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HAWAIIAN STAR.
Tito Hawaiian Star
Is the paper Hint
rocs Into the best
homes of Honolulu
VOL. VI.
HONOLULU, H. I., SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1900.
No. 2460.
If you want to
day's News to
day you can find
IHn THE STAR.
THE
EXPLANATORY.
At 1 o'clock the Electric
company shut down complete
ly. The danger to life from
:Hown" wires caused by the
fire made this imperative.
This shut off the power from
The Star composing and press
rooms just as the paper was
about to go on the press. This
prevented the issue of the reg
ular edition at the regular time.
A single sheet edition giving the
events of the great fire up to
3 o'clock was run oft7 on a hand
press and delivered to sub
scribers. As soon as the Elec
tric Company resumed opera
tions the preparation of the
present edition was resumed.
THOUSANDS DRIVEN BY FLAMES
FROM THEIR HOMES.
Sanitary Fire Gets Beyond Control and
Threatens the Entire Town Scenes
of Great Excitement.
Chinatown Is wiped out.
From Kukul street to the water front.
and from the river Walklkl-way to Nu
uanu above Pauahl, and to Smith street
above King, and to Maunakea from the
water front up to King-, Is tonight no
thing but a smouldering mass of em
bers, blazing here and there, and here
and there broken by the ruined walls
of some brick or stone building. With
in the boundaries given, Chinatown Is a
thing of the past.. Nothing Walklkl
way of this line .was destroyed by the
Are except a wooden building at the
foot of Maunakea street close to the
Honolulu Iron Works. Brewer & Com
pany's two story brick building at the
foot of Maunakea street, used as a
warehouse below and a sail loft above.
was saved by a volunteer bucket bri
gade which was organized soon after 1
o'clock, and with ropes and a line of
men with tin buckets hastily brought
from one Jf the hardware stores, kept
the roof and walls flooded with water,
The fire was kept from spreading be
yond Kukul street by th efforts of a
volunteer brigade organized by Henry
Waterhouse and Judge Perry. The
street is narrow and when the flames
reached the buildings near the corner
of River and Kukul streets, the heat
was so Intense that It seemed a certain
ty the flames would leap the narrow
street and spread mauka. To prevent
this the buildings at the corner of Ku
kul and River streets were fired on the
Kukul street side, and the wind being
from the mountain at that time carried
the flames toward the sea, and the fire
thus started meeting the advancing
flames coming In the other direction the
two mutually spent themselves.
BABES OF AN HOUR.
There were hundreds of them, men
women and children some of the latter
only a few hours or a day from their
. birth. Men and women were In tears
and frenzied with fear. They saw de
structlon for their little all, In many
cases. The people were taken to the
vacant lot at the corner of Nuuanu and
Kukul streets, still within the ouaran
tine lines but out of danger of the Are,
and such of their household goods and
belongings as could be saved were tak
en with them, special efforts were
made to save such things as are necep
sary for children and infants. From
here this body of refugees were taken
as soon as could be under guard to Ka
walahao church where they reclved tn
attention of the relief committee having
charge or carting for them.
On Rlvei street near Kukul were
number of new two story tenements,
some of them uncompleted. These were
burned In the whirl wind of flame. One
of the uncompleted buildings was used
as a storage place for Oriental goods,
most of It new. Among these were
many valuable articles. There were
rare vases of Japanese pottery, tapes
tries, and a wealth of other things. But
they all suffered the common fate of
property In Chinatown.
For n long time It was feared that th
fire would leap the river below King
street and get Into the lumber yards
and planing mills there. It seemed al
most a miracle that it did not. Sparks
and burning shingles were constantly
blown there, but active work with buc
kets and the flooding of the entire area
from the water in River park saved this
locality. Had the flames crossed the
stream at this point, It can hardly be
Imagined where they would have been
stopped. The depot of the Oahu rail
way was right In the line of the direc
tion of the wind and with the sur
rounding piles of lumber would almost
certainly have carried the fire up
through Iwllei.
There -was the greatest danger If tho
fire crossed the river at any point. Tho
closely built wooden houses of Palania
would havo offered Insuperable obsta
cles to the work of the fire department.
FIRE BREAKS BOUNDS.
