The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-27


whose stores are in the Magoon build
ing, corner of Merchant and Alakea
streets, found their cellars flooded and
whatever goods were stored there dam
aged. Will E. Fisher had many valu-
able curios in his basement awaiting
an opportunity for sale. About two
feet of water and mud made the in
terror anything but inviting, but an at
tempt was made to rescue everything
of value. A consignment of goods be-
longing to the Oceanic company will
probably suffer much from their
drenching. Most of them were delicate
electric fixtures. Shiomoto, the COM
mission merchant. suffered greatly in
the loss of a large quantity of Japa-
nese fabrics which may be found COM
pletely ruined. The owner of the build
ing put a gasoline pump at work in
the forenoon and commenced pumping
on one of the compartments. AS there
are four subdivisions to the cellar the
work took some time to complete. The
foundations to the building were found
intact, but there are crevices in the
walls through which the water trickled
long after the storm aba ted.
STREETS BADLY CUT UP.
| The streets from Punchbowl slopes
received great damage. Miller street
| is probably in the worst condition. In
many places the street is furrowed to
| depth of two feet. Everywhere it is
scanned and torn up in such a manner
that teaming up or down it is danger
GUS After nightfall it was almost i'm
possible for hackmen to make the jour-
ney and they soon learned to avoid 1T.
| Vineyard street and lower Emma
/ street withstood the storm in fine
shape and much can be said of the
fine foundation which has been laid
there. They were not furrowed or hurt
at all. On Emma street at Freeth's,
the floods went into the yard, which is
much lower than the street. The ten
ants formed corps of levee workers
and made barricade.
IN NUUANU VALLEY.
The waters which swept down Nuu-
anu valley carried everything away
not nailed down. Chickens and ducks
were frequently seen sailing down on
the flood. Many poultry yards were
completely destroyed. In Puunui the
destruction was especially severe. AT
Liliha and Wyllie streets a big freshet
Etore it's way along. The Nuuanu res
ervoirs were filed to the brim. The
embankments were strong enough to
withstand the assaults made upon
them and wholesale destruction below
was warded off.
The street cars were stalled up al
all points of the line and the hacks die
a lively business. The telephone sys-
tenn naturally got out of order and pill
kia generally reigned in almost every
household Houses which were thought
intact leaked and many wardrobe
was wet, shoes filled with water ant
wrath was conspicuous.
WAIKIKI SUFFERED.
, Waikiki experienced the worst wash
out since that of two years ago, whel
the flooring of the tents in Camp Nc
l Kinley was swept away.
On Sunday night it was raining
hard, but nothing was thought of it b,
the residents of the Kapiolani Par
district Yesterday morning the waite
in the lagoons was very high, but
was thought that the storm was owe
and that the water would speedily sub
side.
e About o'clock Mr.. j. Mcdonald, VIII
e lives in the park, was telephoned b
= his wife to come home at once, as tn
v water was steadily rising. When h
arrived at his residence he found tn
whole park under water. The troubl
was that the park superintendent ha
: omitted to raise the flood gates, de
signed for just such a contingency a
" this. The water had poured down froI
: the mountains, and there being no out
q let, had backed up until the Who'll
o park, including the race track and sta
: bles was entirely submerged.
Mr.. Mcdonald as soon as he discov
cred the source of the trouble, obtaine
assistance and raised the flood gate. A
d 4 O'Clock, however, the water had onl
r receded an inch, as the outlet was yer
k insignificant, and an immense voluu
i of water kept pouring into the par
q from the hills.
=. The water was two feet above il
normal height in the park, and benche
IL and loose woodwork fioated about
= confusion.
Y The horses in training at the trac
n had to be removed to town, as til
= stalls were from eight inches to a FOE
deep in water. Quantities Of hay ar
. feed were entirely ruined. The lowe
. half of the track and the enclosed pa,
e ture was entirely under water, an
DUCKS ana 1nuOnenS were SWlInnlr
about ini numbers.
The sea for half a mile out was
e a dark muddy color, caused by the GU
lie pouring of the brown dirt laden waite
h of the freshet.
% There will be good fishing in Kapi
- lani Park today, for the water ever,
: where is literally packed with mule
Id goldfish and catfish
e KEWALO DISTRICT.
The Kewalo district has ever enjoy,
&c an unenviable reputation in flood time
L but yesterday morning it's record w
III washed up several notches. 1t cor
oil menced to rain shortly after o'clo,
r on Sunday morning, and when the go
40 citizens of the little suburb retired
rest on Sunday evening il was st
raining steadily
when they awoke yesterday morni
49, a remarkable sight greeted their asto
:" ished vision. The road, which, by I
ie by. is not road at all, but a sloug
OF even in the height of summer, w
lg transformed into river Of yellow W