The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-08-05
The Storm Effects to Windward
ATorso Account of Great Damages.

Enron GAzEIrEs-What a storm we've hadl
Early on saturday evening last the 18th ulk, the
VINO AID rain CONNIE need setting II well from
the no-thwarG. before midnight the wind hauled
into The eastward and continued so all Sunday I'll.
about p. m when il again hauled into the south
waud, and has held there ever since. /. blew q
gale Sunday and al through Sunday night up
roofing trees and bananas, and breaking d0vE the
growing canes IN great quantities The schooner
H1ii-1iis laying u Pepeekeo, parted both chains
but having hold Of The buoy with strong havser
rode ont the ssorm. and when the wind veered TO
the south. slipped her moorinSs and 80. into The
nay Stely On Monday morning. The Ei.asa
CyshSiau lyitic At Papailzou loading sugar, rode
out the gUlc safely. The following statement Of
casualties is probably correct in the main.
At Iaupahoetue and Hakaiau the gale was s.
yerer than II tina bay and Immense damage was
done u the cane feds, estimated IN each place at
from forty 90 fifty thousand dollars. The canes
vaTe br1isel OF and twisted up by the roots and
lad la, over "A va=y large ana atM.t
l A. Onornes- tho plantation landins wharf was
utterly demolished, taking with IL q new pinion
that had only been landed & few days before.
~ Pepeekeo and PdpaIkoU the wharves were
swept away entirely. Fumes aud houses were
blown down az Olomoa, Pepeekeo and Wainaku.
A. faukaa tle Whitehead Dam for the mill Was
WISHED away.
On Snn5ay forenoon Chincrnan and his mule
while crossing a small stream two miles from
L1upahOehOe, were carried away and drowned.
The abuinent on the Hilo side of the Waikau-
malo stream was partly washed away, bat the
bridge Is safe.
In the Umauma stream the water rose = feet
above low water mark. This stream goes clear
through the woods into Nauua kea and drains
large tract Of country.
Inc Waiiuku river rose to the chains of the
bridge and had the heavy ram continued few
hours loaSe- not bridge vould have been left
II the District. AZ It Is, nOne.hSve been washed
away. The sea toT miles from the coast is covered
with floating Trees and burnt wood from the forest.
Report reaches me that an immense amount Of
r--sH 1he,
AabalauaiOa point Probably the deck load Of
some lumber vessel bound 10 the islands.
From hamakua we have heard but little.
Fron hGu We hear thai the vhArves along the
coas. have al been carried OF and that great
damage has been done the standing crops.
Prom han the report Is that, on Sunday sue
cessloD OF tldal waves rolled IN that coast and
washed immense boulders away inland and has
almost obllteratsd the road from halapana 20 PO-
ilolkl, where IL passed near the shore :. e. 81.
AtPohoiki an immense NV. log 5 feet in diane
ter aud - Feet long was washed 200 feet inland
and landed az least Il feet above the highest
water line ever knoEn before.
At kApoLo the sea came in and took Of the boat
house and boat Of Capt. Eldarts and submerged
the whole Of that fiat
On Wednesday morning Capt Martin of the
Emma C'HHdiUg tried TO land az Papaikou and
the boat capsIzng Capt. Martin came near losing
his life, beng taken out Of the water IN an uncon
sciuIs state. he is nov suffering much and Is con-
fined To his bed. No bones broken and 1t is hoped
that he will soon be ont again.
Yesterday afternoon and today also, We have
heard a tremendous thunder storm. The wind
holds still N the south but does not blow with
violence.
This has been Q heavier storm then that Of
October leoS, when all our bridges were carried
away. Fifteen inches OF rain fell in 80 hours and
most of that inside Of 10 hours from . am. sun
day TO pm.
Yesterday morning there were two shocks Of
earthquake about6 hours apart The first at am.
and the other at pm have no; been able TO
see the mountains since last SATURDAY, but suppose
they must be covered with snow. SO much for the
storm.
The hogs that came down from the Coast
BY he Egtuu CiaEdiHs were afflicted with some
disease and large number have died, and the
disease has been communicated TO some Of our
native hogs. hope At may not spread.
The LBGfa CigHif4u viii be ready for sea BY the
first Of next week, and takes the following psssen-
gers Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. J, L. Coan, Misses Cleve-
land, Knowles. Eirie Staples and Mary Hitchcock,
and Mr. d. Howard Hitchcock She has also
about 10 tons Of sugar from the Papaikou Sugar
Co. plantation.
Weave Ill awaiting tie arrival Of the Hi,iaa, to
hear how the storm has served the other Islands.