The part of the Infected district which
It was Intended to burn wns that part
of block fifteen between the Walklkl
lino of the Kaumaknplll church and
Nuuanu street, from Beretnnla to Ku
kul. The fire department began opera
tions about 8 o'clock. These were of
the usual kind, the placing of the ap
paratus of tho department at the points
from which It was thought the fire
could be best controlled; then the thor
until Fi-iPi
ough wetting of all adjoining or con
tinuous buildings. The fire was start
ed in a building Just walklkl or tne
church Bo ns to get an open Bpace, be
tween the church and the bulk of tho
buildings to be burned, and to burn
against the wind. Tho breaking up of
the steady northeast trade wind, Into
gusty and variable one upset these
calculations. At 10 o'clock the steeple
of Kaumakaplll church caught on fire,
and quickly carried the flame over tho
church to the Chinese Joss house on the
Ewa side of the church. There were
then two problems before the depart
ment. One waB how to save the
church, and the other was how to save
the buildings between the joss nouse
and the river. For a time It looked like
both problems would be solved. But
with the loss of Engine No. 1, It became
evident that nothing could save the
church. Then effort was directed to
stopping the progress of the fire toward
the river and the sea. With the pro
gress of the Are and the Increase of
the heat the strength of the wind seem
ed augmented, carrying the flames ever
farther In the wrong direction. The air
all over Chinatown was soon filled with
burning shingles and sparks and even
large masses of burning material. Roofs
were catching lire as rar manai as
there were any roofs to catch fire. The
people of the quarantined district who
had begun the morning with an enjoy
ment of the Are as a spectacle, soon
began to fear for their own homes and
their own household belongings ani
even for their lives.
FLAMES BEYOND CONTROL.
The flames spread over toward River
street. Presently they Jumped across
Beretanla street Into Block 1, bounded
by Beretanla, Maunakea, Pauahl and
River. They seemed to break out right
In the very center of this block. It
was now recognized that the fire was
beyond the control of the crippled de
partment by the use of lire engines and
water. There was only one way to stop
the course of the conflagration, and
that was by blowing up buildings In lti
course. Before this point was reached,
another emergency arose. The people
of the burning district, frenzied by the
fact that their homes were burning and
that they were hemmed In the district
by a cordon of military, became panic
stricken. Mobs charged the guards
along River street In an effort to get
out or danger. Tnis orougnt out tne
leserves of the police and the National
Guard and a large force of volunteer
Inspectors from the Citizens' Commit
tee armed for the most part with axe
and pick handles hastily taken from
hardware stores on the way. The on
ward rush of the flames, together with
the explosions of dynamite and giant
powder used In the effort to blow up
buildings, together with, the noise of ex
plodlng bombs in the Chinese stores and
kerosene cans in household apartments,
added to the sources of panic. Though
the crowd was soon under control by
the police and military, It was but a
bhort time before It was evident the
people muse oe removed irom me dis
trict to some place of safety. Organi
zation for this purpose was quick and
effective. A cordon was formed along.
Dotn sides or iting street rrom tne
quarantined district to - Kawalahno
church and between these two lines the
refugees were marched. Such of the
household goods and articles of Imme
diate personal necessity as It was pos
slble were put on express wagons and
started for the place of refuge. Some
of the women and children as far as I
possible wore provided with conveyance
by the same means. It was a pathetic,
sight, to see these people driven by tho
flames and the exigencies of the plague
on this march. Many of them unable
to understand It broke down In frenzle.
tears and sobbing. Some were anger.
ed by the excitement and suddenness
of it all.
STRANGE FRENZY.
Strangely enough, while most of the
People were in n panic to escape from
threatened death by burning, others
were crazed in another way and could
scarcely be driven by force from the
houses which had been their homes and
where their cherished household good
were. The danger to their lives seem
cd as nothing to the danger to their
Household goods. The volunteer inspen
tors did most valuable and efficient
work in going through these houses 0.1
the flames advanced to make sure that
110 one, sick or enfeebled, or uncon
sclous from Infancy or fright of their
danger were left behind.
