The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-06

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had not bought their tickets 1t GER
tainly looked most forbidding, and no
one except a sailor who had been
round the Horn few times would en-
JOY trip in one of the Island boats
in such weather as prevailed yester-
day.
The wind howled around the roof of
the wharf, the kinau rolled at the
dock, and the rain fell in torrents. 1t
was dark, and every moment the
weather became more threatening;
the hearts of many of the wouId-be
travellers sank within them, and some
decided there and then that if the
steamer went out it would have to go
without them. Small boats in the har-
Dor were tossed around as if they had
been nothing more than nuu-shells,
while some of the big vessels, stand
ing away out of the water, having
discharged their cargoes, actually
threatened at times to topple over on
to the wharves from which they were
taking on ballast. The kinau had a
large passenger list and when the
full seriousness of the storm was real
lied there was hardly one among them
who had any desire to go to Hilo-
Honolulu was rainy enough for them
just then. a
Most of the prospective passengers
left the Kinau with their baggage and
came ashore, as it 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 OF
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..
Hall. Iwalani and Noeau remained In
port and will sail today, the weather
permitting. Eight o'clock this morn
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
shore yesterday. 1t had rained so
heavily that there was no such thing
as dust, and for little while at least
the front was free of its 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 its
own way all day and all night, too
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-loki curves in the air,
while the vessel rolled as if she were
at sea.
The family of natives living out on
the reef, on the wreck of the Edward
OBrien, had about as rough time
of ii 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-house all day. The wind
was so strong that it tore a stripe
from the customAhouse flag, so that it.
floated furiouSly on the savage breeze
held by a 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
wrecked beyond further use
THE STORM OUT OF TOWN.
Shortly before noon yesterday the