The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-08-04
HILo, July 31st,

VIC lsItlcI "OuIa nave Deen swept away.
HILo, July S1st
The severest storm of the season in Hilo,
Puma and Kau districts paid US a visit since
my last. 1t commenced last Saturday even
ing, continuing through the night, and the
next day and night, up to Tuesday morning
of this week, when it came to an end. It
reached its height on Sunday night, when the
wind blew very heavy, coming in squalls,
and the rain falling in torrents, causing the
water in the gulches to raise to great
height, and come pouring down them, after
the style of the rapids on the st. Lawrence
river. Considerable damage has been done
on the planta tions in the Hilo District, and
to private individuals in Hilo and Puma.
The wharf at Onomea landing is washed
away, and also the wharf at Papaikou, and
the Papaikou Sugar Company's scow is
stove, SO that she is unfit for use at present.
The schooner Emma Claudina was lying
at Papaikou, taking in sugar, when the
storm commenced, and she rode out the
storm there in safety.
We understand that part of the fumes
are down on the Onomea, Papaikou and
Hilo Sugar Company's plantations, and
probably at other plan atoms there is some
damage done.
At the mouth of the Wailuku whaleboat
belonging to some natives was taken from
the cranes where it hung, and broken into
firewood and carried off. In the Wailuku,
on patch of ground higher than the water
generally rises, some Cinnamon had erected
a small shanty and planted kalo. The
building and kalo have all been washed
away. Cinnamon, natives and Portuguese
are happy, as there was lots of frewood
came down the gulches, and is drifting into
the bay and on to the beach.
We learn that the wharf at Honuapo is
that the w. G. Hall had to leave there and
make for the lee side of the island. During
the storm, at the Volcano House, two of
Wilder & Co.'s horses died.
The Kilauea Hou arrived here Sunday at z
p. M, and landed the Hilo foreign mail
early Monday morning, thereby causing
smiling faces to be seen in Hilo. Thanks to
the Honolulu Pos ofice Department is due
for the same. Captain Weisbarth reported
heavy weather down the coast, and stated
that he passed the schooner Waimalu lying
at Pepeekeo plantation, fast to the buoy
there be line, anchors and chain gone. AS
the sea was making clean breach over her,
Captain w. sent a boat in to see if the Cap
tain and crew wished to be taken off, as
there did not seem to be much chance for
the vessel to either get under weigh or ride
out the gale there in safety. At daylight
Monday morning, as she was nowhere to be
seen, it was feared she had gone ashore, but
in an hour or so after she was sighted COM
ing in from sea, and soon afterwards she
arrived in the harbor, apparently none the
worse for the storm.
The bark CeylOn sailed from BENTON &
Holmes mill July 18th, with cargo of
lumber for Richardson & Coan of Hilo.
Captain Matson, of the schooner Emma
Claudina, had very narrow escape from
death by drowning at the Papaikou landing
on Wednesday morning of this week. In
discharging and taking in freight at Papai-
kou they generally, if not always, run
line from the shore to the Emma Claudina
and haul the lighter back and forth by this
line. The storm on Sunday night carried
away the line, and on Wednesday morning
Captain Matson (as we are infOrmed) was
running new line, so that he could finish
taking in the Papaikou sugar 1t seems
that he had been to the landing and taken
line off to his vessel, and was going in again
when the accident happened. They were
pulling the boat in by this line, Captain
Matson having the steering oar, and having
and two natives. Just how it happened is
hard to find out, but all at onca roller
came in, and the boat was turned over, with
Capt. Matson (who cannot SWIM underneath
it. The natives got him out and on top of the
boat, from which he was washed off and
again under the boat. The natives once
more got him out, but could not get him on
the beat again, and had to let him go, when
he sank, as all supposed, fer the last time,
but native plunged in from the shore,
dived and succeeded in finding and bringing
him to the land, where everything was
done to bring him to, and at last success
crowned their efforts. AS soon as it was
found that there was life left in him he was
placed in whale boat and brought to HilO
and placed under the doctors care, who,
after a short time, had him so far recovered
that he could talk. Yesterday morning he
was reported as not as we'll as the night be-
fore, but to-day we are happy to hear that
he is much better; in fact, nearly all right
again, as he is sitting out on the veranda of
the house where he is stopping, though not
able to come down town yet. The second
mate saved himself, we are told, by clinging
to the boat. The two natives were also
saved,
The Emma Claudina having finished load
ing at PapaikoR, has come in and anchored
off Wainaku, where she takes in about ten
tons of sugar from the Hilo Sugar Com
pany, and will probably sail for San Fran
cisco on Monday Tuesday, taking away
from HilO as passengers d. Howard Hitch
cock, Mrs. S. L. Coan, Mrs. Briggs, Miss
Cleaveland, Miss Knowles and Miss Tabler.
TRUTHFUL JEEMs.
HILo ITEMS.