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

city received little knowledge of what
had occurred in San Francisco and the
rest of the State, beyond the fact that
San Francisco had been severely sha.
ken and that the loss OF life and prop.
erty was probably very great.
Then cable communication ceased
and awful anxiety set in. for hundreds
of people In Hawaii have friends and
relatives In San Francisco
NEWS PouRs IN.
II was announced that when cable
communication with San Francisco
had been re-established five fire whis.
ties would blow. Everybody was on
the alert to catch the signal when II
should come Such was the strain OF
anxiety that on Several occasions when
the fire whistle blew for fire, people
Immediately jumped at the conclusion
that It was the agreed cable signal,
many rushing to the cable office and
the newspaper Offices for information
that might give some clue TO the fate
of loved ones. without waiting to count
1.-THE number OF blasts of the whistle.
But at 1915 this morning the FIVE
whistles, announcing that the cable
was re-opened. were sounded. There
was no mistake this time. Then the
news beian TO pour in.
EAGER FOR INFORMATION.
! Scores OF .newsboys rushed excitedly
to the Bulletin Office, shouting extra"
even betore the paper had received any
word oyer the re-opened wire.
Excitement was not confined to the
boys. however for hundreds dropped
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1.-THE moment and, II they had no dein-
ito idea as 70 just what to do next. made
for the streets to mingle together AMI
discuss the probable news while wait
ing for the first messages over the line.
This morning Honolulu knew that
there was still an attempt being made
to open the San Francisco cable, Sup
erintendent Gaines of the local cable
Office having received word from New
York that the cable peoples San Fran
cisco superintendent was at the san
Francisco cable hut endeayoring to get
u battery sent to him.
MOB AT CABLE OFFICE.
when the IRE whistles blew, a mob
made for the Commercial Pacific Gable
Ccmpany's Office in the Young building.
where messages were posted as fast AS
they arrived, the local cable people
ltnus showing how much they appre-
ciated the anxiety Of the public for
news OF San Francisco and California.
In this Connection the local cable
people deserve the greatest credit,
praise and the gratitude OF the public
for the manner In which they, FROM
1.-THE beginning, did all In their power
to get communication and, when II was
established, spared no palms to deliver
BULLETIN FIRST WITH NEWS.
| As usual the Bulletin, with It's
splendid modern equipment, gave the
first news to the public.
At 0 o'clock. before the San Fran
cisco line was rc-opened, an extra edi-
ton was rushed out with the news OF
IA cablosram having been received from
The Bremen, Germany. Offices OF H.
Hackfeld a Co by j. T.. Hackfeld here
giving the first definite detailed infOr-
nation of the California horror.
CABLES FROM FRISCO OPERATOR,
A. II o'clock, the second Bulletin
extra was out with all Of the message
OF the San Francisco cable operator
received up to that hour. The man at
The San Francisco end OF the cable Is
Superintendent McKenna. lie stuck
to the determination OF getting In
touch with Honolulu and the rest OF
the world since the first of the terror.
As soon as he connected, evidently
having received the battery he had
been waiting for. he wired what infor.
nation he had to the Office here with
all POSSIBLE disuntch
THE OPERATORS STORY.
To the excited crowd at the cable
office. through the messages posted by
the cable people, and TO the general
public, through tho extra editions h.
sued by the Bulletin, with all the news
that came over the line, Cable Super.
intondent McKenna at the San Fran
cisco end, from the hut where he had
managed to mako connections, told
the story OF the havoc wrought, as he
had learned II. He closed with the
statement that he had not slept since
the night before the earthquake. He
said he was very tired. He was going
TO sleep for a little while. He would
wire any further news as he got It..
The message OF McKenna appears
In other columns,
cLAMoRINo FOR DETAILS.
As soon as II was known that mes
sages were coming from the San Fran
cisco operator telephones all over the
, city and all over the Island were call
cd into use and newspaper Offices. In
particular were besieged by inquiries
for details.
From Walalua, Waianae, Eva. Pear
City, Honolulu plantation, and from
the villages of windward Oahu, iron
everywhere, In fact, where there are
, folks who have relatives In San Fran
cisco, came telephone calls asking
what news there was from California
, Every bit OF information was studied
l Dondored, discussed. theorlzed upon
and considered with anxious care. The
Significance of each word was thought
I fully weighed and where hope or con
, ISOLATION could be wrong from a sen
! tenco II was taken with Comfort New
or has anything In the history OF Thu