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Great Honolulu Chinatown Fire of 1900; Date(s) January 20 – February 6, 1900: Location: Chinatown, Honolulu, Hawaii: Statistics; Burned area: 38 acres (150,000 m 2 ...
The San Francisco plague of 1900–1904 was an epidemic of bubonic plague centered on San Francisco's Chinatown. It was the first plague epidemic in the continental United States. [1] The epidemic was recognized by medical authorities in March 1900, but its existence was denied for more than two years by California's Republican governor Henry ...
Oahu is the only major island in Honolulu County. The location of the city of Honolulu, Oahu is the most populous island in the state. There are 169 properties and districts on the island, including 16 National Historic Landmarks. Five formerly listed sites were demolished and have been removed from the Register.
In January 1900, the four-masted steamship S.S. Australia laid anchor in the Port of San Francisco. [10] The ship sailed between Honolulu and San Francisco regularly. Cargo from Honolulu unloaded at a dock near the outfall of Chinatown's sewers may have allowed rats carrying the plague to leave the ship and transmit the infection.
A Chinese typewriter dating back to 1900 is one of three in the Western Hemisphere and is one of just 85 thousand artifacts once feared lost forever during a fire in Chinatown.
On April 20, 1900, the block next to Kaumakapili Church was set on fire. As the flame grew, the wind unexpectedly changed; and the fire spread to the steeple of the church and then began to spread quickly across the city. Firefighters worked hard to control the fire that swept Chinatown, burning 38 acres. The property losses totaled over ...
"Until January 4, 1900", wrote the Assistant Adjutant-General, "there was, strictly speaking, no liquor license law in Manila." [6] An earthquake was registered in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia), killing more than 1,100 people. Ten villages, along with the town of Akhalkalaki were destroyed. [7] [8] Corporate flag Colonial flag Current flag
COURTESY FERN KANDA Hawaiian Electric repair crew works on Alakea Street this morning amid a blackout affecting about 3, 000 customers in Chinatown and areas of downtown Honolulu. UPDATE : TUESDAY ...