Efforts to stay the progress of the
flames by blowing up buildings proved
Ineffectual. They swept ncross Pauahl
street and then almost against the wind
as far as Smith street Walklkl way,
Hopes were entertained that.lt might be
prevented from crossing Hotel street
toward the sea. But these were soon
given up and King street It was hopd
would be the barrier. That the Arc did
not cross Smith street toward Fort was
due largely to the fact that there was
a building with Iron walls and iron
roof on the Ewa side of Smith street
between Hotel and King which acted as
a barrier, and turned the flames toward
the river. And yet strangely enough
In. the excltment of the time a number
of citizens tried to tear this down ana
were only prevented fry the arrival of
Col. J. It. Fisher, who. seeing its strate
gle value, by sheer force of vehemence
and moral Insistence prevented. .
FIRE DEFLECTED.
Though King street did not prove the
barrier expected, the efforts at this
point were successful to the extent of
preventing its spread across King street
walklkl of Maunakea, and this un
doubtedly saved the Honolulu Iron
Works. The direct advance of thi
flames on this property was stayed ana
the principal danger to It was that
burning Are brands might be carried In
to the works themselves, or that the
lire might cross Maunakea street as
burned toward the water front. Tho
whole force of the works was out. re
lnforced by many volunteers, on the
roof 8 of the buildings and Inside the
buildings and grounds, ready to put
out instantly nny burning brand that
found its way there, and with bucket
keeping the roofs and walls wet. Thla
was the supremely critical Juncture of
the day. it the Iron Works got aAre
no one could say that the flames would
not extend Walklkl way almost any
distance. Tr-ere was the greatest up
prehension on" this score. Indeed many
mcrcnanis una others as far In the dl
reotlon as Fort street began moving ou
their most valuable things. All the
buildings along Queen street ns far as
Fort were belle .'ed to share the danger
of the Iron Works. Business houses
and stores turned out their men, and
everything in their stock that could be
of service In Aghtlng the fir-?. Any kind
of hose that could carry a stream of
water was put into use. Buckets by
tho gross wore hurried In wagons from
where they were kept in stock to where
they might be of service.
THE END OF THE FIRE.
The efforts along this line were suc-
essful. The Are was deflected toward
the river and kept on tho river side of
Maunakea street. But it burned clear
down to the waters edge. Great piles of
lumber, largely timbers, and much of it
elonglng to the government, which
was along the water front Ewa of the
old Ashmarket wharf, was burned.
Much of this lumber was being framed
into wharf timbers or being hum it to
lighters which are sorely needed at
these times.
The dredger which was at work at
the mouth of Nuuanu stream fnrclne
p material to complete the Ailing of
River park, hastily quit thai work and
as moved over toward th" railroad
wharf out of danger. King streot
bridge, both the temporary one In place
and the new one In process of construc
tion were burned, and with them the
pile driver which was on this side of
King street.
It was not until 4 o clock that anyone
at work at the Are allowed himself to
feel that all danger was over, and even
nfter that for hours, there could be no
let up in watchfulness and care for It
as not known what unfortultous cir
cumstance of wind or chance might fan
the embers Into a blaze again, and put
the town In danger again. Everywhere,
long after dark and even with the In
tention of continuing It throughout the
ight, lines of hose were kept playing
on the blazing ruins.
In its suddenness, its violence, in its
ramifications and wldespread danger.
In the number of emergencies It creat
ed. In the energies It called forth, and
in the number of people It affected to
the point of loss of life or property,
there has never been anything equal to
today's lire In Honolulu, and perhaps
seldom anywhere else.
PANIC AND RIOT.
Panic, threatened riot, and a devas
tating Are Jar beyond the control of the
department, called out all the reserves
of the National Guard and the police,
and brought thousands of citizens to
the quarantine district and created gen
eral excitement throughout the town
probably never equalled.
The explosion of dynamite In the at
tempt to blow up buildings to stop the
course of the Are added to the causes
of apprehension, excitement and con
sternation. The whole town was In tur
moil. No one knew what to expect or
wnat might happen.
Soon after 11 o'clock the Are which
destroyed Kaumakaplll church got be
yond the control of the Are department.
