The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-04

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% Observation-Disclosures
thousands of homeless people. in some
instances men with ropes are dragging
trunks tandem style. Others have
sewing machines strapped TO the
trunks. Women are rushing for the
hills. carrying in their arms only the
family eat or a bird cage. There is
no aid for any one from outside
sources. In the awful scramble for
safety the half-crazed survivors disre-
gard everything but thoughts of them
selves and their property
In every excavation and hole
throughout the north beach house
holders are burying household effects,
throwing them into the bitches and
covering the holes. Attempts are made
TO mark the graves of the property so
that it can be recovered after the
flames are appeased.
At 5 p. m. a crowd of 100 or more
nobbed bread wagon and took the
contents. The police made an effort to
interfere, but were powerless. Bread
is beginning to arrive from Berkeley
and Oakland, and is being distributed
| in the north end of town by the relief
parties organized by Mayor Schmitz.
Thousands of people are sleeping on
the hills tonight or standing, gazing
with grim faces on the lurid scene be-
low them. Women and children and
little babes in arms are huddled to-
gether with the injured. In Golden
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gether with gnawing munger the COM
| panion of all. The wall of the injured
and the calls of frantic survivors for
| friends and relatives who are missing
are most pitiful. These crowds are
| constantly increasing, and the relief
| committees are doing all in their power
to get bedding and food for the home
less.
| CRAZED DRUNKARDS
| STORM SALOONS.
Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda are
short of food, and in a few days will
themselves be facing a serious short
age unless relief comes from the out
side. Expressmen are charging as
much as $50 TO haul load of baggage
or give any aid at all to refugees.
| Liquor stores in the north end were
robbed and hundreds of men carried
away the bottled goods. When the
! soldiers arrived the men had to be
dubbed by the militiamen before they
would drop the bottles. Soldiers
| smashed the bottles on the stones and
! drove the mob at the point of the
bayonet.
| When the mansions on Mob Hill, the
! Fairmount and Mark Hopkins Insti-
| tute We're approached by the flames
today many attempt were made to re-
move some of the priceless works Of art
from the buildings. A crowd Of SOL
| diers was sent to the Flood and Hunt
| ington mansions and Mark Hopkins In
! stitute Of Art TO rescue the paintings.
From the Huntington home and Flood
! mansion canvases We're cut from the
frames with knives. The collections in
tine three buildings are valued in the
hundreds of thousands. Very few were
saved from the ravages Of the fire
fiend.
This afternoon at o'clock the cadets
I of the University of California to the
number of 500 entered the city to ai1
the militia and regular soldiers i'm
tltH WbTh Oi IlldI law
| The young college men have orders
to shoot without warning those caught
! looting. In many parts of town, where
the crowds of survivors are the Wild
est, II is almost impossible to get
around save al pistol muz2le. The
soldiers are disarming every person
seen with a weapon.
THOUSANDS ALMOST
| MAD FROM THIRST
The only institution on Market street
able to do business, according 10 a rep
utable business man who reached the
ferry late tonight, is the Market-Street
Bank, occupying the lower floor of the
Grant building, at Seventh and Market
streets Although the upper part of
this building and every building near
IL was wiped out, the space occupied
by the bank was practically undam-
aged. A sign posted In the window
stated that the bank would be open
for business as soon as II was consid-
cred safe.
The greatest suffering among the
thousands OF homeless people today
was from thirst, Although the shock
had broken water mains, strange 10
say, no water, or very little at least.
appeared on the surface OF the ground.
Public fountains located on Market
street gave out no relief TO the thirsty
thousands. A. the corner OF Powell
end Market streets "A small stream Of
water spurted through the oobble
stones and formed muddy pool
From This pool many knelt ana drank,
/ women as Wen as men,
Wherever the soldiers saw man
win a botlle ~ liquor, they forced him
90 give u up az The point ~ the bay
onet and Immediately smashed u on
The ground Ihe work ~ lne regular
soldiers in FRppresslpf disorder pro-
Nenllug l0oiinF and resouinE persons
from dangerous positions II w0rihy nf
ihe greatest praise Everywhere iheY
shaH lhe highest deRTee ~ nouTsee.
They 40 nal hesllaie 20 shoot phen'