The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-17
TORRENTS ALL OVER THE CITY
LAST NIGHT.
Water Washed over all Bridges Along
Nuuanu stream-Culvert Damaged.
Roads Damaged-Rain Figures.

At z o'clock last evening the worst
rain storm since March "a, 1898 broke
over the city and surrounding country.
For a half hour water came down in
sheets. Fort street was like river
only the car line appearing at intervals
above the tide. The torrent sweeping
down Alakea street carried rocks ana
grass with it, All of Queen street ana
the Esplanade became as lake and the
water poured over the wharVes into the
bay with roar even louder than the
fall of the clouds on the house-tops.
AS soon as it was possible to get out
hundreds of people flocked to Nuuanu
stream, fearing a repetition OF the
catastrope of 1898 when the stone walls
gave way and one bridge was swept
from it's foundation. The walls held
their own however, and for that reason
there was not great damage in conti-
gious streets. The conserving of the
flood in the stream sent the water up
three feet higher than in 1898 and it
surged over all the bridges from School
to the harbor. On the Vineyard and
Kukui street bridges piles of banana
trees, grass and debris of every des-
cription were left At Beretania and
King street bridges the wash above the
floors was not so great, although sufh-
ciently to sweep them clean of dirt.
At the point where the Pauoa stream
enters the river near Beretania street,
the culvert was so badly damaged that
it will have to be renewed. On the Wal
kiki side the River street sidewalk and
about six feet of the street gave way
and tumbled into the stream. The bal
ance of the culvert has weakened and
trembles under the feet of horses pass
ing over it on the highway.
Up the valleys there was considerable
damage to roads. The Pail road is bad
ly cut up and will require extensive re-
pairs Reports from the other side of
tha island have If that there great
assures in the road from the Pail down
to Kaneohe. Tantalus and Punchbowl
roads are also damaged and will require
a deal of repairing at once.
In Achis residence addition in Pala-
ma great damage was done to the new
streets and the bridge was carried
away. Mr.. Achi and neighbors made a
desperate effort to save the bridge but
without success. In this locality every
thing movable was swept from the
yards. At the house of Police officer
Hart a big table set out in the yard for
luau was carried away and has not
been found Fowls were drowned by the
wholesale. Chinese in some of the
older houses, built close to the ground,
were in water nearly two feet deep.
All the houses along River street
from the burnt district to Vineyard
street were under water, the tide COM
ing into stores and residences to a depth
of from a few inches to two feet. The
low district below Kaumakapili was a
great lake, as much as three feet deep
in places. This was formerly occupied
by residences and stores but was burn
ed over in the great fire of last Janu-
ary. 1t may have been fortunate that
it was uninhabited last night
At the corner of Vineyard and River
water came upon the floors of all the
houses, although most of them are at
least three feet above the ground. This
morning native women were wading in
their yards up to their knees to hang
out mats that had been wet in their
houses by the storm
Pauoa stream overhowed its banks
almost all the way down. At the Nuu-
anu street crossing 1T swept out the
grass and small trees and below the
Queen hotel surged madly through ad-
joining premises AT River 1t rose
above the road and that is what wash
ed out the culvert above referred to.
At Nuuanu and Kukui the latter
street and the adjoining premises were
in lake of water all night. Even this
morning the people at the mauka cor
ner had to construct a walk to get out
of the house, while the Japanese Ly-
ceum grounds, opposite, are filled witt
mud and debris.
On Beretania and Alng streets, the
torrents rushing down from the heights
of Punchbowl buried the tram car tracl
from three or four to eighteen inches IL
dept with mud and boulders. This wa!
especially true at Alapai Kapiolani
and Victoria streets. The mud left wal
so deep that the street cars could no
cross it and the street car system il
consequence was disarranged
The Waikiki ditch was a running
stream for the first time since Marcl
1898.
In the town center there was SOM
damage, most of it due, perhaps to tn
sudden appearance of the storm. TIL
cellar of the Elite building on Hote
street was flooded to depth of feet
A big lot of confectionaries, cigarettes
etc, stored there were damaged. MI