The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-11-23
Wind and Rain Do Great
Damage to Island,
KAHULUI is UNDER WATER
Near Camp Three Is Deposit Of
Mud Twelve Feet
Deep.
Especial CorrespondenceO

wAILUKU, Maui, Nov. 1.-THE Kona
storm struck Maui with great force on
Wednesday and has continued with vary
Ing force until the present moment. ka-
maainas state that II has been the great
est wind and rainstorm combined since
1850.
There have been violent southern gales
and heavy rainfalls but no combination OF
the two equal to the present kona for mr.
teen or twenty years past.
The wind began at II p m. on the 18th
and blew gale till noon OF the 18th.
Downpours OF rain came at Intervals,
sw eeping through exposed house-walls as
though they were made OF paper During
that night 3 46 inches of rain fell at Halea-
kala ranch and at least seven or eight
inches further makai at the elevation or
Paia or Spreckelsville.
During the afternoon OF the 18th the
wind blew moderately until dark, when
the wildness of the previous night was re-
pcated. The rainfall of the night as ta-
ken at Paia plantation on the morning OF
tho 18th, showed a record OF 9h inches
and the gauge was overiowing. During
the storm from the evening OF the 18th
to this morning Uhe l7th) the rainfall at
Haleakala ranch was GA inches, and at
Paia plantation Manager Lindsay esti-
mates from seventeen to eighteen inches.
Kahului is all afioat. Nothing but wa
ter, with the houses forming tiny islands
here and there. can be seen. The little
town is certainly most unfortunate-frst,
to be destroyed by fire during plague
times and now to be soaked with water.
From n distance one might imagine that
the Galveston episode had been repeated.
but on closer inspection II is seen that
all the buildings are intact. The damage
to goods and property from water Will be
considerable.
No trains between Kahului and Paia
have been run by the Kahului Railroad
Company for several days past. 1t has
been impossible, for the tracks are flood
ei from Kahului through Spreckelsville
to the large II. c. Co.'s pump which Is
situated very near the Paia boundary
line.
On the Kahului- Makawao Government
road in a large hollow just above the
Spreckelsville Camp No. 5, the freshet has
washed down such a vast quantity or
mud that the thoroughfare Is impossible.
n A. Tavares manager OF Pukalani
dairy OF hakawao. states that he has
been unable to make his usual daily trip
to Kahului and Waluku for three days
past on account OF the great deposit or
mud and debris just above Camp ). He
estimates that the mud ut this place Is at
least twelve feet deep. for the fence and
a small-sized keawe (algarobal tree have
been completely buried.
All communication between hakawao
and wailuku districts has thus been cut
or, Last evening at sunset h HOnl bcau-
tiful view was presented by the rays OF
the setting sun shining upon and glisten-
Ing in the many streams OF water which
we're running In all the gulches OF Kula
a most unusual spectacle for that dry sec
tion OF the country. During the storm in
Kula about 100 acres of corn and potatoes
were swept downward and destroyed by
the focd. The plains below the kula
slope are reported to be covered with de-
stroyed corn, potatoes and 'paninis'
The wind blew with tremendous power
during the nights of the l4th and 18th.
Telephone communication all over the
Island has been cut off since the morn
ing Of the 18th. Many poles have been
blown down and trees in falling have
broken the wire in many places. Several
hundred trees. eucalyptus, pride OF India
and other varieties. have been uprootcd
In Makawao district. The roads and
fields are covered with litter-bark, leaves.
branches, etc.
A horse belonging to Awana, OF Maka-
wao was killed In his pasture by fall
ing tree. The blow broke the backbone
Of the animal. During the night OF the
18th, at Kaluanul. tree in falling COM
pletely severed the veranda from cot
tage. The inmate, the Chinese cook OF
Mrs. +. A. Alexander, was terribly
frightened but otherwise uninjured. The
stcry Of the storm cannot be fully related
until the broken wires and uprooted poles
of the telephone system have been re-