The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-13
THE SOUTH SEA
HURRICANE
CONTINUED nom pare onO).


refuge to uruft were closed by bars of
llotHum ana iotrnm, with no lie IN
sight whore little children had played
u dny bufor ana from time mmemoriul
on the shining aunds
MAlurosA BROUGHT THE NEWS
News Of thls terrible visitation OF
the elements to the South Son islands
WIS brought to the outside world by
the Oceanic steamer Murlposn, ARE
rivluE yesterday morning less than
twelve days from pnpootc Captain
Luwlcsa OF the Morlpoaa and his OH
Gers ana an the passengers arriving
from ropoolo spoke Of this hurricane
Us II thing that could not be Il scrlbed
though ut the port OF pupooto thoy
Jaw with their own eyes what wind
ANA sou had wrought For zoo yards
bock from the wutor's clgc along the
cooal Of ruhlu the sco had suddenly
Hutgud uyvn before the hurricane
arose, ana ucurly 10 hundred houses
ana homes Moro swept from tho
cnrth Ike ubodos NJ anud Ana ~.
lowing this atcullhy approach Of the
ildul wave was the roaring wind that
alUcl, Tuhlll with the forco Of many
ordinary hurricanes whipping the
placid son In twenty minutes into u
mnolsirum that must have Cnrricd
many vessel 10 their doom ana that
frightened mon ON shore by lDs tree
mcndous fury
WAVES SIXTY FEET lllGn
waves estimated by mariners 10 bo
sixty feet Ia hclght lcnpcd with broken
crcsts from the plain surface OF the
| sou, Us though volcano had broken
out IN the depths Ana with the ronr-
ing storm ana seas that tore ut tho
conai were winds that shrIekod down
from the mountains, lovollug homes
! mat the torrents swept into the sen,
almost before their occupants could
rush tO higher ground. From sea ana
lana, Ike u GinnknR army that had
crcpt ~ IN the night the elements
seem to buyo planned the destruction
Of THhlll thlH ana the other islands
IN that part Of the world But strange
10 say only one lrc was lost at or
ncnr the rlly Of papcotc, 20 far az
known, The guardian " The quarantine
STATION being Killed by the falling
walls Of the building But IN u dozen
other Islands chat were laid waste tho
loss Uf llfo mup have boon very lnrgo
Not the slightest information ns Ia
the number lost could however, be
Obtained whom the Murlpom lcft ia
hltl ON Fcbruary 18Th.
&lOOOOOO LOST ~ TAHITI
'rhc property damage IN TAHITI /,
estimated at Sl,OOOOOO ana au cqua
amount Of dnmugo IL believed 10 hay,
been sustained on the islands Of Ia,
Tnumoiun gboup. \ ventyIhvc build
hugs were Inundated at Papccte a.
Guiding che American consulate nnc
The French government building III
American consulate WIS the oldcR
building IN Papeoto, having been bun
IN 1886 The Consul Francis DOty
was absent ut the time, but hla moth
or, with tho assistance of several mis-
slonarles, snycd the archives Of the Of
nee, though at great peril 10 theii
lives, portions Of the building fnlllnl
upon them The Treasury building o
the French Colonial Government nnC
many stOrehOuscs, suffered great dam
aRo Merchants ana their clerks hur
rlod 10 their stores when the storm
broke, only 10 nnd that II was mpOs
slblc 10 save anything The guardian
Of the arsenal Teffor Adams, was II
the water FOR mnny hours ana assist
I'D IN warning many persons VIII
might otherwise have been drowned
| Thl vllnRe Of Tnronn, near the ar
scnal, was completely swept away. /
} consisted Of mission buildings an,
, home Of native converts of the re-
organized Inter Dny saints Mission
, formerly under tho direction Of Cap
tain Joseph Burton Of California
settlement about an eighth Of mill
distant, consisting Of dwellings Of soy
orhl hundred cook Islanders British
subjects, was entirely destroyed, bu
the Inhabitants mycd themselves b,
taking 10 The hills
DETAILS or WRECK AZ PAPEETI
IN American nnmod sccfoldt, llvlni
near that community bad 10 take +,
nn adjacent swamp, which soon be-
cnmc Inundated, ana hc was com
PEELED 10 batlle against the waves dur,
Ing many hours Farther east on IA,
bench rOnd al the houses were Rwcp
!. away for about half "a mile A. Tau
non the family Of lcrmnn Mcuol haC
{ n thrilling experience their me resi-
donco, probably worth $4,000 beinf
, bndly damaged by htrong waves
which compelled the family 10 Zee fo
their lives 70 n nnilye house, Fro
quently the whtor was ~ 10 tholi
nockH ANA they were Obliged 10 clini
10 trees for safety ana support Whll'
before the storm There WIS frontage
~ 100 yards a. the sen tho waves 90
0n The lawn 30 that the water now II
within ton yards Of the yornnda TIT
dhmnge 10 the house amounts 10 HbOu
$4,000. Other nno homes were badll
dnmngod m. A. Cape, tho wonlthies
resident IA pnpeete, took refuge IN on,
Of his outbulldinga untll he WIS abb