The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-02-16

grafton Office, returned to Honolulu
. Yesterday morning from Waialua. ac-
companied by Mrs Cullen, whittier
they went by the 9:15 train on Wednes-
day morning. They were driven from
the Haleiwa Hotel to Pearl City ana
from there got a train to town. Mr..
Cullen was seen by a 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:
II went up to Waialua Wednesday
morning on business connected with
the Chinese Office and, as 1 had not
before been over the Oahu Railroad,
took Mrs. cullen along. 1t commenced
to rain shortly after the train pulled
out. We arrived at the Haleiwa Ho-
tel in binding storm. 1t 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
train is still due to start. The con-
ductor of it, assisted by a number of
hands from Kahuku are engaged in
trying to repair bridges between Waia-
lua and Pearl City.
II never saw such a flood of rain
before. The stream in front of the
| Haleiwa Hotel rose about eight feet
and was almost up to the rustic bridge.
/ understand that a number of the
| bridges between Pearl City and Wal
alua are either washed away or are
so badly damaged that at least 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-
dton of the road was such that it
would take some time to put it in or
der. When l found the situation so
bad I at once made arrangements to
come back some other way and sue
ceeded 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
morning.
"On our way back over the hills this
morning evidence was everywhere of
the havoc of the storm. Trees had
been blown down, many of them pulled
IN nv the roots, all along the road.
one of the waipahu plantation rail-
roads suffered severely from q wash
out and the rails and ties We're hang
ing down like a bridge with the earth
scooped away for twenty feet below
and at least thirty feet wide. We
crossed 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
inundated and the cane crushed to the
ground IN numerous places feari
city seems TO nave peen particular
suierer 1roin po'h 'he vino ana nooo'
port'oh OF the "ihu mil at 'he
pumping station near there was pioWh
TO the roau' iui'g three huhareo 9aros.
more trees were proheh anu uploo'eu
'here thah al any other place. MANY
Oh the poorly constructed houses SNOW
eu 'hat the9 hau peen put 10 severe
test ana par's oi fools were pio"h
coinpieteiy away.
IN the saru Oh 'he HaieiMa iio'ei
NUMBER OF the most oeautiiul trees
were proKen ana ruined, Ihere were
but four guests at the hotel, fortunate
ly, when we arrived. Two of them left
ON horseback. The other two, tourists
who were booked to depart on the Aor-
! angi left yesterday by teams, with
their luggage. in order to catch their
steamer. The manager of the hotel
states that, owing to the suspended
railroad facilities, the house was suf-
ferlng a temporary embarrassment for
ice and provisions, but that a special
messenger and team had been sent to
/ Honolulu to fill these needs.
FURY OF THE OCEAN.
"nur,rs tha nrograss Of the storm