The flames which had leaped from the
burning buildings where the Are was
Arst started, to the steeple of Kauma
kapili church and tlicnco to the Chi
neso Joss house on the Ewa side spread
with amazing rapidity down toward
xiuunuu obii-iim bjiu uurusa iijo narrow
street toward the sea.
Number 1 firo engine, from tho for
mer house on King street, was caught
uy tho names and destroyed. it liuu
been moved to a position close to the
Kaumakapnt blaze, 1 lames burst eud
denly out of tho buildings near by with
such lcrocsty that tho Bremen had to
run for their lives. It was utterly im
possible to take horses in to rcscuo the
engine and it was buried under tho
burning debris.
J. ho accident was a terrible blow to
tho fire department. Three engines
were left in the field. The chemical,
the last in the service, was brought up
anu did its best.
Whirlwind af tor whirlwind swept tho
burning district. Flaming shingles
were swept in ciouos over tno neiciibor
inc blocks. The efforts of the firemen
to absolutely put out tho tire were ot no
avail, it went higher and higher and
surged ou down JNuuanu to .Kukui and
an around toward tho stream.
FRENZY'S VICTIMS.
The people living in this region be
came panic, stricken. It was no wonder.
Imprisoned in the district by a line ot
soldiers all around, with the Are sweep
ing uncontrolled over the district, burn
lng alive seemed their certain fate,
Mobs of the maddened peonle urged
simultaneously by the same overwhelm
ing fear moved at the same instant out
every street leading to River street with
the intention of forcing their way ouU
Tne guaras oDeyed their orders and pre
vented the movement by force. At the
same time other people in the same dls
trlct though not so immediately In the
path of the Aames gathered toward the
Walklkl side or the quarantined dlstrlc
and there was fear that a mob would
strive to break out on this side. Word
was sent to the military headquarters
and the reserves there were sent to the
scene of trouble on the double quick. At
the same time word was sent out and
that together with the general excite
ment kept bringing In guardsmen to
headquarters, who were sent down In
squads on the double quick to the scene
Of action. Many of them were still in
citizen's clothes not having had time to
put on their uniforms.
Tho Marshal at the same time sent up
an tne reserves rrom the police station
The Citizens' committee sent up all the
inspectors who could be gathered to
gethe. These Were for the most part
armed with ax and pick handles from
the hardware stores. However tho sor.
vices of only a few of these were need
ed. The situation within the lines was
soon well In hand so far as guarding
the population was concerned. .But the
danger neither police nor military nor
even the fire department with the aid of
explosives could avert was becoming
more Imminent the danger of burning
to death. Hotter and hotter became the
flames; narrower and narrowe the Urn
its within which tho people could be
kept In safety. It soon became evident
that the people must be removed from
the district. Humanity demanded It.
RIVER STREET SIDE
On tho River street side of the quar
antlno lines when the Are got beyond
control tho scene was one of the wildcat
excitement. Hundreds of Japanese men,
women and children wore hurrying from
their homes, all who were able to car
ry baggage having loads on their
backs. Most of the children were
screaming and some of the native men
and women denounced the white man
and his government in all the ex
clteable language they could command.
When the Are Was at its height on the
River street side there were a thousand
people along the river and. the whole
length of the banks was piled with bag
gage. 1 It is reported by a guard in this
district that a sick Chinese was -burned
to death in a building near Kukul
street.
Quarantine lines had been extended'
to the far side of River street, and the
frightened people were between quar
antine lines and the big Are, which was
sending Aames Into the air twice the
height of any building in its course.
Lighted cinders Aew over whole blocks
and the roof of a water front building
began to blaze when the conflagration
was two blocks from it.
At every point the masses of people
within the quarantine lines were hem
med in by citizens armed with ugly
looking pick handles. Very few at
tempts to escape were made. The Asi
atics were half crazed with fear and
excitement. Every explosion at one
point was talked of at others as the Ar
ing of guns upon the populace. When
Arecrackers were set off by the advanc
ing Aames the unfortunates of the In
fected district had visions of shooting
being done by the military, and even
white people thought once or twice that
such stern work had begun. It would
have begun anywhere, had provocation
been offered.
As the flames advanced toward the
water front the panic only Increased.
