The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-12-27
HEAVY'~s~.., ST 1ORM
SWEEPS OVER HONOLULU

winters severe storms, was battered
by wreckage and a flow of rushing wa
ters which was too great for its ca
paCity. The turbid waters burst aga!nsl
the opening until the entrance became
chuked and the surrounding premises
were soon under water Crowds gath
cred about the place, ell expecting to
see the culvert cave in at any moment
and let the street down in the opening.
but nothing of the kind happened.
In the business district all building
opera tions We're suspended. The water
which came down Adams Lane and
emptied into Hotel street near the El te
| building, found an outlet into the eX-
Cavation between the Young Mems
! Christian Association and Young build
ings, which was soon filed with about
| four feet of water. Recently an open
! ing was made between this excavation
aud the outer cellar ways to the Young
! building, and through this torrent of
I water poul ed into the cellar of the
Young building. Alakea street caught
all the water from Beretania, Emma,
Hotel King. Merchant and Queen
streets, the result being that the lower
part OF the street from King street
to the Fishmarket was impossible for
pedestrians, and horses and carriages
had difficult passage. The excavation
for the new Levers & Cooke building,
which much of the surface and back
water poured. multiplying the work of
the electric and hand pumps which,
however, We're kept going.
Nearly all of the streets in the vi
Cinity of the waterfront We're choked
with the floods, and the storm sewers
We're all taxed beyond their capaci-
ties. Beretania street, opposite the
queens Ic:pi:ai, vas 4 quGgm!re.
King street at it's junction with Piikoi,
> caught all the water which flowed
down through several streets and pri-
Vate thoroughfares nearby. There be-
/, ing few outlets at this point the water
backed up and every lot up to Kaahu-
manu- School was inundated. Young
street was filled with water from curb
i to curb. Kapiolani Park was again
flooded. In the low lands of Palama
2 district the usual winter scenes Were
: revived. AS a precautionary measure
= most of the houses have been built
: high above the ground, and had the
+ appearance yesterday of being built or
piles in a lake.
Car 10 of the TramWays system
. broke down at the corner of King anc
Alakea streets. the aXles giving away
II The passengers We're compelled to re-
+ main inside until a relief car came
: along. Another car suffered the sam'
= damage at the corner of Piihoi ant
y King streets Cars We're knocked of
= the tracks in various parts of the city
q by small stones. On the Rapid TRANSIT
y, lines switches refused to work on ac
u count of the collection of dirt catching
) the switch tongues, and the trouble
d increased as the storm continued. Ca
SO went off the track in rounding tn
IS curve at the power house.
II Government Meteorologist Lyons re
&c ports that from o'clock Monday nigh
to & O'Clock last night 4,4O inches of rair
fell in the city. 1t seemed like so man,
feet to pedestrians and those not of a
- scientific turn of mind.
Nuuanu valley was rain-driven without
n cessation from o'clock, and continue!
he up to the time of going to press. Manot
N valley received one of the heaviest rain
y falls in its history, and the combined
s. streams which came from the valley ant
T. poured into the streets at Punahou rush
lp ed down toward the sea at the rate of 4
" cubic feet per second.
10 The Public Works Department had it
" entire available force of men out on tn
q streets keeping the storm sewer en-
" frances as clear as possible and keepn
a. ~, cutters free of debris. The new macada
spG mizfa a fiy fffiSss Wifi Rff sad to nave stood IN
~, The Queen Hotel on Nuuanu street wa
,.r threatened by the food for short tim,
q The water in the stream which run
m through the premises rose to within
nt few inches of the stone wall. but at tn
el critical moment began to subside
ly a careless attorney left a couple c
IN windows open in the Supreme Court l
Al brary, and as a result the room Wa
in flooded and quite a number of the book
pr damaged.
The drains about the basement of III
"a capitol building Were inadequate and tn
a water filled ii to depth of several incht
in about the doors. There Is some DANCE
IN of the basement floors being flooded
n Assistant Superintendent of Publ
m Works Campbell estimated that the raj
IL was falling in the afternoon at the raj
st of an inch an hour at times