Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XLI, Number 12, 1 October 1947 — Pau I Ke Ahi [ARTICLE]

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Pau I Ke Ahi

Ma ke ahiahi o ka Poalihia aku nei, Sepatemaba 26, i holapu ae' ai ke alelo menemene ole o ka ahi i ka hale o ka Hawaiian Canec (Hale Hana Pepa) o Hilo nei a palaha pu i ka honua. Ua hiki aku ke poho ma kahi 0 ka $250,000.00 e like me ia i kohokoho ia ai. e like nohoi me na mea i hoike ia ae, ua hoomaka ae ke ahi ma kahi hoahu o ka laina ko, a ua hoomaka māi lalo loā ae. O kekahi mau wahi ua hoopulu ia me ka aila kohola, a o ka mea ia nana i hooi !oa aku 1 ka a ana a ke ahi. I ka wa i ike ia ai ke ahi, ua hoike ia mai ka lohe i ka oihana kinai ahi o Hilo nei. Ua holo aku na poe kinai ahi, a no ekolu hora ko lakou hooikaika ana a hiki i, ke kaa ana o ke ahi malalo o ko lakou malu. nae aohe he mea i koe o ua mau hale hoahu la.

O kahi nae o ka laki aoie he ola i hoopoino ia. O ka iua iho la keia o ke ahi nui i a ai ma Hilo nei iloko o ekolu pule. G ke ahi mua oia no jka a ia ana o kekahi lumi hoahu jo ka Hui o yon Hamm-Youn£, a |ua hiki aku ke pohp oia hui e i like me ia i kohokoho ia ai ma ikahi o ka $100,000.00 a oi aku. Aia kela halo hana pepa ma kahi e kokoko ana i ka Halewlli 'ko o Waiakoa, ma Kapunakea, a jo kahi o ka laki, ua kokoke no[hoi i ka lokowai o Waiakea, | Ua nui no na poe kokua i hojea aku ma k?la wahi pau ahi no ■ka paio ana i ke alii. j Aia no ka. poino ma na \vahi j apau.