Even people across the stream began
to fear that their property would go, as
they felt the intense heat across the lit
tle stretch of water. The Catholic
Brothers In St. Louis College watched
the growing destruction with alarm
from their distant buildings, knowing
that only a change of wind was needed
to carry the greedy tongues of flames
across the river and cause the burning
of the college buildings.
Shortly after 11 o'clock Block 1,
bounded by Maunakea, Beretanla, Riv
er and Pauahl streets took Are in
places. It was filled with people and
great effort had to be exerted to get
them otit. Chinese and Japanese were
terribly frightened and formed a howl
ing, crying, dangerous mob In the
streets.
At 1:30 p. m. Chinatown was aflre
from Smith street to River and almost
to the waterfront. No human power
could avert Us comdete destruction.
f or hours there was tno rattio ot ure-
works in the burning houses and ever
and anon a loud explosion ns a lot of
kerosene oil in warehouses would diow
up There was some giant powder in
the district mid when this went ott win
dows shook up to Nuuanu street.
Most heroic measures had to bp
adopted to save the inhabitants of the
burrtlng district. They have all been
transferred to the Kawalahao Church
and the yard around there. AH the mi
litary were called in to get the people
and thelr,belonglngs out. At least 100D
citizens volunteered for guard duty and
lined both sides of King street from
Chinatown to Kawalahao church, while
the surging mass of Chinese humanity
passed through. Express wagons took
the women and children. Many breaks
were made to get away, but the would
be refugees w'ere always promptly met
by a dozen or more men armed with
guns, axe handles and almost every-r
thing else Imaginable.
Too much can not uo said in praise 01
tho military, police, Board of Health
officials, Citizens' Sanitary Committee
and citizens generally for their work in
saving people and their household
goods.
At 1 o'clock the Hawaiian Electric
Company shut off its power as a num
ber of Its wires wore about to be burn
ed out and would offer danger to peo
ple In the streets.
THE SHIPPING.
Ships at the docks along the part ot
tho water front to which Are threaten
ed to sweep began to move away as
soon as the rising flames threatened to
ened to reach the wharves. Their mas
ters saw that nothing could save them,
reach the wharves. Their masters saw
that nothing could save them, if the
Are once took hold of the docks.
The wharves from the boat landing
Ewa to the old Ashmarket wharf were
crowded with merchant vessels dls-
erowded freight. When the Are began
to get hot, flying sparks and Are brands
carried by the wind warned the captains
that there was possible danger,
But when the Are broke bo.
yond the control of the depart
ment and smoke and flames were car
ried down upon them, masters lost no
time in getting away from the wharf,
The government tug and every steam
vessel that could be brought Into re
quisition was pressed Into the service,
Big deep sea going vessels crowded each
other in what was a marine flight tx
cept that there was none of the con
fusion of panic. The vessels were all
taken over to naval row and made fast
as best they could be, and It was not
until all were out of danger that an
effort was made to stralnghten out the
confused mass of merchant marine. By
nightfall, tho harbor masters and the
captains had lined up their vessels In
order until they looked like an Armada,
None of the vessels caught lire, con
trary to rumors circulated in the ex
cltement. In a few cases sparks light
lng on the sails mode lively work for
the sailors, but no .damage to speak ot
was done.
THE IROQUOIS -AT WORK.
The hottest work at the end of the
great conflagration was on tho water
front, where several bucket brigades
made heroic efforts to stop the advance
of the flames In front of the Honolulu
Iron Works and Hitch's sail loft. The
lire swept to the front with terrible rap
idlty and a strong wind made the
flames threaten everything to the wa
ter's edge. At Hitch's sail loft and rt
the Honolulu Iron Works bucket bri
gades worked for over an hour amid
the heat and smoke. Soveral times tho
men wore driven away by the hot air
and the cinders, but they returned
again every time and did a great deal
to Impede the progress of the Are. There
wore many prominent citizens In the
line that handed buckets of salt wa
ter along for those at the front to throw
In the path of tho flames.
Lato in the afternoon the tug Iro
quols, which had been burning coal to
get un steam ever since danger devel
oped, came to the old Ashmarket wharf
and put out two lines or hose which
were carried through the Honolulu Iron
Works to where they could play direct
ly on the advancing Aames. The gov
ernment tug Eleu was also stationed in
one of the slips near the mouth of Nuu
unu stream and two lines of hose from
her together with those from the Iro
quois relieved the Are department and
the bucket brigade from work at this
point.
