Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-14
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covered with bright boagainyillea, was
broken almost in half.
Manoa Home Damaged.
One of the first houses to be dam
aged by the wind which yesterday
swept down the Manoa valley was
that belonging to George r. Carter,
The place was occupied by an invalid
japanese woman and her three chill
dren who, sensing the danger, left the
building but few moments before ii
was partially demolished by the wind.
William T. Brigham, director of the
Bishop Museum, has informed the
Bishop estate that the wind tore away
section OF the roof covering the
Photographic department. Of the mur
scum. The owner of a house at Ale
wa Heights yesterday made frequent
trips to- the Commercial Club from
where he could see his property, in
order tofaseertain whether or not the
wind was damaging the structure.
Reports from other parts of the city
are to the effect that some billboards
and countless numbers of trees are
down at Moiliih. The fence at the Ber
etania tennis courts was blown down,
and every shingle blown from the
roof of a house at Meiliili. Two old
barns In Pai0lo valley We're complete
ly demolished and the; timbers and
shingles scattered over the ground.
]. After thorough examination last.
ing the greater part Of this morning,
at noon that the Honolulu waterfront
had to great extent been spared by
the storm. Throughout last night the
sea was exceedingly rough, but little
local damage is reported. The Ha-
waiian Dredging Company this morn
ing received a wireless message from
the tug Navajo, which was yesterday
sent to aid the tug Helen, saying that
the Navajo had put in at Kihei Facts
concerning the condition of the Helen
and her towtwere not mentioned in
the communication. N. III. Slaughter,
resident engineer for the Marconi
Wireless Company, returned from
Koko head this morning and reports
no damage done to. the company's
plant there. = ;.
Mullet Spawn Destroyed
AS a result of violent windstorm of
the last "a hours, mullet spawn in var
ious fishponds over the territory
have been destroyed. Consequently,
muIlet win be probably abnormally.
high by the time the spawn would
have grown to fish of market size. Re-
ports reached Honolulu this. morning
from several of the companies owning
fishpOnds on Oahu carrying the news
of the winds destruction to the spawn.
..Fhis is now tI9e middle of the closed
season for natliet, the season being
from December to February. From
the egg or spawn to the time the null
let has grown large enough to market
stretches a period of Is months, and
SO the damage done by the windstorm
to the fishponds will not make itself
felt in the market until about that
time. >
Police on the Watch szsg
Frank E. Blake, manager of the Ha-
waiian Electric Company, reported
this morning that it is expected that
all repairs ON the company's system
will be completed by this evening. A
like report comes from-the telephone
company Hs. syssy 81. t&.z8 !,
Every precauti0na was taken by the
police yesterday and last night to pre-.
vent accidents which might be caused
by the wind. A force of men was
kept stationed at the Pail by Sheriff
Jarrett to warn travellers of the high
wind. Fort Shafter suffered severely
from the wind, and it is estimated that
the damage will reach the neighbor-
hood of $50, 600. Harbormaster Will
liam Foster reports that his ranch
home in Palolo valley was completely
.dismasted by the wind. Every tree
ON his place was blown down, he
says. Other than this, the damage he
suffered. was normal. The Hicks
home at Kaimnki, which was conn
|pleteIy destroyed, is insured at $3.50,
IL having cost $4,000 Albert E. Mitch
ell of Puunui reports that damage to
the extent of $500 was done to build
ing which he owns in that section Of
the city. 1t is estimated that the dam
age done at Athletic park will amount
to $1,000 The Kaneohe stage was
blown over by the. wind at the Pail
yesterday, the occupants narrowly es=
Gaping serious injury. .-.s..~ls 4