The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-11
MAUI SWEPT
BY STORMS

NttI "wsftn A. Dot. rha u.aI t.a.
l.ut storm of co., SEASON. uIh U.
nro1i.st rainfall u fears beeHH Thurs-
day evening Frb e1ih. and ended Fu-
iav march lth ThufsdaH ottuUe thr
k1na wind whinh bod brsn blowing flr
weeks. suddenly switched about aul
. blew strongly from tho north. bringing
eith u the driving storm. over three
E feet of rain foU in some lJeBiIt.H
: in the MakaWao-liana sections ~
East Maui. most of the rain felI thuurh
nearly Dvery portion OF Maui had an
unusually heavy fan.
Halcakala Ranch 90 Makawa1 had 30
inches. puuomalei. 20 inches. Hama
plantation Is inches. Kamanui. q
inches. mauka Kula, u Inches. Hama
kuapoHo. 20 inches while paia had
only Eve or six inches.
Even farther makaI at Kohuui the
rainfall must have been very large. for
the lagoon again overfoWed its banks
and the Spreckelsville road that runs
, into the village, was again transformed
into torrent.
The Kahului r.. r. co.'s track had a
washout at Spreckelsville several hun
dred feet i'm extent. and another more
serious one about 400 yards below the
Paia station. Here about 40 feet OF
track with the sleepers fastened TO the
rails forms a sort Of suspension bridge.
The embankment 10 feet deep including
a small 15-fOot bridge, was washed
/ from under the track. Recent passen-
I gers to Paia have been obliged to walk
+ the sleepors over the suspended track
+ in order to get 10 the carriages at the
/ station. 400 yards away. This damage
will require several days to repair.
/ The Waiuku-Lahaina road around
/ the mountain also had several wash
outs, but they were speedily filled in,
and yesterday. the eth, hack made
the trip from Lahaina to Wailuku.
The Kula Eulchcs were all running
with lively streams and the bridge and
culvert at what is known as the Wag
ner gulch was washed away. 1t will
/ probably cost $500 10 repair it. The
bridge crossing the government road
at Pauwela was also swept away.
The only casualty of the storm was
/ the drowning of a Portuguese at the
Kaluanui crossing Of Maliko gulch the
forenoon of Thursday, the 9th. During
the 5th the rainfall in the vicinoty had
been 10 inches and on the ith - inches,
and kamaainas say they had never
seen "Elelele," as the storm is called,
81 large. il being at least 100 feet wide.
Thursday morning Joe de Curt, a mid
die aged Portuguese resident of KokO-
mo, Makawac, accompanied by two
friends. attempted to cross Alelele at
Kaluanui, wishing to attend the funer-
al Of a countryman of theirs at Paia
plantation. Two crossed in safety, but
De Curtis horse stumbled while in the
middle of the current, and horse and
rider were swept over the pail into the
whirlpool below, where all trace of
them was lost. The body Of the man
has not as yet been found, though his
horse. coat and hat We're discovered on
Friday. several waterfalls below the
, Kaluanui crossing. Joe de Curt leaves
: a widow and five young children,
Wednesday, the 5th Japanese on
- horseback while attempting to cross
Maliko at the seashore 20 Haiku, was
. swept out into the ocean but his plucky
little horse swan back {, the shore in
safety, saving his life.
. 1t was the floods of rain and not the
z fierce wind that did all the damage on
Maui At Hama, the beautiful little
bay was raked from shore to shore 10y
clght or ten great DIedh'FS' NnlNl h'p'
rolling in and throwing high the spray
l Such a spectacle had never before beer
l witnessed by any inhabitant.
l The only vessel in he harbor was
r the schooner Wright, which was safely
moored in the innermost curve of the
bay.
During Wednesday and Thursday
/ Maui people sighed for a perfected
/ ,rir ,a1n NJ y "A They
were most desirous 10 know the true
] reason of the non-appearance OF the
Claudne. They imagined that it mus
y be the bad weather that prevented heI
! from coming, but wished for certain
s Il lernnA,.lnInn