NOTES.
Citizen volunteers tore down tho
wooden buildings between the office of
the Independent and Nick Breham's
soda water house In Smith street ahead
ot the lire, making It easier to stop the
blaze at that point. Thomas yard on
the opposite corner was cleaned and a
lot of hay saved. Mr. Testa, of the In
dependent, saved his old paper files but
lost a great deal of valuable machinery
and newspaper appliances.
A well known preacher and an almost
equaly well known saloon keeper pulled
a hack load of Chinese women and chil
dren from Nuuanu street to Kawala
hao church during the flre. Each held
a shaft of the vehicle. Though In the
midst of alarm and touching spectacles
the sight provoked a storm of laughter
all along the streets.
The shutting oft of electric power this
afternoon kept the linotypes and press
es of The Star from working and neces
statcd a delay In getting out this edi
tion. The burning of Number 3 flre house In
Chinatown today will necessitate the
removal of the chemical engine from
that place to the central station. Chief
Hunt has room for It there.
Great sympathy Is felt for the Are-
men. They never worked harder ana
showed the stuff they are made of. The
big blaze was no fault of theirs. It wus
simply a case of high, variable wind
and not enough engines.
It Is not true that a second Are en
gtne was lost, or damaged this morn
ing. Nor Is It true that two Are horses
were killed. These reports have been
persistently circulated all day.
Palama and Kallhl are without com
munication with the city. In King
street between Maunakea and Kekau-
llke telephone poles were burned tre
wires let down In the road and most
of them were broken.-
AH of the Natldwal Guardsmen have
been on duty since 11 o'clock and a big
detail will have to keep up the watch
all night.
Kaumakapjtli church Is completely
gutted. Its tine organ was destroyed.
The tops of the towers down to the
trick work were burned off. This aft
ernoon the old church looks like an old
ruin, a place for ehlverlng owls and the
like.
This morning a large party of natives
stood and watched Kaumakaplll burn.
It was their church. The women were
In tears and the men seemed deeply
touched. President Dole noticed the
situation and, raising his voice, assured
all that as good and perhaps a better
church would take the place of the one
burned. The natives showed Immense
gratitude at this assurance.
This morning while attempting to re
move an old motor out of a Chinaman's
storeto save It from the flre an electric
lineman was assaulted by the proprie
tor of the place, receiving a cut through
the coat Just over the heart. Tho
Chinaman declared the visitor was try
ing to steal, whereas he was really do
ing the mama favor. It Is needless to
say that, after that, the valuable motor
stayed there and was burned.
A tourist who had taken a club and
offered to assist In moving the peonlo
from quarantine to the temporary camp
at Kawalahao struck a native woman
on the arm In King street this mornlnf
because she would not move fast
enough. A prominent lawyer witnessed
the Incident and will take up the case
The man refused to give his name, but
It will be learned.
Ladles along the streets this after
noon ware begging for the axe handles
and clubs in tho hands of the emergen
cy guard for souvenirs.
THE LATEST.
Shortly after 9 p. m 250 of the burn
ed out people were moved to Hackfeld's
warehouse for the night.
Dr. Wood and A. L. C. Atkinson
started at 9:30 on a round of inspection
to pick out those who should be sent
to the Kakaako camp, where accom
modations and organization Is tn such
chape that sick and feeble people can
be taken care of. There were Ave
drays on call at the Board of Health
oAlco ready to carry any sick people
during the night.
The Electric light wires having been
destroyed 30 dozen additional lanterns
had to be sent to the Kallhl camp, with
kerosene to nil them. Also 200 rolls or
matting were furnished for the people,
Tomorrow as many sufferers as pos
sible will be moved to Kallhl. They will
be fumigated, and supplied with an en
tirely new outflt of clothes.
UGLY JAPS.
Some of the Chinese and Japanese
taken from the mauka end of the quar
antlned district showed a good deal of
ugliness. Among the lot were a few
armed with knives and clubs. They
were disarmed by tho military. Though
they were disposed to resist regulations
there was no conflict, as the presence
of the military subdued them.
