The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-01-11
SOME DETAILS
OF GREAT STORM

MAUI, January 4.-The holiday sea-
son on Maui has not been a time Of
quiet enjoyment as far as weather is
concerned. Dame Nature has echoed
anything but the Christmas sentiment
OF peace on earth and goodwill to-
ward men"
Before recovery could be made from
the effects OF the recent north storm
with Its 20 inches of moisture in local.
tiles. on Saturday the wind changed
TO the southwest and an old-fashioned
kona storm came into being. 1t contin-
ued to blow fiercey all the night
through, accompanied by an incessant
play of lightning and the heavy roll of
thunder Two or three inches of rain
fell on Sunday, the wind lessened but
the rain came down in torrents, 1885
inches falling in the Makawao section
within "a hours
MONDAY afternoon there was a rise in
temperature of about II degrees The
atmosphere seemed sultry and intoler-
able and the wind shifted from the
southwest to due south with velocity
much greater than even that of the
Saturday night before
During the latter part of the after-
noon the wind shifted again and this
time to the southeast, its velocity at
times increasing to such a degree that
soul-appall!ng thoughts of blizzards
and hurricanes filled the mind. For
tunately the fiercesL blasts came onlv
In short gusts but 1t was during these
olows that the great trees succumbed
and most damage was DONE
Many trees fell everywhere in the
Makawao section. Giant eucalypti 70
to so feet high and or s feet in c,r-
cumference toppled and fell during the
short cork-screw gusts from the south
east.
Stables and servants quarters ware
smashed in by falling trees, pineapples
leveled, cane-leaves whipped and frav-
ed, and the ground so strewn with
branches, bark and leaves that wards
and lawns appeared as though a thou-
sand demons had been having "ro,,gb
house" there.
In kula many panini trees ware
thrown down and the ground yas IT,
terd with their large thick. oval leaves
Quite number of houses were noy-
ed Off their foundations. In Makawao
Jacintho Estrella was lying sick in his
cottage when the kona threw II off its
underpinning, causing the building to
drop about feet. This shock of fall
ing so affected the sick man that be
lost control of his mind and his fam
lily was obliged to take him to +,
neighbor's residence about hale |
mile distant. On Saturday the re- \
i.alnder or the wharf at Kihei was en-
tirely swept away
AT kahului the lagoon has much ex-
tended its borders and a mart of tb.
government road is covered with wo
ter
Ihe race track at Spreckels' Park IS
flooded and quite a portion of the bigh
board fence has been blown down
The damage of the storm at Kahn
iul and Wailuku was much less than
that accomplished on the western sIone
OF Haleakala. During Sunday and
Monday old Haleakala presented the
unusual spectacle of running streams
ana waterfalls In all its MANY suIcbes
usually dry.
The kona storm was especialIv seyero
IN the Lahaina section. The telepbona
llhes were everywhere broken and
thrown down and many trees and other
vegetation wrecked. Monday night a
lail tree fell In front of the Iahajna
telephone central office, carving all
Lhe wires with 1t, so that on Tuesday
me whole Lahaina telephone system
was out of commission Much DAMAGE
was done in the Kaanapali district
On New Years night there was ouito
heavy rainfall and electrical disnlav
out since then the weather has heen
more quiet.
MUSICAL RECITAL.
Last Friday night the Decanobar
Meeting of the Makawao Literary So
'lety was held at Maunaolu Seminary
md took the form of a musical recital
'y Miss Ormerod, who has recently
'ame to Maui as a teacher of music
It the school.
The attendance was not so large as
$ customary owing to bad weather bur
nose present much enjoyed listening
o Miss Ormerod's singing, as well as
he piano music of Mrs. Fl. A. Baldwin
md the violin obligatos by Mr.. Hugh
Howell
among the pieces rendered by Miss
)rmerod were the Angels Serenade
Win the violin obligato by Mr.. How
III, Coming Thro' the Rye" "Annie
4aurie,' and "The Gingerbread Man"
by requesD. Mrs. Baldwin played the
'iano accompaniments most skifulIv
nd rendered one piano solo.
Miss Ormerods voice showed great
'ower and much cultivation and Mr..
iowelrs violin playing was most
leasing
NOTES.
The New Years dancing party nv the
'ailuku knights of Pythias was post
oned on account of inclement weather
Saturday night, the 5th.
Wagons with Japanese laborers and
rovisions also were noticed going to
ne gulches in Kaupakalua to repair
he many washouts in the bitches all
trough that section of country.
The st. Paulists, a religions SEQ
ounded in Wailuku by Rev. Mr.. Ezera
ave recently purchased rs acres Of
and at Ulupalakua and will build
emple there. They have been holding
ervices In the w. B. Keanu residence
n Wailuku.
on the 10th convention OF the Re-
ublican county committee will be held
Wailuku at Republican headouartar.