The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-25

mild h. v,y n-sry hcsyy
d"wnP"ur during the sr,~i n"O-i "i March. is'>.
There about N" commented ih- fast "f th-
clear moonlight aud well vivid lightning I'ui the
valleys n heavy and black pail "f y
At 90 Mr. EcWcli 'clcPhori that there had Iva sry
heavy How in ruunu ~hich carry
into Kalihi At that hour Mr. H"~clI
ipcly though rain Was s,i falling
By midnight large number cf sgh;ss-rs
various sections Of the city. delegation ~beneB
large The uptown muddy.
street good going The natives and for-gn.rs n. M
against the wall the wakki side "f Nuuanu and
watched the dark lowing Quite
ber of boats that had been tied NJ the smith
bridge broke hut there tscw-
The men taking any chances for a beat.
The japanese greatly excited All "f ihcsn rsSaed
the fate Of theirs who
down the stream from Vineyard King and then isi
to view beneath the The JaIs frightened
Chas. Reeves foreman o line work the Mutual Tee
phone company, has a cottage near Miss rcabodys
Reeves called his home and Travelled hy the usual
He arrived just in time 'hc last Pi of e Vineyard
street bridge going away.
Much Of the rain top cf the
Pali and above the Electric station
fear in supply
thing hapPcncd they
up The will be trnc OF color mains
days.
little before telephone message came from
the Government Electric Light saying a
of Chinese who had started kanehc evening
had turned back and sought shelter
travellers reported that large section o lately
ed road in the ncshbosood
They did not think II could b. repaired for days
About the liycicst place down during
the boat landing. the Of OF
boys who do fcrying in the arOr usually asleep last
night they much awake and deeply interested
what might happen year ago when Of the boys
cciycd their boats back damaged
loan them again but night every landing
willing to devote his chief possession the
The Chinese in the old joss house in kaumakaPiI
greatly disturbed couple Of tn. priests wogk
burning punk and praying and singing and pounding
gongs. All Of the their
of March ISIS Aaa the place Of the MonscIian Playhouse
flooded four and the Chinese fearful
warob their living rooms and property would again set
wcttinI.
of mcn n urging he course
Of Nuuanu stream b. changed don. settled in the
opinion that IL wise make the alteration n
of water that down last night had
the walls of solid and had the bcd cf tb.
been It years ago, the damage would
heavy Nothing could have prevented the complete
Of KaumakapiIi ~ college
district and Of the Aala and th. railway Yards
At the height of the flood the within
feet of the floors Of the bridges Tie
fair test cf bridges made Not cf them srcrnIe
good citizens condemned of tb--~
bridgcs No changes amount To- anything have been msdr
Vet they solid
The above STR bridge.
below IL. for that grand The food
made a tremendous "a locality. n of
there plenty of and they ratified down
like light material Fossm and jctsm could - coming
with the and from far above tbc
considerable hoatins stuff.
The IIawaiians the first people excited
the furry They did of IN. WORK and
Il with will. Even the w"m.n willing q
assist There little political talking WA ksiki. 'h
printer told crowd that hc knew the cf 5000 had bees
appropriated make improvements that would Kanma
kapi from regular floods and h. wondered why the
not applied.
Andrew Brown Superintendent Water Works.
a" the first officials coming along ~h police
Mr. Brown routed force of his employees. place
himself with of this valley saiio'
and organized completely for any breaks