The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-02-15
ON
MAUI.
Hail as Big as the
End of Ones
Thumb.
Kahului Flooded and Carpenter
McCIennan Hurt by Fall.
ing Roof.
Especial Correspondence

kona of the season for the past week.
The storm king has been rampant,
seeking to subdue old earth by hurting
upon 1t terrible northeast blasts. fierce
southern gales, bolts of electricity,
showers of hailstones and downpours of
rain.
The storm of last November contin-
ued hut four days; the present one be-
gan on Monday and the kona wind is
still blowing briskly today. One of the
prominent characteristics of the pres
ent kona was the presence of d large
amount of electricity in the atmosphere
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. Electrical disturbances of
short duration take place several times
every rainy season, but a display of
electricity continuing for four days is
AN occurrence not recalled by the old
est inhabitant.
During the morning of Monday the
wind began to blow moderately strong
from the south. In the afternoon it
suddenly changed to the northeast
and the "makani kiu,' so-called by the
natives, began to send forth most ter
BILE blasts, rivalling in force the old
time kona wind. Leaves and branches
themselves We're uprooted chicken
coops, pig pens, shanties and out
buildings of all descriptions were over
turned and rolled over and over About
5 p m. two plantation dwelling houses
at Kaluanui We're thrown over, expos
ing their inmates to the fury of the
wind. In one of these houses was a
sick Portuguese woman, who cried
piteousiy until rescued by her friends.
The main wall on the makai side of
the Makawao court house and Jail was
blown down and the building complete
Ily denuded of clapboards. Old Ha-
waiians say that years ago at Keanae
this 'makani kin" blew over every house
in the village on the beach. This wind
is, so they say, the vanguard, the fore
runner of hard kona storm, and the
saying proved true this time. Tuesday
morning the wind changed to the south
again and blew with great velocity, fire.
cuently bearing in from the sea beyond
Maalaea bay great masses of deep-back
clouds, which soon spread over central
Maui, causing downpours of rain. ac-
companied with repeated flashes of
vivid lightning and the muffled roar Of
thunder. Wednesday the storm was
less severe but during the night and
on Thursday it was as fierce as on
Tuesday.
On Friday came a downpour like a
cloudburst, flooding everything, chang
ing roads and byways into running
rivers. During this heavy rain of sew
eral hours duration a hail storm for |
short time visited the upper part of the |
eastern slope of Haleakala. Hailstones |
of rough ice, the size of the end of ones |
thumb, ratified against house walls, al /
most cracking the window panes
The rain continued during Friday |
night and this Saturday morning Is
pleasant but the south wind has fresh
Aned almost to a gale again. 1t is diff
cult to prophesy whether or not the
md of the greatest kona storm of the
season is at hand.
During the kona between eight and
en- inches of rain have fallen. Kahu-
vi is again flooded and so is the track
If the Kahului Railroad Company here
md there between Paia and Kahului,
hough the trains ran as usual yester-
lay.
Maui people did not get their Homo
ulu mail until Thursday night and Fri
lay morning, Lahaina people being
more fortunate than other Mauiites. No
anxiety was felt concerning the nom
arrival of steamers, as the cause of
heir detention was self-evident.
The Kahului- Makawao road was i'm
passable for vehicles during Thursday
and Friday on account of the wind and
debris accumulated by the freshet at
Camp 3, Spreckelsville
Telephone lines to Lahaina. to Kahu-
lui, and in fact all over central Maui
have been broken repeatedly during
the week by the wind.
ACCIDENT AT KAHULUI.
A disastrous and almost fatal acct
dent occurred at Kahului on Monday
afternoon. Mr.. McClennan, the head
at Kahului, was mounting
the stairway to the lookout station to
watch the progress of the coming storm.
which was tossing the lumber like pa
per in the lumber yard.
When near the top, the wind blew the
down, Mr.. McClennan fell on
the roof of the building underneath and
rom there dropped to the ground, dis
lance of about twelve feet striking on
his head and cutting his face and ear
badly. He was rendered unconscious by
the fall and Superintendent Filler at
once ordered a special train prepared
and had him taken to Malulani hospi-
al, where he was attended by DR. We'd
lick. II was Tuesday morning before
he recovered consciousness and Il Will
pc some days before he will be able to
pc out
on Tuesday morning when the chill
lren assembled at the Wailuku school
he wind was blowing a gale.
Soon after school was called the old
,arn which answers as school build
ng began 10 rock and sway In the wind
school was at once dismissed and the
'hldren were hustled out Of the build
mr. which momentarily threatened 20
umble down over their heads No fur
her argument need BE used as 20 the I
necessity ~ new school building IN Z
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