The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-08

n mrnac column Of hlneh smoke was oNe
y that city We then walked 20 tow
% and tried 10 get to the city bat IL wa
b impossible. no boats were going thcr,
p J then took some pictures Of the fr,
! The famcs were gaining more grounl
- all the time They had To dynamii
r. many of the fine buildings TO preven
p the IRE from going too quick In spit
! oi their hard work the FIRE gained oi
, them
Emma. words cannot express tina
awful sight When the dynamitin,
was being done we could feel the trem
bile over here. At night we would 4,
up 10 the hill near MS aud there could
see the fire at command view. / re
called to my memory the stories OF
"The Last Days of Pompeii' or the
eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The water
in the bay was very calm and the re.
Election of the fire on il was beautiful
The sky looked as if it was ahlaze, SO
red was it. When the Russian Hill was
burning il looked exactly like a vol.
cano in eruption, so high did the flames
leap.
We could plainly see the st. Francis
Hotel burn, it was at night. The Pal
ace burned in the daytime. Seven
times they Thought they could save
this building but finally it went, with
all lives saved, but in the St. Francis
/ there We're nearly two hundred killed.
A friend who was at the Occidental
told me the story that was connected
with that building. All lives were
saved but no books or money. The
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I Union Square. When the fire reached
that section they were driven to North
Beach and Mob Hill. There they
stayed for twenty hours, and those who
could make their way to the ferry
came over here.
The Fairmount Hotel was burned,
but the frame of the building is still
standing. 1t was one of the best fire.
proof buildings in the city. Hopkins
Art Institute was burned and the rest
of the beautiful mansions near there.
The City Hall was wrecked by the
earthquake. All that stands of the
great dome is the steel frame and the
statue of Liberty still stands looking
over the ruined city. 1t is a picture
in itself. The Call building is like
piece of wire all bent from the shock.
The woodwork is all burned and it is
thought that it will have to come down.
The army was called and all of the
militia from the largest places in the
state are guarding both in San Fran
cisco and Oakland. Yesterday one
thousand soldiers came up from Los
Angeles to guard the people of Oak
land, Alameda and Berkeley.
1t is lust tine same as in time OF war.
Martial law prevails in the city and
Oakland. No lights to burn after ten
O'Clock, no one on the streets. People
are shot if they do not obey orders or
if they are found stealing. In San
Francisco the men who fight for their
lives to get out of the city are made
to go to work. when the fire was on
they had to help battle the fire and
now they have to pick up bricks from
the streets. If they resent they are
shot on the spot. BY making the men
pick up the bricks they are cleaning
the streets up very quickly. / was
very fortunate in being able to go over
to the fire when it was in it's highest |
rage. The Governor can only give |
passes to go over, no women were al /
lowed to go over, even for their rela- |
tives until yesterday april 23). | can
say that was the only woman that
went through the ferry building. which
was condemned and will have to be |
torn partly down. Only trained nurses
and women ON the relief committees |
were allowed to cross. A friend got n |
pass from the Governor so that was
how | got over to the city of ruins |
was over when Telegraph and Russian
hills were burning, also the warehouse A.!
districts on the waterfront. Ii was a |
very pitiful sight to see the people. |
They We're lying in the cutters and on |
the streets dead. When | was over it |
was the worst sight of all because the |
fire was driving the poorer class out !
and they We're all foreigners and they
did not know what to do. One instance ,
was when we were walking along East |
street A soldier came up to us and ,
challenged the friend | was with (the |
fire was in front of us), but when he
showed him IA badge. as he is n county
official, the soldier passed him. For !
moment | thought l would have to
tackle also, but we escaped all right.
After he passed us he stopped an Ital-
ian. but be did not offer to 60 The
soldier then drew his revolver and
pointed it at his face. The man said
he could not leave his family and the
soldier asked where his family would
be if the fire came down another block.
The man at last gave IN and said yes.
In few minutes | counted thirty men
who We're gathered together mt the
point of the revolver, and they had to
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