The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-08

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for every one who could. was leav-
ing and now there are not over 100000
people left in San Francisco with food
for a million. The fear of famine was
past. The dread of pestilence is YET
to be contended with.
All the chimneys of the houses lef
standing were down and no fires coult
be built The authorities ordered al
cooking done in the street. Only can.
dies could be used for lighting pur-
poses, and these had to be out
first at p. m. Then gradually the or
der moderated until you could have
lights until 10 p. m.
Until mains and pipes could be fixed
the water supply had to be turned off
What this means to the sanitary con-
dition of the city one can easily un-
derstand. Great work however is be-
ing done by both the water company
and street car company. All the street
car lines were torn up in many places
while most of the car houses were bad
ly damaged by the earthquake yet on
Saturday April 2Sth. ten days after
the fire. the first line running along
Fillmore street across Market to Six
teenth, then east to Mission street.
then on Mission to Fifth and then to
Market went into effect, on the fol-
lowing day the line was continued
from Fifth to Market to the Ferry.
With all the great loss of life there is
no record of death or injury to any one
from Hawaii although many lost all
their personal effects.
TO THOSE ON THE MAINLAND
WHO LIVE IN THE PARADISE OF
THE PACIFIC THE MOST TERRI
BILE OF ALL THINGS ATTENDING
THE DISASTER WAS THE REPORT
THAT HAWAII WAS WIPED OUT
BY A TIDAL WAVE. THE SUS-
PENSE OF WAITING TO HEAR
FROM THE LOVED ONES AT HOME
WAS WORSE THAN DEATH.
COHEN IMPRESSED
AS WAGON DRIVER.
Joe Cohen had some exciting expert
euces, and also had the opportunity OF
helping a number of stricken people.
He was stopping at the St. Francis
Hotel. After the earthquake he lock-
ed his room and went away, never eX-
pecting anything like fire to attack the
big hostelry. Later on, when he re-
turned from the Golden Gate Park, he
found the hotel surrounded by flames.
The police formed a line and after
making a few attempts to get through
the line to go in and save his trunks,
which We're full of valuable papers and
contracts for the bands engagements
in the East, he decided that as the
guards were shooting pretty straight
he had better desist. Afterwards he
visited the ruins and scraped up a lit
tie dust or ashes from the place where
his room had been.
At first he looked after his mother
and removed her to a place of safety.
Then he got wagon and helped some
other friends When driving into the
city he encountered a soldier with
gun. He was held up and was told
that the wagon and horse would be
confiscated. The soldiers wanted to
put a driver on the seat, but Joe said
nobody else could drive the horse. So
he became an express wagon driver,
A Red Cross placard was put on the
wagon and another on himself. He
was sent down into a ruined section
of the town and three women, who had
given birth to babies as a result of the
shock, We're placed in his charge. He
drove these out to Jefferson PARK
where they were taken charge OF by
nurses, the first skilled aid rendered
them.
Joe was given a police star by Chief
Of Police Dinan. and he got permits
from others in authority, and then rose
TO the dignity of driver of a two-horse
wagon. Finally he was placed in
charge Of a bus.
He saw two men shot by the mill
tary for allegedly looting Cohen says
that looting was going on all the time
and that many, many people We're shot
dead In their tracks. one man was
found dead and I'm his pockets were
finger rings and earrings and even
fingers which had been removed from
dead women's hands.
one amusing incident he witnessed.
\ soldier held up = policeman and told
him TO 20 to work On the brick piles.
The oficcr showed his badge but 10 no
purpose Finally, when the soldier
turned his head. the policeman used
biz club on him. put h1ndcuns on his
wrists took his sun and marched the
soldier on 60 jan
HAWAIIAN BAND
LOSES IT'S CAPS.
Mr. Cohen announces that the fancy
cHrs ana putioeH Tor the Hawaiian
Band were destroyed In the hre The
Guns were manufactured by Lundsirpm
n 60. Market street. san Francisco,
Thrra were Two styles ~ caps. ana
Cohen announces that they were
dreams The nuftees were quite hand
somo anairs cloth may be sent from
HNnni 'f f1 OlNiHfd cri ~ which now
onps may be- made. Tho uniforms are