The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-12
MUST TRY IT AGAIN COLD KILLING STOCK GRUBW SERYSHORT


Later news of Damage.
The steamer N0euu, Captain Peterson
arrived this morning from IIID and lll-
makua ports after the toughest triu in
her history. Burser Christian brought
additional news regarding the damage
done ON Hawaii by the rain storms last
week II is impossible at this time To
form any correct estimate of tuo
amount of the damage but every person
living I'm the storm infected district lost
To q greater or less degree
one of the heaviest individual losers
is Akaka the Chinese store keeper and
rice and tarO planter at WaiplO. 10 is
estimated that his loss I'm tarO and rice
alone will be $1,000. His store was in
undated three feet. The damage to the
rice and taro lands viii work hardship
ON the people living at the kukuihaele,
Paauhau, HonOilaa and paauilO plauta-
tiuns. Those places get their rice and
tarO from Waipio Valley but owing To-
the roads having been washed out ana
the destruction To the food products, 1T
is impossible to supply them as nothing
could be gotten out of the valley If there
was even stuff TO SELL
Practically every mill I'M that section
had To- shut down but they expected to
begin grinding today
The conditions prevailing i'm the Ha-
makua district especially are very bad.
Communication with the rest of the ISL
and is practically shut off by land as
the roads and bridges have been swept
away and food has to be sent from HiiO
by steamer. The Noeau took a large
quantity of freight consisting of flour
rice and various food stuffs to HOnOkaa
and l[ukuihaele plantations. These con-
ditions are likely to prevail for weeks
to come. 81
While the damage to the government
road, and bridges will be great, private
losses viii also be large. Private roads
have been ruined, railroads on the piau-
tations have been inundated and tres
ties weakened so that the work or haul
ing the cane will progress very slowly.
Losses Of stock will also be very large.
While much stock was carried out TO
sea by the torrents large portion of
the animals that were lost died from
exposure. Extreme cold weather pre-
vailed during the storm and i'm one case
a Portuguese living near HOnOkaa lest
II head of horses, eight of which ia &c
from the cold. Another man lost eight
head of stock from the same cause.
| Cows horses and mules We're dying
from the cold and numbers of young
! lambs SuCcumbed to the exposure.
From Kukuihaele to l<ohaia, a dis
lance of about ID miles, 81 waterfalls
were counted from the steamer Noeau
Such a quantity of water is unpre-
cedented i'm that section
Purser Christian secured the follow
/ ing tables of the rainfall at various
/ places for eight days at Kukauiau, "a
| inches, eight days at Paauilo, 20 inches
! eight days at Honokaa, AZ inches, and
/ eight days at kukuihaele 80 inches.
/ At Hilo the storm did great damage
/ The Hackfeld mill which was wrecked
last year during freshet is threatene,
/ by the present storm. one of the brid-
| ges i'm that vicinity was nearly WASHED
| away and the rain broke i'm the roof of q
! Chinese house and drove the occupants
out to seek dry shelter. Another hOus,
! was i'm the middle of the stream anC
| lines mOOred the house to the shore anl
prevented the structure being carried
to sea. Wainuenue street, which is ON
of the finest thoroughfares i'm Hil'
was inundated and cut up as if steam
pillow had been driven along it,
The shipping was threatened for
| while with wreck last week. The pill
driver was blown ashore and one of thu
| sCOws was also sent ashore and broken
| The steamers kaiulani, Hawaii anI
| NOeau. schooner Concord, ships st. IA
Uterine, Falls of clyde and bark Rho
deric Dhu We're i'm the harbor for shelte
| The Kaiulani laid for seven days Wit
1000 bags of sugar i'm her hold unable T.
discharge a single bit of the cargo, OW
ing to the rough weather. ON last sat
urday. she went alongside the st. na
Uterine and transferred 5000 bags O
sugar but had to stop the work as tn
sea was too rough on Monday, Marc
the Kaiulani tried to tow the shil
q Falls of clyde out of the harbor
took her just . hours and 40 minutes t
get the vessel outside where the lip
J could be let loose
The snow was very low on the slope
of Mauna Kea and presented a YER
beautiful sight from Hilo. Splendi,
photographs could have been seCureu
of it, The storm appears to hav
broken Thee rain was falling qulU
heavily on Sunday night at Hilo bu
the storm along Hamallua was ende
as Purser Christian reports that III
rain had ceased b. last Saturday.