The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-08-25

By the steamer ". c. Hall yesterday
Vas received a letter from : resident OF
kan. who gives full account o. The
recent severe storm in that district. Ii
Is published II full below,
The Rain God yOu gave Is = story
aoout IN 3 recent number o. the Adye--
JiSs- has been getting IN some very
good work and il all came about in this
peculiar way
As yoc are awarS,we were having
very severe drought here ii Kan. and
things were II s desperate state when
John SsAris o. EIle2- who was getting
very short o. water 81 the mill, took his
wife and went VI into the mountains
for the purpose o. shooting cattle $50
he SGfi) He fetched up in the vicinity
OF the Rzin God bur the old unc2nny
witch who freGUsurS The place was not
present Wishing 70 III his rife before
shooting az cattle. he drew several
beads On The Rain God
Wen. on SATURDAY night and Sun
day morning August 18th and 1S-h- ksu
had one q The COS- severe storms o.
rain lightning and thunder. II was
something terrible The lightning we
hz6 vas the EurSc seen here even by
the Oldest Ickzbir&nt o. the place No
ore seemed 70 oe safe. As II played al
around our houses.
Between NzzIshu and PShzl& seven
teen poles were struck and seven were
smashed 70 pieces. disabling the whole
Syscsn ard setting people 10 wonder
when the end would come. Several Of
Is -
injured
Joseph Prtrehzr6 deserves great
credit for his prUuptress il getting u
work On the repairing OF the lines
YoC VIII De given some idea OF the
business Ike work OF the STORM when
tel yoC thai a. NzsIshU three inches
OF rain fell n one hour. and ar other
places SeTs1 inches II SIX hours Tts-e
vas Simply inst one binding sheet OF
=zrs- for several hours. continuous in
is 6oEEpoU
PahzI2 and the other Kan pIzntz-
rsocs have been cryIrg for water Wen
Chsyye gUC Il hut in : somewhat more
violent form than they anticipated
The natives IN the district say that
h2z-4nr YVES angry AT Mr. Ssarle for
daring 70 FIRE upon te-- and thai he
tried 70 wash him out Reports give II
CIT hat he was nearly Drowned 81 one
tire Il seeES k2AEzrU had expert
e-cs with The gentleman before
Some TWO years ago Mr. SeGris
knocked or piece Of kaznzEG's head
Is ne wanted 70 compare the rock with
So1e Others. having made Z claim ttzr
The Rain God Was composed Of Strange
kind q lava He cane nearly paying
dear for It. IS EieIz was nearly washed
C-- Tons upon tons o. rocks were
washed through his be1uttfuI garden
some OF then weighing : tone alone
he 1ELITss tod hin II The tine that
kz4Ez1u was seeking Vengeance
The ". G Hal experienced Oue q
the worst S-o-uS she has ever had since
Starting On the koEz and Kan route
While coming U aIocs the E0uz coast
delightful weather was uet with Cap
tain SDsrso1 WIS notified run Eau
that II was very rough along this euaSt.
Is h approached South Point he
saw 70 i1cicarigcs q Z s-Oru- and COZ
C1uGec there u1Sr have besn soue uts-
take about the telephone uessagz- But
he kzG 10 sooner rounded The Point
Ckzz h struck suEE Of the Fursz YEA
EEeC h has ever experienced Il cane
Upon hin g sCG6s1ly that he Wzs sure
he had been struck by : tidal EzTe-
At 4 Il SDCzv Ee was OF Pura-
I'm, III CT account q the s1oru h vs.s
Uz41lz 70 CLS-I1s7lsh the Eght O. even
any part Of the Ind II vas : O'clock
before t1z Hal coaI6 6ISEi1, z1i<h Land
G1c When II cleared Up z biz she WIS OF
P'-1zl-I- Z vas entirely too ruUgh 70
L21- Passengers 80 they lad 70 remain
aboard until L H. When The sea sub
sl-e1 somewhat ard they we're able 70
gsE ashore
ne Passengers EErs not n The Jezsr
alarmed Is they Knew they were in
CEE E4ziS q IN able CAPTAIN
From ths kn6 peopLe say that II
Locked very Uuch ~ L The Hal lad
aee1 s-rucE by Egn-1E1g ozcs Or twice
Early Sunday uoCEug before she had
eoEs q aEehCr II hsr usual pLzEs II
P'-z1l--L Deputy ShsrLE Yates Ezs ri.=-
NJ 4lg1g from EgEzaEo IN The viefrff-y
C PrI-aIuI Ch1rCh Al q z s7ufssr
there vas Z hiding fast 0s Lining
along rhs Lava. Etfch shot Cur right to
Ear- The large b1oF % Which thz Hal
ties ~
he rua6z we're washed gu EaSIT-
TEs PeEEr Lee rad * II Tsry bad cs5c.-
e1-1o1- and oEzht 20 he zttzrrzs= 10 q
oncs
>'l-ze l--ls'-r17 ILI1TTs peFS1E has been
-r'iIIzg rsEorE thai Walker D1TTc-
Wy cc1-Ezc s. f1r z hucE=t a zzrsr
DING rhss e-oGgn-- and L row kicking
1'=',z his bCzz1=ss Ezz t.=su Ezrsrfsr=,s
WIKI
F1r ssTErzI days large T1Irues a
sz=a1 hzTe bee1 seen Ezz7ztng tr7u1 No
Ana Es7Feo- His maF Is Z za-z-unue-
Ct zz1Cher oErhrEak Soue a the Kan
people are hG1Fi1g 50 alFEzF
Ln-y ProyIdzd For