The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-01-10

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branch of the Bank of Maui, the Wa
Sing Store, a small Japanese barber
shop. the Sing Lung fruit store, and
the zee Zip general store.
On the opposite side of the street
the fire swept everything on the a.
bordering the waterfront except the
concrete building of the Plantation
Market and the two-story frame build
ing to the east of this occupied by the
Nishamura fish market. This last
named building was saved by the
greatest effort on the past of dozens
of volunteer workers who formed a
bucket brigade and passed water up
from the sea in sufficient quantity to
finally save the building. The front of
1t, however, is deeply charred and
damaged probably between $500 and
$1,000. The new Plantation Market
CIV. L. Decoto) escaped with but min
or damage.
west of this every building was
swept clean, clear around TO the last
structures on the waterfront near the
lighthouse and across from the Pion-
eer Hotel.
Pioneer Hotel Threatened
The Pioneer Hotel was seriously
threatened, although some distance
from the fire, by the shower of sparks
carried upon it by the wind. BY keep
ing the roof wet with water carried
up in buckets it was possible to pre-
vent its catching fire.
IN the 81" section just referred TO.
the Goo Lip building on the corner
was the most pretentious. and renre-
sents a loss of perhaps $4,000 alone.
1t was insured for $4,000. In this struc.
ture was the Yet Lung Co.. general
store, and several smaller businesses.
The G. G. Seong drygoods, store and
the Decoto building next in which was
located a Japanese hotel, were with
out insurance.
On the west side of this block were
a number of shacks occupied by fish
and the south end by the 2-storv
japanese hotel of NJ. Shima-
nura.
Insurance Total $50, 1000
Bernard Froiseth, adjuster for the
board of fire underwriters from Homo
.ulu' Il. K. Meyers, manager of the
home insurance Co, and James S
Jr., of the Hawaiian Trust Co..
insurance department, arrived in La
laina Monday night and in conjunc-
ion with p. H.. Ross, insurance man
ager of the Bank of Maui, made an
estimate of the losses and a tabulation
d the insurance covering it. The es-
of the total loss was placed at
between $125,00O and $4,000 while
The aggregate insurance carried by all
companies is about $50, 700.
The heaviest loser was the Len
Wal Co., whose stock and building
represented a value of about $50. 900.
with $4,000 insurance.
The Bank of Maui carried $11OO in
on its banking fixtures, which
mount will probably not cover the
oss by some hundreds of dollars.
The Goo Lip building was insured
or $4,000, and the loss will be about
10000.
Mrs. Sing Kee, carried $500 on stock
fixtures of her fish market.
NJ. Shimamura, owner of a Japanese
had $4,000 insurance, but claims
lis loss is double that amount.
Hee Yip's stock valued at about
10000, was insured for $4,000. The
1spinda Estate building in which the
store was located, as we'll as the Sing
Jung fruit store, was not insured, the
insurance having lapsed some time
go and not been removed. The loss
N this building will be perhaps $4,000.
Sing Lung lost about $1,000 worth of
took, and carried 5000 insurance.
G. G.. Seong carried no insurance on
lis stock but had $500 on the build
ng.
The Decoto building was not insur-
d.
The Yet Lung Co. had about $4,000
worth of stock and fixtures, and car
led $14OO in insurance.
Bank First To Resume Business
The Bank of Maui's unsecured loss
will amount to perhaps $500 or $500
N its furnishings and in the damage
o its $4,000 manganese-steel coin safe
which refused to open after the fire,
nd had to be cut open with an oxy-
.cetylene blow torch. The vault was
pened, however without much diff
ulty, and the contents found to be in
act.
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