Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-15

Residents Move Goods and
ChattelS-No insurance
on Loss

j Fire which originated in the paint
/ shop of the Doat ySia owned ny Unas
] ID. Wa1ker between hing anu Hotel
streets, near Aiapal utterly destroyed
the pant, valued at $1O,UUU at q O CLOCK
this afternoon. The only insurance
carried was on a boat Walker was
building for the Puunene Boat Club
and tins boat was the only thing saw
ed.
The flames for a time threatened to
spread into the Japanese settlement
adjoining and the inmates OF these
cottages haStened to move their gooas
and cnattels into the street Their
example was followed by those living
across the street and on the makal
side. At 2:30 o'clock the fire was
under. control with the further loss OF
one cottage occupied by Japanese.
Walker Discovers Fire.
According to Walker, he first saw
tht flames, while engaged in moving
his household effects into one of the
five cottages which he. owns across
the street from the yard. /" / saw
thin curl of smoke coming from the
paint shop" he said, and hurried
over. found small blaze which |
thought / could put out with bucket
of water, but when attempted to get
1t. there was not enough pressure to
fill the bucket. Then l sent in an
alarm for the fire department which
was slow in arriving according to
my judgment. At any rate when they
did arrive, the three buildings in the
boat yard were doomed and everything
else was destroyed, save boat was
building for boat club. and which
was the only thing on which / had
insurance. / estimate my loss at $10,-
0O0."
Chief Thurston said that the fire
had gained great headway before the
box alarm was turned in. "We could
see the smoke and flames as we left
the station in the auto" he said "It
was one of those quick fires which
burn UP everything sin sight i'm a few
moments. Everything out there was
dry as tinder and it is lucky it was not
worse"
The block in which the fire occur
red is owned by the Rev. Parker al
though the improvements, in the case
of Walker, were his own.
Marston Campbell, Jr., son of. the.
Superintendent of Public Works, prov
ed himself as much at home amidst
fire as at different times before he had
done in water. Early in the fight he
climbed upon the roof of a threatened
cottage with nozzle and did very eff
fective work in beating back the
flames, despite the volume of acrid
smoke and intense heat waves driven
by the wind directly upon him.
Tropical Trees Burn.
Some magnificent tropical tree,
were right in the focus of the raging
furnace made blythe blazing sheds ano
lumber. A really pretty sight, If sad,
was the blazing of the bushy head or
a date palm, which gave the appear,
ance of huge torch.
The house of William H. Groat,
fronting on King street at the corner
of the lane leading to the boatworks.
was In danger for & time and all of
its contents were removed to the prem !
ises on the opposite corner of the lane.
Also the next house toward Waikiki |
occupied by Japanese family was IN |
the line of the wind-driven cinders. |
Both were saved only by copious
drenching of the roofs. i
In the block on fire were five houses
belonging to Rev. H. H. Parker, all of
which were in great danger.