Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-11
HEAVY RANSOM
ISLANDS; OAHU
IS WELLSOAKED
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curbing was coursing down the side
of the street
Tracks Not Damaged.
On the King street car line last
night a Rapid Transit car was lifted
from the track by the boulders which
came down from Makiki district along
Piikoi street, trafiic being delayed
about 20 minutes, four cars draw.
ing up to the place before the con-
sestion was again relieved. The
street car company states this morn
ing that The tracks are In good con-
dition, and that very little damage has
been done by the water
That II was "some rain and "the
worst storm In years. as old-timers
who met on the street yesterday even
ing declared, is verified BY figures at
/ he local weather observatory. Not
since March Is and rs. 1908. when a
24-hour period produced 5.0f inches
If rain. has such a downpour been rec
orded In Honolulu. From 10 o'clock
Yesterday morning when the rain be.
gan until O'Clock today, there fell
1t the main observatory l.26 inches.
while at the station at the Insane
Asylum between Niitantt and Kaiihi
salleys the rain gauge registered 40
inches for the same period OF %
hours.
Mould Make e Inches Of Snow.
Government Meteofoloeist A. m.
Hamrick stated today that had such
u precipitation occurred IA the form
9of snow itgwould have reached depth
II about AZ inches. 10 inches of snow
being considered the equal OF an inch
OF rain. ~
Records Of the biggest days rain
each year for q period prior 10 this
one are Of interest They are stated
on the 24-hour basis. and are e fol-
lows:
December 1914. 1906. 50 inches:
January IL. 1907. 3.67 inches; March
1916, 1908, 5.0l; December 1926, 1909,
LBS; February Sc. 1911. 2.73; Fcbru-
airy 1924 1912, LIS; June 70. 1913.
Sol: March 1873. 1914. zs4.
So far this month there hate been
6.13 inches OF rain, OF which Festers
days contribution was the maj0r pots
ton. A heavy rain Il recorded for
June Of this year, but the June rain
did not come lip 70 yefterday'e srecs
ord The average for November for
several years back Is but $50 inches,
50 that the rain yesterday has put the
month on safe basis
Reports from Prospect street this
morning state that g large section or
the concrete retaining wal along the
street has been washed out by the
Fauo8 stream. No statement Of TINS
damage had been made to the enRi-
neer's once It noon today, however.
Hctks IN Storm Drain.
Win thond6f0nS rirhbl6s aS II al
ace Of giants were using rthe storm
Train as bowling alley good sized
6oWldefs rushed down the Steeb ia
cline OF the Makiki storm drain LAST
night at the height Of the storm, hav-
Ing been disl6dSed il the kilIs above
BY the tenpestuous rain.
At times the drain was running
three feet high with storm water and
the sound Of the torrent could be-
heard three blocks away, the waters |
high-pitched song mingled with the
BOOM 81 dislodeed rocks as they were
shot down toward the sea.
Wilder avenue from Piikoi street |
Utmost TO the sugar planters expert /
ne1t station. resembled young river |
With water q foot deep In places The
Malliki IRE station was flooded sew
sfai inches deep az 8 O'Clock last eve
hing and the fremen put II busy
morning today sweeping out the mud /
Adjoining the fire house what had |
been a low spot about 100
'eetin diameter wash lake this morn.
'ng at 1880 0'clpck. Win The overflow |
running on TO Wilder venue an6 CIV
srfng the car tracks several inches /
ieeps The lawns Of several houses on
Kewaio street and adjacent streets /
we're covered with deposit ofSbrown |
mud as the waters receded this morn
ne.
Japanese Stores Flooded.
While the rain Was coming down ct |
/ terrific rate last night along Bereli
Lania street near AIapai, Japanese
stores suffered a rear attack from the |
storm The storm waters draining I
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