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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1906
Page
1
Train service between Hilo and Pune operates Wednesdays with departures from Hilo Station via Railroad Wharf to Olas and Puna aboard the Kinau steamship. Excursion tickets are sold Saturdays and Sundays with return validity until noon next day. Commutation and thousand tickets offered at low rates.
On Saturday April 28 1906 at noon the Public Land Office Hilo Hawaii will auction to the highest bidder under Part V Land Act 1995 the lease for 24.58 acres Lot 4 Katka Poun Hawaii Upset price 12 dollars per year plus advertisement cost Plan of the lot and further particulars available at the Land Department Honolulu or Sub-Agent's Office Hilo Hawaii
In the Fourth Circuit Territory of Hawaii at Chambers Promol te the Estate of Kamaki Waiwalole deceased of Olaa Puna Hawaii. Executrix Da Akau notifies all creditors to present secured or unsecured claims with vouchers if any within six months from this notice. Bills due must be paid to the undersigned within six months from the date of this notice. March 28 1906 Hilo Hawaii.
A San Francisco cable transmits detailed chaos after a major quake and fires. Water mains broke. no water in wholesale districts. fires burned many buildings including hotels. martial law imposed. communication limited. widespread devastation along Market Street to Van Ness. five miles out was safe. ships and city papers wiped out. relief arriving as crews worked under threat and fatigue.
Honolulu reports Welch and Co cables indicate most business area and three quarters of the residence district burned. Estimated property loss around five hundred million dollars. Fatalities not expected to exceed five hundred. Fire is out, streets being cleared, Mills building under reconstruction. Food plentiful, no sickness, sugar refineries and Union Tran Works safe. Stanford University ruined. Salinas近百 killed, San Jose shaken, Agnew’s Insane Asylum collapsed causing many injuries. No damage noted in Los Angeles.
San Francisco reports the most terrific quake on record at 5 10 am wrecking thousands of buildings and triggering widespread fires. Water mains fail, fire protection collapses, and by 7 30 am the city is in uproar with lives lost and property damage in the millions.
Honolulu reports a earthquake beginning just after five in the morning. The Call building and the Palace hotel burned as martial law took effect and troops patrolled the city. Land lines were demoralized and the extent of damage was unclear beyond Montgomery street as residents fled panic.
An urgent dispatch from San Francisco describes the Call building and nearby Grand and Palace hotels consumed by flames. The office is abandoned, with workers signaling they may send further messages if possible from the street and expressing no hope of saving the premises.
A San Francisco cablegram reports the Call building on Market Street collapsed an hour earlier in Honolulu. The entire street is considered doomed as cable crews rush to relocate but fear they cannot connect due to cartage delays. The San Francisco cable office is listed at 533 South Market Street.
An Oakland Honolulu cable from April 19 20 reports water rising Market Street but later service messages correct the error to Fire coming up Market street, indicating the city was not submerged. The destruction is attributed mainly to the ensuing fire after the initial quake.
From Phillips and Co Honolulu dated April 20 Manny Phillips received a cablegram from Mr Green of the San Francisco office just before 3 pm stating Lost only office Everybody well It conveys a brief status update on a lost office incident with no injuries reported.
Cablegram from Honolulu reports Clarence Mackay answering the Chamber of Commerce about the San Francisco catastrophe. He notes a destroyed city with housing loss, homeless population in Golden Gate Park, ongoing fire, expected burn out tonight, troops in control, rationing, restricted entry, and efforts to restore Honolulu communications. Despatch dated New York April 20.
Despatch from Honolulu to Hilo Luter Island N. Co. states water front destroyed and most houses burned. Fire is under control with no cars running. Burned district stretches from ferry building to twenty first and Van Ness. Refineries status unclear. Oakland and Los Angeles reported all right. Relief train moving across the continent.
Public notice posted in the Young building cable office reports Superintendent Gains of the Commercial Pacific Cable Co. in Honolulu received at 11:55 p.m. April 16 a message from McKenna in San Francisco about failing batteries. New York reportedly seeks to ship a new battery from the nearest point. continuation noted on page two.
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