The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-07

will understand the extent of devasta- |
ton when 1 tell you, that it made a !
clean sweep from the water front !
south of Market to 18th street, cleaned !
out the entire water front. and that |
there is hardly one single building left !
i'm the business section of the city
Van Ness avenue on the east side
marks the general west boundary and |
the entire section to the ocean is gone. !
The inclosed map which ! send you
will give you the general idea. il is
only substantially correct, however;
more should be inclosed, while the fire
did not extend as far as Fillmore; it
was stopped at Van Ness, though it in
cluded at the Nase an immense tract
west and in others it made dreadful
incursiOns as far as Franklin. You
will understand it is very hard to give
the exact boundary, as the destruction
was so complete, that you can hardly
tell the districts. There is no use to
describe further you will receive the
newspapers.
What ! saw has Mortified me. and
Jared my nerves to a breaking point.
Let me give you one or two of the
things happening. In an iron foundry
an explosion took place, a piece of
white paper (supposed) was seen to fly
up and come down. 1t was i'm fact
piece of white steel and it struck a
man ON the head, and cut it in twain.
\ desperate was seen looting bodies,
he was tied up to post and shot his
body left on the street with a sign on
10 e.,
others.
| must admit, however, that some
humorous incidents occurred. That in
an attempt to save property one per-
son should lug a sewing machine an
other take a ladies hat box, and an
other a bird cage, struck me as funny.
How a piano was carried to the park
was a source of amusement to those
who saw it there, but you will recog-
nize the wisdom of carrying a box of
cigars. That a thin, TAN flower glass
could stand erect on its stand, whilst
nearly everything else was wrecked
and that single crockery dish-covers
could fly out of the shelf into a lower
apartment, describing a half circle,
leaving all others i'm their places, seems
little short of miraculous. That a man
could lie i'm bed, and the roof and one
side cave i'm on him, and still get out
unhurt, and that whilst one building
was estroyed utterly, an adjoining one
remained apparently undisturbed, so
much so that on ascending to the,siXth
floor. a lawyer found that the only
thing out of order in his office was the
telephone, seems hardly other than a
fairy tale.
The tragic part looms up however
over everything, and the tragedy is on
now Rain set in last night, and it is
raining now. What must be the con-
dition of the thousands in the park,
on the hill sides in tents.
There will be no famine the food
supply is ample and the authorities in
handling the situation have exceeded
the most sanguine expectations. The
people behaved splendidly, and the po-
lice and soldiers admirably. Altogeth-
err the situation has been handled to a
nicely. There is no praise too great
for those who had charge of affairs
will leave you to understand this
problem confronting attorneys when I
tell you that every record and paper
was destroyed There are many 9TH
ers.
l succeeded on Thursday night in
getting over to Oakland. after hauling
with another gentleman, two trunks
up Van Ness avenue for two ladies.
How I ever did it, l don't know but
necessity seems to be the mother of
strength as well as invention.
Poor Frisco! We've outdone all 9TH
er CatastrOphes.
Let me hear from you. From your
down and out but still i'm the ring
Brother, PERCY.