The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-14
CAPTAIN MOSHER BRINGS I'M
PORTANT INFORMATION.
n Ter Said to have Reached Mahukona
A Day After it Reached Kallua-Felt
At Kukuihae1e.

Later reports from Hawaii of the
tidal wave were brought by the steamer
Ike Au Hou this morning. The Ke Au
Hou did not touch the western coast
but according to the information which
Captain Mosher received while at Ku-
kuihaele, the tidal wave appears to
have reached Mahukona and was evil
,dently general along the Kohala coast.
The rush of water at Mahukona did
not occur until last Saturday, day
later than it was observed along the
Kona coast. This circumstance seems
quite odd. The explanation which Cap
tain Mosher offers for the difference, is
that the original wave coming in a
westerly course across the Pacific was
divided when it dashed against Mano
Point and one part went to the south
while another went to the north. Evil
dence of some exceptional disturbance
of the waters was felt even at Waipio
Gulch on Sunday where the Ke Au Hou
was lying.
On Sunday Captain Mosher was lying
in his cabin. Suddenly a strong current
setting from around the northern end
of the island swept down and complete
ly swung the vessel around. 1t was
not the force of a sudden gust of wind
which did this but the water, for Cap
tain Mosher sprang out on the deck to
observe the cause. He soon discovered
that it had been the strong current.
Within a short time the vessel had
swung back to its former position and
no further evidence of the high tide or
strong current was felt.
Captain Mosher thought the affair
quite peculiar but he paid no further
attention to it until he met an old
native who had come from Mahukona.
This native said that on Saturday, the
day proceeding the strong current
which turned the Ke Au Hou about, the
water had come up big" at Mahukona
and had swept into his house and inun-
dated his dwelling. Captain MosheI
could not learn very much of the details
of the sudden rush of waters but from
what the native did say it was evil
dent that there had been an exception
ly high tide or else a tidal wave had
rushed into the shores of Kohala. Nc
reports from any other place were re-
ceived however by the Ke Au Hou and
not until after they had reached here
was the real cause of the sudden rise
in the waters known to those on the
vessel.
This report from the Kohala coast
puts an entirely different aspect on the
situation. When the mauna Loa
brought the news yesterday that only
the Kona coast had been touched by
the tidal wave, the natural presump-
tion was that the rush of water ha6
been due to some volcanic action in the
proximity of that particular section
of the western coast. In fact with
even this explanation of the matter, il
was regarded as very peculiar that only
twenty miles of coast should be reach
ed by the wave while other sections O
the coast line should not be visited b!
it. Now that the &ohala coast seems e
have been reached at a later time thaI
the Kona coast, it is very likely that th
original wave was divided by ManC
Point and two different currents sen
along to the respective northern anC
southern coasts Even the Mauna Los
which was lying around at Punaluu OF
the other side of the Kau coast felt tn
swell of the tide on Friday.
The steamers from Kauai this morn
ing report however that no evidence o
the tidal wave has been seen on tina
island.