. PUCE RUB.
Thore was but one new case of plague
reported up to sun down. The victim
was Ahl, half Chinese half Hawaiian,
living In Achl lane belowe Kaumaka
plll. This man was taken with a chill
Thursday evening. Ho quit work but
was able t be around. This mornlnt
he became rapidly worse and died un
expectedly.
Knaua, tho woman taken from tho
Merchant street house a fow days ago,
died at the pest house at 2 o'clock this
morning,
Tho National Guard goes Into strict
quarantine at 3 p. m. Sunday.
Hart & Co. packed lunches for 1000
people. Charley Ramsay had charge of
tho luau and he gave good measure,
too.
. One suspicious orfso of plague was re
ported at the Board of Health ofllco
this evening.
G. L. O'Noll who was discharged the
other day on the ploa that Ave months
at sen had a tendency tn drive a man
to drink, was Aned 12 and costs this
morning on tho charge of common nul
sanco.
1
THE STRANGEST CONGREGATION
EVER SEEN.
How Accommodations Were Made for
the People Made Homeless by the
Great Fire.
Four thousand three hundred and
twenty-flve men, women and children.
Chinese, Japanese, Hawailans and
white were rendered homeless by the
flames today. Tonight they are the
wards of a community which has risen
to the humanity and generosity de
manded by the emergency and with an
energy seldom equalled has provided
shelter and food and made the refugees
as comfortable as It Is possible under
the circumstances.
No church ever held a more extraor
dinary assemblage than that which
gathered In Kawalahao when the tired
Inhabitants of Chinatown reached there
after their march of four blocks be
tween lines of Honolulu citizens armed
with clubs. The march was a very hard
one for some of the people who were
compelled to move, and the line was a
most pitiful spectacle as It moved along
King street. Every man who held a club
to keep the people from scattering felt
sympathy for the unfortunate ones he
had to guard. Some of the children
could haruly walk and some of the wo
men, especially the Chinese, with the
small feet of the aristocracy, suffered
greatly on the march.
In another way the procession excit
ed comment. It was a revelation to
many In the utterly dirty and low ap
pearance of many of those who made
up the ranks. Not everybody who saw
the frightened crowds pass knew that
Honolulu had a population such as that
which passed between guards to the
church this afternoon. A more filthy
procession was probably never seen. It
was the plague-breeding spot of Hono
lulu turning out Its population and lit
breeders of plague a majority of them
seemed to be. The crowd that watched
them was divided between sentiments
of anger that such a catherlng should
be possible here, and sympathy for the
unfortunate people who made up i..e
crowd. They were perfectly submissive
The clubs were quite useless. Scarce'.y
anywhere along the line was any effort
made to force a way out of the pathv
One or two Chinese and Japanese made
efforts to slip quietly through the lines.
but they were turned back. All that
was needed to turn them back was a
word. The hundreds of clubs brandish
ed along the lines were never brought
Into use, The sorry crowd ot sufferers
by the great conflagration moved along
as fast as they could and trusted to the
white man to And some place for them
at tho end of the Journey.
THE MOVING THRONG.
More guards, more guns and more
clubs met the moving population at
Kawalahao church. The gates were
opened and the refugees began to move
In and drop their burdens on the grass.
All round the grounds were guarcs to
see that none made escape from the
place. The men and women from Chi
natown sat down on the grass and wai
edto see what would be done with them.
Women tried to keep the babies they
carried in arms quiet, while the pangs
0 hunger made the babies cry. Scarce
ly anyone In all the vast assemblage
had had anything to eat since break
fast, and none knew when they would
get anything. In this they did not dif
fer from the men who were guarding
them. Most of the latter had worked
at the Are or elsewhere all through the
day.
"Women Arst" was the natural order,
as soon as the business of getting peo
ple into the church was begun. In two
hours the big-church was packed up
stairs and down with Chinese women'
and children. They occupied all of every
pew. Tho big place of worship was so
crowded that those who had seats could
not even turn In their places. The gal
lery held a throng that Ailed nearly all
the aisles and the reception rooms, as
well as the auditorium, was the same.
Still women were coming and asking
for places, and a thousand men were
outside with no place to do anything
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