The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-18

ganzng for the the heavens
and for the relief of the sufferers
morning Of backed they were " AGAINST T nS
rubbed e Gust from n te % yd Rg
cess of that fight they sf lived it was then
o" d o do of men of s they shut tns Jaws and began
the Fast Hog did you maintain such
tnoo III so snort a time? beyond
zens and the b fact @ r 3ut how was done? How was or
and in brought forth order?
Inc first effective work began with the police After shock
streets the Hall OF Justice was soon Joined by Navor
Eugene f. Schmtz and the members of the Police Commission
was time when could stop think twice. action
u be taken and action that be absolutely the
1ug The first official act was to send squads and close every
Everywhere the were filled with the debris OF fallen walls and
Gob-"eDDed with tange of dangling wires among which half mil
Lon people stood numb and dazed CROPPED way bndy not
knowing where what do In widely scattered
localities smoke devils were dancing from roof to roof and people
way mechanically for the changing apparatus rushing wildly
But Denny Sullivan the chief the the place
held for many He lying crushed bleeding under
mass brick and mortar from the California Hotel Only the boys
NO. knew that their beloved chief good dead
charged on-a ciys life in danger There think
collapsed buildings there were many dead but r the dead care
for the dead there those living pinned fallen walls
Ored There hundreds of millions banks
the savings OF the people be guarded against the time when
mad and seize the of neghbo
brute snaps another That the situation
cd the policemen OF San Francisco handful with
ter by earthquake fire and the elements Of chaos that city hall
The Mayor had barely entered
into message from Bgade
DO you need help Did he?
yes send all the you can the reply dispatched with
all ciys need
le The situation demanded the cooperation OF the entire city
Citizens hurredv decided
compiled the list with addresses from the City Directory
hen follows the of the Committee of Fifty headed by James
These names and addresses were placed in the hands OF detail
police few each member of the squad with instructions
have the committee at the Hall Justice by o'clock in the afternoon
This work had barely been completed when the rhythmic tramp!
tramp ramp of many feet heard the street column after
column of hed lads swung BY each carrying short brown
rifle and bet of ball cartridges Their officers reported to the Chief
of his force under the command the districts then
burning aid the hemen and assist citizens places of
the from the resdo assigned them patrol districts
and detailed policeman guide each command to its district No
Market the downtown district that time
appreciate the feeling of relief that all those silent quiet
chine passing under oerng walls and entering the danger of
dynamite and azng buildings from the path OF the fire
The the courage displayed by police regulars
militia civilian the 18th and 10Th will
be o they be They occurring constantly doz
en- in block throughout the city
IN duty at crowded corner.
II my house burning ago God help wife
and ddes can't said he he shut his and turned to his
work He "on duty
An artillery lieutenant had his skull fractured by debris from
dnamted building He might have but he did He on
duty"
neman of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company was cut
ting wires within the danger when the Examiner building
dynamed and his scalp laid open by heavy fragment plate
glass 1t thought he fatally injured and policeman hurried
y asked him his "R S Cook before married. said he,
he gnned cheer through the mask of blood that covered his
Fremen civilian volunteers worked the heat and smoke and
noNous until they and fell their tracks They
dragged back others stepped the breach be dragged
when they fell Fremen fought with the determination
of despair and cried like children when the failure Of deprived
them of their weapon.
Before the hour the meeting of the Citizens Committee the
entire City threatened with destruction The sky obscued
with pail OF smoke through which swung the sun like boodd
ball. great flame whed and swed through the smoke and
underneath all 100000 and children fled for their lives
lettering valuable possessions while
preparing for fight That the situation when the Citizens
Committee the Hall of Justice at the call OF the Mayor
They assembled first in the office of the Chief but shock that
Threatened bring the down their heads drove them to the
in the
they were driven from there to Portsmouth Square
There in the open surrounded by thousands of frightened Chi