Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-01

Kilauea were either totally destroyed
or badly damaged, making the road
practically impassable. Everything
like loose material being used for
the construction of the road toward
Hanalei went off in the flood On the
Lihue side Of Kilauea there was an
immense landslide. many tons of dirt
washing down from the hills upon the
road.
At Hanalei. &
The big, new bridge across the Ha-
nalei river near Princeville Is still
there, but the retaining walls are
washed OUT and there are indications
that one of the abutnients was under
mined The iron frarne of the old
bridge, which had been left standing
when the new bridge was built, Mas
carried away by the flood. The valley
down below was flooded and the small
rice planters suffered heavily. Hama
lei river is said to have been higher
than at any other time in its history.
At the first gulch on the Lihue side
of Anahola the fill was badly damaged,
but the road can be put into shape for
traffic without much trouble. The &C.
cfdent showed, however, that the road
scheme there is faulty and the wash.
out will probably result in a new road
line at that point
kapaaites Cut Road.
The people Of Kappa rose to the
occasion when they saw the water ris-
ing higher aud higher. around them.
They struck out in the storm and cut
a canal across the macadam road
/, This undoubtedly saved the town from
greater damage. Inc emergency cut
across the road was repaired on Mon.
day.
At iSealia the rainfall Saturday
night, in four hours. was about L.
inches, and % inches fell in the As
hours back to Thursday The bridge
on the road to Colonel Spalding's
house and several railway bridges
mauka swere washed out The Wal.
pouli homestead tract was severely
washed out and suffered its proportion
of damage.
KoIoa Damaged $4,000. g.. 4
A conservative estimate of the pro-,
perty damage on Koloa plantation is
$4,000, which does not include the
/ damage to cane. A rain gauge on the
Mahaulepu section OF the plantation,
which is toward Lihue, showed that 1S
inches fell in Is hours, an average of
an inch an hour. :. II.
| The heaviest item of property loss
at Koloa was in the complete destruc--
/ ton of a cement intake which was re-
Gently built at cost of about $4,000.
Much of other parts of the water sys-
TEN was damaged At one place a
pumping station located underground
was entirely filled with water and
mud, and 1t is believed that it is com
pletely ruined. r..
. It is not possible now to figure the
damage from flooding. Hundreds of
acres of cane were left from one to
two feet deep in water, and the actual
loss viii depend upon how soon the
land can be drained.
Damaged Roads.
When all is figured out it will doubt.
less be found that the damage to roads, Z
bridges and other public improvements
by the storm was not less than $40.
900.
At Nawiliwili new bridge on diff.
ferent lines will probably have to be
constructed, one much higher and
longer than at present. so that houses,
horses, wagons, children and other
wreckage brought down in similar
floods in future may pass easily out
to sea without blocking the bridge and
causing the rush Of waters to take q
lot Of valuable roadway along with Il.
A new bridge at Anahola will have to
he hriIf