The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-17

the spring OF EeS, when the stream arose
until the bridges were just swept with
the torrent which tore down the river bed
from the valleys above. The second was
the one which came down last night.
\DuriD< the height of the freshet which
was sbout o'clock the water rose until
all the bridges from King street to Vine
yard were covered with foot of water.
The bridges were the means by which the
surrounding couiitry was inundated and
20 much property destroyed
! KING STREET BRIDGE.
! At King street the bridge was menaced
Tor time. Great logs of wood came
floating down on the angry torrent and.
lodging against the heavy piers, formed a
mesh which threatened to disiodge them.
a number OF natives and Chinese braved
the food and. leaning over, secured as
much OF the wood as possible and thus
PROBABLY averted bridge disaster there.
Aala Park was under water and the
flood which came down the streets filed
every available depression in the sur
rounding property. st. Louis College was
In a minia ture lake. The entire premises
were flooded and the buildings stood out
of the ponds lonely and desolate. Gardens
were swept away and many LIT. lie yards
I'm which housewives had spent much of
their tine raising flowers and small
pants. have been uprooted and destroy
ed.
THE NUUANU STREAM
Where the Pauoa stream turns into Nu-
uanu stream. just below Kukui street. the
water had come down with such forcs
and In such volume that the old culvert
which runs under RIVER street was under.
mined ard a large portion of it fell in
making IL an exceedingly dangerous place
90 xrxtxf xfr1a
departments were notified and DANCE
lanterns placed over the culvert shortl,
after 3 o'clock last evening.
Kukui street bridge showed the effect
Of the overflow. 1t was covered with tn
silt and debris of the streets and valleys
Masses of ferns chung to the stringers ant
lay upon the bridge. Gangs of Japanes
and nLtivee who lived on the Eva side o
the bridge performed heroic work in pre-
venting the overflow from completely In
urdating their homes in the vicinity. The
filed gunny sacks with mud. earth an
sand and formed an embankment tw
feet high across the road and joining tn
stone wall along the river bank makai G
the bridge, thus turning the overflow int
the stream below the bridge. Hundred
Of the residents along the river ban
turned out with shovels and picks. an
clad only In single garments. They ra
about barelegged piIipg up the sack
cCuffylitS mere anu thttc tditSinS
terms and thus stayed the full effect {
the rrsh of waters into their homes.
AS II was, the houses on both sides
Kukui street were under water as far 6
the first floor was concerned. In SON
yards which were below the surface
, the street there was nearly three feet
water.
I ON VIZ sYARD STREET.
At vfneyar4 and River streets and
the row of stores from Kukui to vineyal
street. the greatest damage was don
Without any warning the water shot oy
the Vineyard street bridge on the Wa
kiki side and. sweeping down River sire
K three feet and more in depth, filled Z
o stores with two feet of water. In o
. store 10000 firecrackers and several hu
!. dred bags of rice were made useless.
Il others great boxes of tea piled upon I
floor were destroyed. Mating in rol
cigars. tobacco and all manner of OrieI
al goods were destroyed. The Chinese a
IN japanese storekeepers had no estimate
the damage done, but II is understood
:. reach thousands of dollars. The flo
spread to Holstein's place and cover
er the premises with a waste of water.
. OF the burned district, and especially WI
was known during plague times as bio
40 10 Cbehind Kaumakapii Church), "
I'd transformed into a small lake. into Will
ne poured the turbulent waters of Pau
"A stream. usually a slow -going stream,
last night a roaring freshet.