The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-08-13
4 GALE F!
Considerable Damage
to the Shipping!
The Wind from an unexpect-
ed Observation-Disclosures in tho
Harbor this Morning.

Yesterday, Sunday, August l2,
was a peculiar day. The sky was
completely overcast with dark, low
ering clouds. Fitful showers came
now and then, and the weather indi-
cations were threatening. The sun
set was strikingly magnificent, the
Enthusiastically shaped clouds being
all aglow. The darkness that fol-
lowed was impressingly sombre, and
at 8 O'Clock the rain fell in heavy
showers.
Shortly before midnight strong
wind set in from westward and
seemed to increase in fury every
moment. At 2 o'clock howling
storm ragged. Young trees were
blown down, window blinds snapped
off their hinges and houses sway
ed threateningly. The roads and
yards in the outskirts of the town
were covered with pieces of trees.
The upper section of the Reform
atory School fence was blown
down, as were other fences which
received the full force of the gale.
The shipping in the harbor suf-
fered the most, being in the teeth
of the storm.
Mr.. Williams sloop yacht Pokii
dragged her anchor and drifte d
towards the Kings boathouse, came
to q solid anchor after her bow
spirit had been broken off.
The yacht Juanita also broke
loose, Her gunwale and sides were
stove in against the Myrtle boat
house. Ryan's new yacht and Mr..
Kerr's boat got adrift, but were
saved. DR.. Trousseau's naptha
launch was swamped.
The Kaimiloa, the three-masted
schooner, which was moored off the
end of the p. NJ. S. S. wharf, drift
ed shoreward some distance.
The barkentine Planter, which
was standing stern on to the z. M.
S. S. wharf, was carried around by
the gale and coilided with the Kai-
miloa, starting the latter's rigging,
but not otherwise damaging her.
The Planter rubbed off q little paint
from her port side and that was all
the mischief done to her.
The U. S. S. Omaha parted her
lines and drifted shoreward. She
collided against the stern of the iron
bark Weollahra, lying at the new
wharf on the esplanade, and carried
away the latter's stern railing and
indented her iron work. The
Omaha lost one of her barges, which
was completely demolished in the
collision and the man-of-war remain
ed foul of the Woollahra, until after
10 O'Clock this morning, when the
wind subsidized somewhat, and she
was rendered off by timbers.
The U. S. S. Flagship Vandalia
held her position.
II. B. M. S. Hyacinth swung her
nose to the gale, and using her
steam kept the strain off her cables.
The German bark Printzenberg
parted her stern lines and drifted
into the steamer Mokolii, which was
moored at Brewers wharf. The
Printzenberg lost boat, which was
broken into splinters, and her after
starboard davits were carried away.
The Mokolii received the worst of
the collision. Her boat, which was
lying at her side in the water was
slowed in and swamped. The one
on her starboard davits was broken
beyond redemption and the iron
bars of her davits snapped off. Her
house was started and she was
pretty badly worked in several
places. The Mokolii was finally
dragged out of her awkward posi-
ton and after getting foul of seve-
raj vessels, managed TO get fast
near the o. S. S. wharf.
The boat boys suffered consider
ably. Several of their boats were
badly broken.
The harbor was alive with float
ing pieces of timber and swamped
scows and boats. The sea broke over
the wharves in some places, and
all was confusion. When boat
from the yacht Coronet (Which YES
sci, by the way, rode the gale
splendidly with her nose on), was
returning from shore TO the ship, the
coXswain not being able to see on
account of the binding rain ran
into another boat, containing two
natives and swamped her. The
natives were picked up by the
yachts boat, more wet than hurt.
At about l0:15 o'clock the wind
shifted more to the South and gra-
duallV subSidad