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


# AsIned that the acme of its misery
vas reached at dusk, when flames
hurst from all sides Of the beautiful
Hotel Paramount, the palace that above
every other structure was apparently
most strongly entrenched against the
sttack of the alI-consuming FIRE. And
4 skrounding that lofty pinnacle Of
came, as far as the eyes can see to the
south, to the east and far out to the
west, lay in cruel. fantastic heaps.
cEarred and smoking. all that remain
ed of a prosperous city
The metropolitan city of the western
slope is III ashes.
This has been another day OF uneven
struggle eff man against uncomfortable
nature. Acre after acre has been
ground into dust and ashes, despite the
heroic perseverance of the firemen to
limit the conf1agration. Tonight there
is a hope that the worst has been
nearly reached and that, when tomor-
row dawns, the end will have come,
but the hope is faint indeed. If the
flames can be barred in their devas-
tation of the Western Addition. then
fms will be written to the great dis
aster.
! But San Francisco is not discouraged
It's best and highest class has already
begun to plan for restoration and to
.&re for the stricken ones, and the |
lief will be immediate and effective. |
Z6taI subscriptions of S1S0,000 were an
nounced. Arrangements were made for !
The immediate relief of the needy. The /
kaking of $4,000 Ioaves of bread daily |
~ begin tomorrow. Major McKeest- |
er was appointed commander of the !
lamps of the homeless Free transport |
tation viii be provided by the South
ern Pacific to destitute persons desir-
ing TO go to interior points. 1t was /
announced that tomorrow there would
begin daily delivery into the city of
ten million gallons of water.
Tonight direct communication was
begun with the outside by telegraph.
BY overcoming great obstacles, ths
Postal Telegraph Company managed
tn regain one of its shattered lines. The
Postal office tonight is located in
1ile wooden structure erected on piles
It the waterfront shore.
fHREE FIRES BURN
ON SECOND NIGHT.
Tonight three distinct fires were
turning. One was on that portion that
extends from Mob Hill toward the
1t was travelling slowly
oward the Telegraph Hill section and
nay die out from lack OF material, or
ray again sweep toward the extreme
waterfront. The center fire was in the
dission. The fire has reached Eight
enth street, but was making little
eadway to the hillside, where thou
ands of people were camped. r
The third and most dangerous fire ,
5 that threatening the western Sec !
ion. This is really continuation of
be Mob Hill fire. It is wedge-shaped,
18th the apex pushing forward This ,
the point against which the fire. :
len are bending their greatest efforts. !
was used for back-firing pur- I
oses with only fair success. Tonight :
sany blocks may he blown up. i
fChief of Police Oman said he thought /,
70 would fully cover the number of :
eaths. He found it impossible to Sc
ure details. About 80 bodies have ;
lus far been found. ,
There was much shooting of hooters f
,day, but the offenders were fortunate 2
lough to escape with wounds.
blamed in the central fire district. to +
lie great joy of the firemen, and it =
as then thought that there was a +
bod fighting chance to check the h
ames on tho eastern side of Van Ness 6
venue. At 10 o'clock this morning the q
re had reached Van Ness and suffer. +
ne big power-house at Suffer and n
ok streets was dynamited and this +
mewhat stayed the progress of the h
'e, but it swept across the street "A
Id the McNutt Hospital was then r.
own up. Then the big Vulcan apart a
was demolished r.
While the firemen were fighting with :,
mantle, the steeple of ST. Mary's Ca
edral, Roman Catholic edifice,
hieh had withstood the earthquake n
ock, caught fire A fireman scaled o.
e steeple with hose and played a d
ream on the burning section, and u
e blaze was extinguished. Thou d
nds of people cheered the heroic deed r
ID the handsome building was saved. a.
GETTING THE FIRE |.
WITH SALT WATER. -
At o'clock tonight the fire on the fc
sterly slope of Mob Hill was eating
way toward Telegraph HILL A p,
cam OF SAT- water was oelng pump al
from the bay through q hose one a
lie long to quench the progress of w
e confiagration. but it seemed that in
nth Beach, like the greater portion ot
the city. was doomed to destruc- w
n. n.
rhe Conried Opera Company left for ~
wv York on tonights overland after RI
wing played two nights here. All N
costumes and properties of the to
npany have been destroyed, and al h,
the individual members have suf- d,
ed heavy personal losses. V
There is a great shortage of the r,
lad supply in the city. This after fl,
on. after a panic at the California DIR
eet bakery, tire police took possess nj
n of the premises and it viii be b,
rated under municipal control. At 81
s place men battled with. women and fc
ldren in their efforts to each seize
r and five Ioaves of bread. The r,
r1Sa6 for he