Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-20

not looked for before tomorrow morn
ing.
FEAR FOR MONGOLIA.
II. Hackield 4 Company, agents for
the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.. tho
Occidental $. S. Co., and the Togo XII
sen Kaisha, have cabled to New York
for all possible information. The r.
NJ. S. S. Co.'S big liner Mongolia. a.
previously announced. was in the port
Of San Francisco at the time Of the con
vulsion of nature and II Is not impos.
sible that she has been destroyed, or
at least so injured or hampered that
she will be unable to keep to her SEIZED
nle.
STEAMERS MAY HAVE ESCAPED.
The possible fate OF the vessels In
port during the earthquake Is being
much discussed and in the opinion OF
some II is possible that at the first In.
dication of the cataclysm, when the
earth began To tremble, the big steam.
ships managed to get out Of port. To
many, however. this seems to be i'm,
possible. They argue that the earth.
quake was probably Immediately fol.
lowed by a great rising Of the waters
of the bay or a sudden subsistence of
the waterfront district OF San Fran
cisco
SoNoMA's SAILING DAY.
Today is sailing day for the o. S. s.
Sohoma, from San Francisco. Should
Ehe be in a condition TO get away. she
would bring to Honolulu much OF de.
tailed Information. Irwin q Co. are
naturally anxious to learn something
OF her, but. with direct communication
impossible. they must wait with the
rest OF the anxious city for any news
Mr.. Giffard, Of Irwin a. Co.. stated this
morning that the Oceanic Steamship
Company's wharves, being away from
the immediate vicinity of the region
supposed TO have been principally af
iected by the earthquake, may have
escaJ ed ruin.
NEW YORK KNOWS LITTLE.
At II O'Clock yesterday morning the
Honolulu branch OF the Yokohama
Specie Bank sent cable message 10
New York, via Manila, to the Yoke.
hama banks agents there. asking for
any Information they might have IN
regard to the fate of the San Francisco
Offices. At 9:j5 this morning reply
was received to the effect that the Of
fees were probably burned, though the
officers, owing to the early hour of tho
catastrophe. probably escaped. The
use OF the word probably" would
clearly indicate that New York could
get no definite information at the time
the cable was received.
COMM UNIcATIoN SOON.
With the probable rushing OF assist.
ance In every form to San Francisco
II should not belong, even II the beach
cable station at that point has been
submerged or otherwise destroyed. be-
fore communication Is established be-
tween this por; and san Francisco.
II would seem that nothing except
the continuance OF earthquake shocka
would prevent the re-establishment oi
cable communication And II Is this
thought In regard to the fact that no
communication can be had with San
Francisco that Is occasioning so much
anxiety, for the generally expressed
opinion here is that the silence so
eagerly sought TO be broken must indi'
cate that conditions are worse than
would he supposed from the scant news
already received; that considerable
portion OF San Francisco has been SUB
merged, or that the earthquake shocks
are continuing and men are unable Ia
get to work on cable connections.
BULLETIN NEWS SERVICE.
The Bulletin yesterday kept the pub.
lie constantly and fully Informed OF all
news that could be obtained. The first
Bulletin extra, shortly after 7 o'clock
yesterday morning, gave the first in
formation in regard TO the San Fran.
cisco earthquake, and during the fore
noon five extras we're published, Civ.
Ing the news as II came to hand. Then
came the regular $3.50 and 1880 p. m.
editions. and a 4 o'clock edition. The
Bulletin staff remained on duty until
midnight, ready to get and serve the
news. The sixth extra edition of the
day was run of at 10 o'clock last night
and half an hour later the seventh ex.
ira was on the streets and In the
hands of hundreds who had stayed
down town to get the latest news.
MANILA CABLEGRAMS.
Shortly after o'clock last night the
Bulletin cabled to Manila for any In
formation obtainable. The reply re-
ceiyed told of earthquakes still contin-
uing; OF property damage estimated,
As nearly as such damage could be es-
timoted under the circumstances and so
soon after the terrible event. amounting
To 100000 900; Ole known number
of dead In the doomed city reaching
300; of the early collapse of the city
hall; of the fire which followed the
earthquake still raging, and OF the ter
ror that relgned, The Bulletin night
extra was the only further information
given the public last night and since
that time, mp to 1880 o'clock this after
noon, no further cabled news has been
received, except that from the New
York agency of the Yokohama Specie
Bank, In which there is contained moth