The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04
Story OF the First Day

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are now at the St. Francis Hotel, one
of the few big hotels that still stand
| The Majestic theater, at Market and
Eighth streets, was burned; the Column
bia was wrecked hv the earthquake,
and the Central RACED by the flames.
The 100000 Fairmont Hotel is still
standing, and suffered little damage
The Odd Fellows Temple, on Mark ct
street; the st. Nicholas Hotel, and the
Cali and the Examiner buildings, and
the Parrot building are gone, while the
big city hail caved in completely when
the earthquake shook the city
At 9 o clock tonight an Associated
Press man, who went to High hill over
looking the city, noted that the sky
in the east and south sides was illumin-
ated for a. distance of four or five miles,
The Illumination from the southern side
was of a duller glow, showing that the
flames were not consuming property of
such great proportions as was the case
on the east side.
In the business district toward the
water front the flames were either
checked or blocked out about Washing
ton street and at the corner of Kearney
the Hall of Justice could be noted
standing, but it was impossible to de-
termine what damage had been done to
the interior. From the Hall of Justice
to the south the fire cut its way through
some of the choicest buildings in the
city, the Pacific Mutual and the Cana
dian American bank being gradually re-
duced &c ashes.
THIS STORY WRITTEN
ON A DOORSTEP.
Down Kearney street, on both sides,
at 10 o clock the confia grafton was still
raging with fury, but the direction of
the wind prevented its advance up the
hills to the west The greater portion
of the structures to the west of Kear-
ney up to Dupont We're burned as far
south as California All around the new
fourteen story Merchants Exchange
building the fire burned ferceIy, licking
the sides of the steel giant, but it re
sisted the flames and heat.
Then came the destruction of the !
Western Union building ct the corner of
Pine and Montgomery streets. In this /
building was located the office OF the |
Western division of the Associated +
Press. Earlier in the dav the occupants /
had been ordered out by the authorities
on account of the danger, and the As /
sociated Press established temporary
station in the Bulletin editorial rooms /
Then the latter place was closed and .
this dispatch is being written on door
step near Chinatown, the illumination
Of the burning buildings furnishing
light for the writer
1t appeared that the great Mills
building would block some of the south
of ha Il ii &
checked an advance northward early in
-he night. If this proves true the limits
Of the fire will be determined, but pre-
lictions on this point are as unreliable
as the strong winds, which every few
minutes are changing from one direc-
ion to another.
The city tonight, in the face of its
appalling disaster, is fairly quiet and
orderly. Liquor cannot be had any
where, and the formidable presence of
Federal troops, militia and naval re-
serves has had its effect on any element
hat might be disposed to be disorderly.
The mayor S proclamation authoriz-
ng the shooting of looters on sight has
)een scattered broadcast on circulars.
md few reports of thieving are being
eceived
1t is impossible to give anything like
IN accurate statement concerning the
illled. Unquestionably many people
we're either killed outright, imprisoned
II rendered unconscious in collapsing
buildings which were afterward burned.
At 10 o clock the Occidental has be-
5un burning, and the great Croker
containing the Croker Wool
worth National bank, was ablaze.
On Geary street the Albert Pike Me-
norial temple of the California bodies
If the Scottish Rite Masons containing
cenery that cost 10000, and costumes
'alued at $4,000 collapsed.
The new Jewish synagogue adjoining
vas cracked to it's foundations.
THEIR FATE WILL
NEVER BE KNOWN.
While five badly injured men were
icing taken from the collapsed build
ng at Second and Jessie streets.
fathers Hogan, Rogers and Huber of
Il Patrick church granted them the
asst rites of the Catholic church. This
CEREMONY was performed while a mass .
L coping overhead threatened TO crush .
he priests to death. Three of the men
led.