The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-03
COMPLETE STORY OF
FIRE DAMAGE
THE ASSOCIATED OUT AUTOMOBILE
PLETE DESCRIPTION BURNED
F1RE-A HOUSES SKIPPED STAND PRAC-
RY S. S OLYMPIA.


SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-The fire
having exhausted itself, with the eN-
coption of the stn flaming embers In a
thousand places here and there
through the burned district the Asso-
cated Press for the purpose of deter
mining with accuracy the boundaries
of the connagration, sent out an auto
mobile today which skirted the fire on
its four sides
The register of this machine at the
end of the trim showed that il had
travelled twenty-six miles, which,
therefore, may be taken as the length
of the line along which the flames
travelled
This area included the financial
commercial and most of the densely
populated portion OF the residence dis
trict, with all the splendid institutions
and great mansions that had grown up
with the progress of the city.
The start of the tour was made from
the Pacific Mail dock, at the corner of
First and Brannan streets. Travelling
along the north lire of Brannan, the
fire ate its way to Second where it
crossed the street and consumed the
Lachman & Jacobs. at the southeast
corner of Brannan and Second.
Thence it moved along the west side
of Second to Townsend and along the
north line of Townsend to Seventh.
on this particular front it licked up
the great building of the Southern Pa
cific at the corner Of Fourth and Town
send streets.
OLD RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS.
This building was formerly the main
offices of the system under the Hunt
ington regime. but of late years had
been used by the auditors of the
freight and passenger departments.
OF it's contents, only the records were
saved. Directly i'm front of the ruins
4 there were already evidence of the un-
daunted spirit that animates the Citi-
zens of san Francisco i'm this crisis,
for 100 men were at work clearing the
debris from Fourth street i'm order that
the southern Pacific might run spur
tracks northerly along the line of
Fourth to Market for the purpos" Of
carrying away the immense masses of
Trick and ruined material littering the
streets and the sites of the business
area.
In this connection it is noted that the
freight ana passenger depots along the
1 southerly side of Townsend street as
far east as Third, though built i'm the
most part of the most perishable ma
terials. were not so much as scorched
Standing at the corner of Fourth and
Townsend streets, ones eye caught the
ruins of the great brick Catholic church
Of st. Rose, one block distant on
Brannan near Fourth, which some
eight years ago suffered visitation of
fire. and had only lately risen on its
ruins i'm what seemed to be imperish-
able brick and stone.
CROSSES BRANNAN STREET
From Townsend. at the corner of
, Seventh. the fire burned along the east
! line of Seventh northerly half way Ia
Brannan, where it crossed between
Seventh and Eighth, thence crossing
Brannan. still i'm northerly direction
il burned along the east line of Eighth
to Bryant; thence along the south line
Of Bryant half way to Ninth. thence
along the north line Of Bryant to il NJ
per- a small street half way distant
between Tenth and Eleventh, spar'ng
the northwest corner of Eleventh and
Bryant.
Thence along the east line Of Jrni-
Ter to Harrison; thence along the east
line of Harrison to Fourteenth and
along the north lire OF Fourteenth to
Folsom, jumping the street at this
point to lick up the building at ehe
southeast corner of Folsom and Four
teenth; thence half way along the west
line of Folsom to Fifteenth, but leav-
ing intact the structure at the north
west corner of Fifteenth and Folsom.
Along the north line of Fourteenth 1t
ate it's way to ShOtwell. and along the
west line Of Shotwell to Fifteenth
skirting the north line of Fifteenth 1t
Travelled to Howard and along the west
line Of Howard to Eighteenth where
it again diverged northCrly along the
north line Of Eighteenth, as far as
Capp, and thence along the west line
of Capp.
EARTHQUAKES DEVASTATION.
In this immediate district it was not
ed that the block bounded by Seven
teeuth and Eighteenth and Howard ana
ShotweH though spared by the flames
had been terribly shaken by the quake.
In some instances the houses were "a
mass of ruins, it being thought that
Of all of the buildings i'm that square
block the only two that might be saw
ed from the wrecker We're those of
Lawyer w. G. Graves, at 2lS9 Howard
Even the frame Catholic church of ST.
Charles at Shotwell and Eighteenth
appeared to be unsafe.
The streets i'm this vicinity We're Sunk
/ from six to eight feet i'm places, and
the earth opened i'm great gaps while
the rails of the car system We're twist
cd and broken.
I'm its progress the confagration c'n-
sumed all the dwellings along the vest
| line Of Capp to a point half way be
/ tween Nineteenth and Twentieth, lcav-
| ing intact the row of residences frCnt-
| ing ON the northerly line Of Twentieth
between Capp and the Mission; thence
| II burned along the north line OF