Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-03-13
DELUGE OF RAIN ON MAUI
Damage to Bridges and lnundatiOn Of
Roads and Fields.
Coincidence Of Death Of Ancestor Of Kaiulanl-
Tax Official Dies Fatality 10 a
japanese from Landslide.

IluVlus relBnel supreme on the
whole island Of Maui last Sunday,
March 5. 1t rained heavily all
day from early morn until dark
and all the streams were running
high. Reports from Hama and
Lahaina and other districts are of
plentiful rain in those districts
The Waiehu bridge was damaged
during the day and traffic shut OF.
The Honokohau bridge was car
ried away, while the Waikiki
steel bridge stood the test all
right but it was nevertheless ter
ribly shaken by the freshets, as
the lao stream rushed down in
mad torrents, inundating it's
banks.
Officer Ioksma reached Wailu-
ku Jail in the afternoon in charge
of two natives arrested for an
offense, they having come all the
way on horseback during the
heavy rain storm in their thin
clothes for nearly thirty miles
from Kanaio, a small village be-
yond Ulupalakua. They report
ed that the roads they travelled
were flooded with water reaching
to the horses bellies. The roads
from Kihei to Maalaea and on to
Waikiki we're in the same condi-
ton, but notwithstanding all these
difficulties the young woman in
the party braved the elements like
true Amazon hero. The party
were furnished with warm cloth
ing on arrival at the Jail and we're
made comfortable as possible.
During the day j. K. Iosepa of
Hama telephoned that it was rain
ing heavily in his district and that
it appeared as though the deluge
was again appearing, but he had
no fears as to the safety of himself
and his family.
In lao valley the fumes Of the
Wailuku plantation for conveying
water to its cane fields, also the
fumes for carrying water to the
Waikapu cane fields, were damag
ed and the water from these
wooden fumes rus he'd to the val.
ley below.
Heavy rocks from the hill were
moved from their foundations,
where they have been lying for
ages, and these threatened des-
truction to the lives of the inhabi-
tants of this lovely valley, but
fortunately no one was injured,
for the falling stones fell quite
over the houses but sometimes in
close proximity to children's
heads. The earth carried down
by the water from the neighbor-
ing hills accumulated in front of
Judge Kalua's valley premises as
though heaped there by human
hands.
The ditch for supplying wailu.
ku residents with water WIS dam
aged. All day Monday workmen
were putting the ditch into condi
ton, and now the town people are
having their regular supply of
mountain water again. Sheriff
Baldwin, chairman of the road
board, together with Dan Quill,
the road supervisor, were out on
Monday investigating the damages
to roads and to the water supply.
The cane fields of the Wpiluku
plantation also suffered damage,
the rice fields and young caue be-
ing submerged in several places. |
The company's mill WAS flooded |
all day on Sunday and some dam
age was done to the mac hinery.
About ten inches of rain fell dur
ing the day at Waikapu, and over
twelve inches at Wailuku. Kahu-
lui and environments also had
their full share of rainfall during
the day. Workmen are now at
work repairing the damage done
by the rain.
The Lahalna pail road, which
was completed but a week ago,
and which has been the pride of
Maui, was wrecked in places, but
the damage sustained has been
repaired.
Since the receipt on Tuesday
morning by the Helene of the sad
Jews OF the untimely death of
Princess Kaiulani, the natives
have been according the cause of
his heavy downpour of the ele.
nents to the death of this ALI nui
IT the land, for the aliis are be-