The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-02-08

! while some OF the big vessels, stand
ing away out Of the water. having
/ discharged their carguca actually
threatened at times to topple over ON
to the wharves from which they were
| taking on ballast. The kinau had n
large passenger list, and when the
fun seriousness OF the storm was real
] ICED there was hardly one among them
who had any desire to go to Hilo-
Honolulu was rainy enough FOR them
just then.
Most of the prospective passengers
left the Kinau with their baggage ana
came ashore, as II was already pretty
certain that the Kinau would not stop
this side of Hilo, and passengers for
| other Hawaii ports would have to go
to Hilo first and then be landed at
their destinations on the return trip
of the vessel.
Some of the passengers for way
ports decided to go by the Claudine,
which was supposed to sail in the ev-
ening. Meanwhile the officers of the
| Kinau were watching the weather for
| some signs of favorable change. As
/ the storm did not show any signs or
| abating. however. both OF the Island
steamship companies decided to hold
all their vessels in port until today.
So the Kinau, Claudine, Lehua, w. G.
Hail. Iwalani and Noeau remained IN
port and will sail today. the weather
/
| ing has been set for the departure OF
the steamers of Wilder's line
Early in the afternoon the wind de-
creased somewhat, but it soon fresh
ened up again, and when the sun set
| it was blowing as lively a gale as
ever.
FRANKS OF THE WIND.
Waterfronters heartily thanked the
| powers for one great blessing along
4,
| heavily that there was no such thing
as dust, and for little while at least
the front was free of it's greatest fault.
There was plenty of mud, however,
| liquid mud-but even that was not as
bad as the dust that is usual along
the Esplanade.
The wind had things pretty much it's
own way all day and all night, too,
for that matter. Fortunately, no more
lumber piles were blown down and no
one lost his life as the result of care
lessly put-up timbers, as on Monday.
The reason of this was that nearly
everything which could easily be
blown down had been blown down
during the preceding night Many
piles had been propped up to prevent
their falling.
The big bark Gerard c. Tobey, lying
at the Inter-Island wharf, which has
about discharged her cargo and is
very nearly empty, leaned heavily
over in the direction of the wharf dur
| ing the morning, and at times it was
thought that she was going to crash
over onto the wharf, so strong was
the wind from the southeast. Her big
masts lowered high, describing
dangerous oking curves in the air,
while the vessel rolled as If she were
at sea.
The family of natives living out on
4 h. of 1,n IA wi
O'Brien, had about as rough time
of it as they ever experienced in all
their lives. Their humble home was
deluged by the great waves which
broke over the reef, and they at one
time very nearly decided to vacate the
premises.
The Stars and Stripes and the Gus
tom-house flag were kept flying from
the cuStom-hous all day. The wind
was so strong that it tore a stripe
from the custom-houSe flag, so that 1t
fioated furiously on the savage breeze
held by single shred. People who
saw the peculiar sight thought at first
that it was some new kind of a PEN
nant which had been attached to the
same halliards as the custom house
flag.
At the railway wharf the large
coal machine, which stood high on one
of the wharves, was blown over and
THE STORM OUT OF TOWN.
Shortly before noon yesterday the
wind and rain storm over Waikiki
and Waialae was terrific. Trees were
blown down all the way from King
street at the Waikiki turn to Paul
isenberg's residence at Waikiki. Sew
eral trees We're uprooted on Prince
David's grounds opposite the Moana
Hotel.
The wind had some sport with one
of Pains mule cars, although it was
not much fun for the mules or for the
driver of the car. The car was started
from the Waikiki terminus some time
in the morning and was carried along
toward town by the force of the gale,
the mules having very little work to
do except to keep out of the way of
the car.
When the car started it came pretty
near leaving the driver behind. The
car was standing at the terminus and
the driver was away from the car at
the time. He had neglected to put
the brakes on before he had left it.
The consequence was that when he
thought it was about time to take his
car out and started to go toward IT
he saw it sailing down the line to-
ward town, with the frightened mules
doing their level best to get out of it's
way. 1t took some heavy sprinting
on the drivers part to catch up with
his charge. Fortunately, a boy along
the road took in the situation and
boarded the car on the run and put
on the brakes.
AT THE SEWER OUTFALL.
Considerable more damage was done
at the sewer outfall by the storm than
was at first suspected. The donkey
engine and the heavy hammer of the
pile driver We're hurled into the sea
when the piles supporting them gave
way, They cannot be recovered until
the sea moderates sufficiently for di-
vers to go to work on account of
the roughness of the sea and the
heavy winds no workmen We're at the
sewer outfall at the time that the en-
CINE and the hammer We're thrown In
to the sea. Some one would undoubt-
eddy have been injured IL the men had
been at work there at the time. Two
men were on the spot however,
scarcely fifteen minutes before the
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