
cornice falling and tearing 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
al the destruction wrought was that
to the building occupied by the Heese-
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 SIS 900.
The Crelln Hotel building, on the
corner of Tenth and Washington, had
a 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 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.
of the cornlce and some of the from
wall on the third story gone.
On Broadway the old brick buildinl
on the corner of Eighth street, which
is owned by the Shattuck Estate, was
so badly wrecked as to be condemned
as unsafe by Fire Chief Ball.
The Central Park building, on Four.
teenth and Broadway, shows the effect.
of the earthquake in startling fashion
The corner above the bank proper /:
entirely twisted out of shape, and {
part of the front wall along the Broad
way side of the top story is thrown
back into the building. over a scor,
of offices in the two upper floors ar,
wrecked hopelessly. The building viii
have to have at least three of the up
per floors rebuilt
The Union Savings Bank building, a
the corner of Thirteenth and Broad
way, is said to have been so badly
strained and shot out of plumb by the
tremor that it will be unsafe for future
occupancy. Experts will have to max,
thorough investigation before tn,
truth of this report is known.
CHURCH DAMAGED.
st. Columbus church. at Sixty-fourti
and San Pablo avenue, was slightly
damaged. One corner of the spre wa!
wrecked, but the interior Of the struc
I ture escaped serious damage.
The glass front of the Santa Fe res
taurant at San Pablo and Forfeit
street was smashed In.
| Part of the glass front of John c
Coburns store at San Pablo and Parl
avenue was smashed, and a lot oi
| glassware on the shelves was broken
! At the Judson iron works the lire
wall was twisted and broken, ma
chinery was thrown out of place ant
otherwise damaged, and the shaftins
I Is all out OF line.
The upper part of the Emeryvillt
town hall, which was nearly completed
was badly damaged. The plaster wal
knocked down, and one of the large
columns in the front of the building
! was broken square across.
I The home Of w. J.. Wallace. at No
1919 Forty-third street, was severely
shaken up. Chimneys were thrown
down and bric-a-brac and china wer'
broken.
| At the Rose Hotel, on Park avenue
and Hollis street, all the parlor fixtures
were smashed and about $50 wortt
glassware in the bar-room was broken
The home of Mrs. Quick, next L
the Rose Hotel, was considerably dam
aged. dishes being broken and furni
ture wrecked.
MUCH MINOR DAMAGE.
Frank Simpson. n guest of the Rand
lett house on Park avenue and Hollii