Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-20
MAUI MAN TELLS
OF DAMAGE Done
in WILD STORM
Continued from page one)


beautiful home up in the valley, mar
rowly escaped drowning with all his
family, and with his wife was eompell.
ed to swim for their lives with one
of their children on his back. He
watched his house and property, hors
es and cattle being carried down the
river as so much dirftwood ..."E
To illustrate the power of the flood
it is only necessary to state that in
places the drifting houses, swept from
their foundations, struck eucalyptus
trees, so to 60afeet high with such
force and crash as to bend them COM
pletely over, allowing what was left
after the collision to be carried away
by the boiling waters. -,
Wreckage Us Appalling. ~. .-- -. r.,
Viewing the damage from the iron
bridge on the road to Waihee, which
latter was turned into a miniature
materially one became struck with the
scene of wrecKsge which Uttered the
road on both sides, houses and stores
of all description being piled up
against one another, with walls and
roofs cayed in and human beings pin
ned underneath Seven corpses and
several wounded we're discovered and
dug out up to late In the afternoon
and rushed to the hospital, the local
physician refusing to take any chances
against possible recovery. All cred
it is due to the local county officials
and citizen volunteers, headed by the
sheriff and the county engineer, who
directed the work Of rescue and the
fight to force the river back into its
old course, ably assisted by several
members Of the board Of supervisors,
who happened to be in SESSION at the
time of the disaster.
One of the heaviest property suffer-
ers besides Mr. Ferreira, who lost a.
home valued at $500, is w. Fl. Field.
who believes that he has practically
lost all of his Is mich cows and chick
ems at his Valley Annex ranch. The
damage done TO the taro patches in
the lao valley will amount to many
thousands of dollars.
Waikiki Hard Hit. -. T.. 49,.
Wailuku is now town without
water and light and is likely to re-
main so for several days. The river,
in taking its new course, left the in
take to the reservoir high and dry, the
nearest water being now about 200
yards away. A water famine in the
midst of torrential downpours seems
hardly natural. but that is neverthe-
less one of the serious possibilities
now facing Wailuku.
The electric light plant is flooded
and out of commission, with the cleo
trio wires broken in many places, and
candles and oil lamps are now COM
mon sight in every house In town.
Extent Of Damage Unknown.
Telephone communication with La
haina and Hama is out Of the question,
the lines being all down since Mon
day morning. and nothing therefore
can be learned at this writing as to
the damage done in those districts.
Taken all in all Wailuku has been
visited with calamity, as serious as
it was sudden, the like of which in
the loss of life and the damage too
property has never been known to
the oldest inhabitants.
The number of dead, wounded and
will probably reach between
Is and 20, and the. damage done to
roads, bridges, growing crops, proper
ty, ETC., viii no doubt amount to over
$100, 0gD
Waikiki and the people of all Maui |
the unfortunate victims of the
deluge and steps will be taken by the
to provide for the orphans
and destitutes who lost hteir loved
ones as well as the saving OF a life
time in one of the worst floods ever
known in the Hawaiian islands.