The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-14
EARTHQUAKE
ough out of its course to stop the
Admiral cowIes saIuted.
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enough out or us course 10 sup INC
pendulum,
Admiral cowles saluted.
The customs inspectors in their Of
flee felt the effects of the earthquake
very plainly, at least one or two of
them DID, They state that the table
shook, and it was quite apparent that
something unusual was happening.
Admiral Cowles' orderly was enjoy.
ing a rest. He was sitting comforta.
bly, in his chair, when suddenly he
felt it rocking gently with him. He
stood up and saluted, and then gave
look of indignation at the piece of fur.
Initura The chair continued as rock
! ing chair, and then in order to test
! himself he looked at the bookshelf in
the engineers room and that, strange
| ly enough, was rocking, too. That was
enough for him, and he was getting
ready to consult other authorities as to
whether he was in his right senses or
not, when suddenly someone spoke up
and allayed his fears, explaining that
IT was an earthquake.
Captain Karigar of the Kukui would
not take the matter seriously at all.
He refused to believe that there HAD
been an earthquake He knew, he
said, that half ton of dynamite had
been exploded over near the quaran.
tine station, and that was the shock
that was felt But there was no earth.
quake. Oh, no!
Heard Rambling Noises as Well.
A resident on the slopes of Punch
bowl seems to have got the most bene
fit out of the earthquake, for he said
that his wife yelled out to him that
b an earthquake was loose and then left
Tor The open, grabbing the baby in hel
hurried flight He hurried also, but by
the time that he had joined his wife
who is much more active than he, the
shock was over He said that there
seemed to be guns going off under
meath the hill somewhere, for there
were curious rumblings. There wal
no damage done.
The facetious one got about soon
and alleged that a lady was buying
; pair of corsets in a dry goods stor,
this morning, when the earthquake
| was felt, and the clerk said to her
What bu'st?"
, Many Felt It.
you bet | felt the earthquake,
said John Guild of Alexander & Bald
I, wins office on the second floor of tn
Stangenwald building. q was stand
= ing with one arm on a high desl
! when the whole business moved bac
o and forth"
= Norman Watkins, superintendent {
the Hawaiian Fertilizer Co., says h
. was sitting down with his chair title
- back against a desk, in the company
office on Queen street when he fe
the desk suddenly tremble. At frs
- he thought it was a blast in the ha
Dor.
10 James A. Thompson, clerk of IL
" Supreme Court, jumped up from h
desk at 1875 o'clock, as the Sta
court reporter was crossing the offiC
in front of him. Did you feel that
he exclaimed as he raised his arm
command attention. THAT was q
= earthquake all right" Mr.. ThompsC
added, and the same instant the +
porter was sensible of a rumble Ill
the diminishing sound of a roll
= thunder
nj Other Reports.
TX NJ. F. Prosser, of the law firm
Mt Kinney, Prosser, Anderson & Ma
,e says: Yes, we did feel the shoe
e quite distinctly in our office, on Il
Of third floor Of the Stangenwald. II
as electric lamps were made to vibrat
Id Up at the University Club the lar
ne lamps suspended from the ceilil
e- swung very perceptibly."
at 1T was very distinct on the t
es floor of this building" (the Mecca
N. dless), said William Kirkland on ca
nj ing into the Star office to inquire
ty there was any news of a quake
he California.