The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-01-16
Vino PLAYS SAD .
I HAVOC in CITY.
Army Posts Also Suffer and Full
Extent Of Loss win Not Be
Known for Several Days.
l(Trom "Wednesday Advertiser

Sin persons are Known TO have been
injured, one vessel Is reported in dis.
tress and propefte eonsefsatisely esti..
mated TO be valued at $4,000 has been,
destroyed the, result o. strong Malua.,
lsele, or wind from the northeast which
began blowing Monday evening, con
tinuing almost without pause until az
ter eight o'clock last night. Not in
khDty years or more, according to Otto,
y LRdiof, one of the pioneers Of the
island has such terrible wihdstorn yis-
tied this island and so Ear as known
never has the damage to property been
80 great as that wrought BY the freak
wind during the past thirty.slx hours.
In the opinion Of the weather bufeaa
the worst Of the blow Is now over. IL
| will be several days before the full
extent OF the damage Is Known or the,
number Of injured determined
/ Throughout yesterday reports of per
cons injured and OF others who had
barely escaped with their lives kept
1 coming in, te ~
tife Guards on Duty.
The Gas and Electric Light com
panies, the Rapid Transit company, the
out special patrols 70 guard against
accident and render aid wherever found
necessary. Throughout yesterday at
terhoon Sheriff jarrett kept force Of
deputies stationed at the Pail, the
source Of the greatest peril, to warn
travellers Of the danger and render aid
! to those who might be found In dis
tress For d half mile Oh the wind
yard side Of the mountain pass, the
road was strewn with wreekage Of rigs
injured horses and other evidence 81
he fury Of the wind which swept along
The precipice. That no one was swept
jyer the pass and 20 death IN the val
| Icy below is due only to the fact that
the wind came from the windwafd side
catching its victims and sweeping then
With cruel force against the mounthir
sides and around along the rock strewf
road. Boulders as large as a person 1
Hst were carried like chat before the
, yale, striking with snfiieient force /,
ihhict painful wounds Upon a humbei
J Of persons. 49,.
At times the wind as II swep
through the city and the army post
Z attained a velocity of between sixtl
1 and seventy miles an hour, the gen
9 sraI average being forty-six miles N
. hour.
5 Port Smarter suffsfs Heavily.
At Fort Shafter the damage Aufrere,
= by the army was probably the great
p est, the teptage being torn TO shred
and much Of IT. carried away befOr
The gale, new buildings and old, thei
roofs torn away, giving mute eyidenc
. Of the force of the gale which swep
!, through that post, Fortunately, no on
!, was injured there. I
3 The wireless plant at Fort De Russ
b stood the strain well, though the anus,
d ment hall at that place suffered slight
4 and the foliage was damaged to
q considerable extent. A number of algi
4 roba trees were uprooted, ~.
q No ineonvenienee was experience
!. at Fort Armstrong OF Fort Ruger, i
!. far as could be ascertained, beyond
i slight accident TO the electric wlrin
4 system. Reports from Fort Kaiiehi
i lmeha show that the storm did not 4
d any damage At Schofeid Barrhck
q though the wind is reported to hay
n been as strong us anywhere else on Il
q island, the damage was comparative
q slight. The loss WAS principally
4 tentage, which was torn into shire,
q and carried before the gale. Conside
1. able Inconvenience and some hardshl
= Was experienced by the officers ar
a troops at all the posts, but in no j
"A stance, so far As could be learned we
4 terday, was any serious injury to al
h of the Officers or troops reported.
I. 1t is claimed that the damage
Il Epfoperty'at Fort Shafter viii probab
aggregate $4,000.
Power and Light Service Crippled.
"a Light, power and telephone servi
1. began to suffer from the wind ear
q Monday night, For several hou
a residents Of Kaimuld were witho
n light service and telephone eommui
r. cation was maintained only with dill
q. Guilty. iva +
It All Inter-1sland shipping was !
A. ported safe yesterday morning wi
the exception Of the seagoing laun'
s Helen, Captain Peters and his ere
IS which left here Saturday afterno,
ID towing a seow to Hilo. The COVER
II ment tug Navajo at once left TO o
e the imperilled boat and Its crew.
ID From one end of Honolulu TO =
ie other the effects Of the storm were
@ be seen yesterday afternoon when I
ie wind began to subside. Algaro
TO trees, royal palms, kiawe trees, folia
5l Of an kinds, torn up by the roots a
" strewn along the roads and 'stret
z, told mntely the story of the dana
is that has been done TO the foliage
G. the island, while half wrecked hous
and some completely demolished ties
% tied strongly to the property damage
x. Street cur traffic was maintain
Or despite the difficulties Of buffeting I
n Winds. Car blinds were torn FRI
y their fastenings, the trolleys were
As rIeatedly carried from the wire a
several times trafiie was temporar
at y-s-11NeS>S~l ~ -, =
lg consent public trees cannot be cut
ny mutilated.
er In the review made of the work I
ng the past two years il was shown tn
the Outdoor Circle is responsible
the identifying Of Aala Park, whS
eli the monkeypods and bougainyiil'
re we're planted along the river; the pa
\ i 4 - y a. n.