The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-03

Market street into the district called
the Western addition and was burning
houses ON Golden Gate avenue aud Oc-
tavia street This result was reached
after almost the entire southern district
from Ninth street TO the eastern water
front had been converted into n black
cucd waste. In this section were hun
drcds of factories, wholesale houses and
many business firms, in addition to
thousands of homes.
WORK OF FTREMEN.
On the north side the fire was not
making such rapid progress. In the
Western addition, where there is a
limited water supply available, the fire
men are making desperate efforts to
prevent the encroachmcnts Of devasta
tion.
Temporary headquarters were estab
lishcd in tents in Portsmouth square
this evening for Mayor Schmitz, Chief
Of Police Oman and Gen. Funston, but
this site became too dangerous about Is
O. clock and was abandoned.
Later the flames swept the square.
In the south side district, on Riucon
hill, st. Mary's hospital, a landmark,
conducted by the Sisters of Mercy, was
reduced to ashes.
Throughout the city wherever there is
public square a scene of desolation IS
presented. Tents have been pitched py
the fortunate pOsscssors of canvas, but
| the majority of the homeless people are
huddled in frightened groups about the
! household belongings they managed to
/ save from the general ruin.
From Golden Gate park comes news
| of the total destruction of the immense
buildings covering a portion of the
children s playground. The walls are
shattered beyond repair and the root
stone gate at the park entrance are
twisted and torn from their founda
tions. Some of the pillars, weighing
nearly four tons each, were shifted az
though they were constructed of staff
The famous Mills building and tn,
new Merchants Exchange in which II
situated the marine and stock eX
changes are still standing, but the Mu
tual Life Insurance building and scores
of bank and office buildings are on fire
while blocks of other houses are in thu
path of the flames, and nothing seems
to be at hand to stay their progress
Block after block of banking houses
are now masses of red-hot ruins and i
will be months before the money tina
was housed in their vaults can b,
reached.
The earthquake caused the wreck o
the California Hotel on Bush and Kear
ney streets and the falling chime,
Ia, hot al aye = nf
through the frehuuse adjoining, severe
ly injuring Fire Chief Sullivan, so tina
he was unable to direct the work Of fir
fighting He is now in "A hospital in
prccarioua condition.
MANY HEROIC ACTS.
Despite this disheartening accident
the entire fire department, assisted b.
part of the Oakland department an
many volunteers from outside districts
did heroic service, many brave men los
ing their lives while performing tn
work of succor The earthquake, how
ever, had broken most of the waite
mains, and the men were without waite
to battle with the fire fend. Whateve
water was obtained to fight the flame
in the harbor front and in the factor
districts was pumped from the bay
This compelled dynamiting as the onl
possible method of saving the city.
The flames were kept confined to tn
south of Market street in the bushes
section until about 3 o'clock in the at
ternoon, when the wind carried sheet
of flames into the richest part of tn
city.
The Palace Hotel, which has shelter
ed famous people from all parts of tn
world was burned clean. Nothing ex
cept the Quilted framework of its 100
rooms now stands.
Among the other notable building
destroyed were the Grand Opera House
on Mission street, where the Conrei'
Opera Company opened its season Mon
day night The members of the troup
are now mt the St Francis Hotel, one o
the few big hotels that still stand. TIT
Majestic theater, at Market and Eight
streets, was burned, the Columbia wa
wrecked by the earthquake, and tn,
Central RACED by the flames.