The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-28
YESTERDAYS GALE.
An Unusual and Violent Storm.
Destruction of Trees and Flooding
of Streets and Houses - TeIe-
PhOnIc Troubles and Happy
Hackmen.

The storm of wind and ram that
swept over these islands during the
past three days was felt in Honolulu
in its greatest severity yesterday.
BY the steamers that arrived from
windward on Sunday reports were
received Of high winds and threaten
ing weather off Hawaii and Maui,
and on Sunday night and yesterday
the gale ragged over Honolulu. The
destruction among trees and shrub
berry in and about the city was very
great. The algeroba trees suffered
| the most, as their branches are brit
tie, and the trees not having tap roots
are easily overturned when the soil is
light. At Kapiolani Park hundreds
of this kind of tree were blown down;
or, if left standing, were badly broken
by the strong winds sweeping in gusts
down from the deep valleys beyond
the plains. In some places whole
rows of trees We're Frustrated, the
deep trench formed by the turned up
roots looking like a rifle pit guarded
in front by an abattis of trunks and
branches. Along the line of Bere-
tania and King streets the branches
broken from treeR and the PROSTATE
trees themselves, INSTRUCTED the road,
and much damage was done to fences,
and, in few cases, buildings against
which the trees had fallen.
Along Queen street some houses
were flooded with water, and many
banana and kiame trees were up
rooted. An old brick building on
Queen street was badly injured, the
veranda being torn away, and the in
terror of the house drenched with
water. Along the road leading to
the Immigration Depot many trees
were blown down, and for while |
ebstructed the road. AS a matter of |
precaution, the cradle OF the marine |
railway was hauled up us far as pos
sibly to near the engine house. ALI |
the young trees on the EspIanade |
were blown down and a fine palm |
tree in Hackfeld & Co.'s yard was
uprooted.
In the palace yard a number of fine |
trees were broken down, and many of |
those standing in the grounds about |
the Government buildings were in
jured. The flagstaff in the latter
place was snapped off short at the
level of the ground. The lofty flag
poles at the engine houses bent and
swayed i'll the high wind to danger
Gus degree, but none were broken.
Some of the fine trees in DR.. Nc
Crews yard were badly broken, and
the fence at the back of his lot
was broken down by falling branches.
There is, in fact, hardly a yard in the
city where trees are growing that did
not suffer to a greater or less degree
from the effect Of the wind, and the
pretty gardens and strawberries that
ornament the city were badly torn
and damaged
Both the Mutual and Bell system
of telephone wires were badly broken
and disarrapged. Everybody who
upon the public hacks to
bring them into town on bad days,
was trying to call up the two central
offices early yesterday morning, hut
by far the larger number could get nc
reply and, consequently, no hacks.
Mr.. Cassidy, of the Bell, and Mr..
Pratt, of the Mutual line, were as
busy all day as two active spiders
breaks in their webs of
wires, and by afternoon telephone
communication was again we'll estab-
lished throughout the town.
The frame of a cottage being built
on the premises of Mrs. Bush, on
Emma street, was blown down, and
other partly finished buildings were
considerably twisted and racked by
the wind. In the harbor but very
little damage was done to vessels, as
the wind was off from the land, and
the vessels at the wharves were well
secured. The steamers that sail
on Monday were unable to
get out, although in the afternoon
the wind died down and the rain
cleared. Enough rain fell while the
storm was in progress to make getting
about town very disagreeable, and
business, except of the most urgent
nature, was almost totally suspended