The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-14

Mr.. George r. Cullen, of the Immi-
grafton Office. returned to Honolulu
yesterday morning from waialua, ac-
companied by Mrs. Cullen, whittier
| they went by the e:15 train on wednes-
day morning. They were driven from
the Haleiwa Hotel to Pearl City and
from there got train to town. Mr..
| Cullen was seen by representative OF
| the Advertiser Just after his return,
and he related the following in regard
to the great storm which has but re-
Gently swept over this island:
81 went up to Waialua Wednesday
morning on business connected with
| the Chinese Office and, as had not
| before been over the Oahu Railroad,
took Mrs. Cullen along. It commenced
| to rain shortly after the train pulled
out. We arrived at the Haleiwa Ho-
tel in a binding storm. It continued
to rain for over twenty hours. We
had planned to return by the train due
to leave for Honolulu at 2:55, but that
ductor of it. assisted by number of
hands from Kahuku are engaged in
trying to repair bridges between waia-
lua and Pearl City.
81 never saw such flood of rain
before. The stream in front of the
Haleiwa Hotel rose about eight feet
and was almost up to the rustic bridge.
I understand that number of the
bridges between Pearl City and Wal
alua are either washed away or are
SO badly damaged that at least a week
will be required to put them in such
shape that trains can safely go over
them. One of these bridges gave way
under a freight train and two of the
cars went down. The conductor of
that train came into Honolulu afoot
and returned to Waialua last night,
having walked most of the way. The
remainder of the distance he came by
hand car. He reported that the con-
dition of the road was such that it
would take some time to put it in or
der. When I found the situation so
bad I at once made arrangements to
come back some other way and sue
eeeded in hiring a team from the hotel
to drive us as far as Pearl City, be-
tween which point and Honolulu trains
are running on schedule time. a
train went through to Waipahu this
son our way back over the hills this |
evidence was everywhere of |
the havoc of the storm. Trees had |
been blown down, many of them pulled |
up by the roots, all along the road. |
One of the Waipahu plantation rail-
roads suffered severely from a wash
out and the rails and ties We're hang /
ing down like a bridge with the earth t
scooped away for twenty feet below 1,
and at least thirty feet wide. We
crossed a number of bridges on the
road with spans of fully fifteen feet
and the water had risen above them
and deposited large quantities of brush
and drift material on them. Every
where were signs of the high water
which appears to have flooded every
thing. Cane fields We're completely
and the cane crushed to the
ground in numerous places. Pearl
City seems to have been a particular
sufferer from both the wind and food.
A portion of the wind mill at the
station near there was blown
% the road, fully three hundred yards.
More trees were broken and uprooted
here than at any other place. Many
If the poorly constructed houses show
ID that they had been put to a severe
Test and parts of roofs We're blown
away.
I'm the yard of the Haleiwa Hotel
number of the most beautiful trees
we're broken and ruined. There were
out four guests at the hotel, fortunate
Y, when we arrived. Two of them left
IN horseback. The other two, tourists
Who were booked to depart on the Aor-
lngi, left yesterday by teams, with
heir luggage, in order to catch their
steamer. The manager Of the hotel
states that, owing to the suspended
facilities, the house was suf-
ering a temporary embarrassment for
&c and provisions, but that a special
and team had been sent to
honolulu to fill these needs. Il
FURY OF THE OCEAN. =;
During the progress of the storm
he ocean was cutting all kinds of ca
ers. The surf pounded on the rocks
nth great fury and the churned foam
-as blown high in the air, producing
n effect particularly enhancing TO the
We. I have seen the Atlantic Ocean,
specially on the Jersey coast, in all
tages of anger and storm, but l have l
ever yet behe1d such great surf scene
$ that / have just viewed in Waialua
ay from the lanais of the Haleiwa I
IoteI. The roar of the water has !
cen like a cannonade and, with the
eating rain, has formed a combination
f elements very conducive to sleep
Despite the annoying feature OF being
torn bound, Mrs. Cullen and l have
moved the experience immensely.
For years 1 have held in my mem
ry the vision of the ride on the Union
acific from The Dalles, oregon, TO
'ortland, in the 'Web-foot' State, as
ne most glorious bit of scenery to be