The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-25
REYIsEp Est on DEAD

fMi4teeIs qfaas hcreb ,Npo9 acres OF
cane FOR the 1917 crop feIlsd and much
Of Il broken or at the roots, thirty
-four houses demolished at waiInku and
more At Hama, are some os It's all.
ditiShls details Of the great storm that
swept Maui last week, she worst IN
thirty'fonf years which reached here
last night. tN
y Despite the fact that its plant had
been under water for days, and that
until Thursday afternoon there was no
light nor power for its lipotypes or
press, the Maui News got out on time
Friday afternoon, and was received
here yesterday with the latest word
from the stricken Valley Island Ac-
eording to this publication, which con.
eidedng the circumstances presents n
most creditable appearance, alltof the
bodies Of the storm victims have been
recovered save that of the eight year
old daughter or. Mrs. Sodetani, who
is missing and believed to have been
drowned In the food. The number of
injured is not known yet, and at the
time the News went to press, il was
feared that there might be some, then
unknown, TO add 70 the list Of dead
later. 80 "a So ~,
One Hundred Pesons Trapped
Among the houses wiped out of ex.
istanee By the food waters that came
down the lao river Tuesday morning,
was q Japanese lodging house, a black
smith shop, and aLont dozen other
small stores, More than 100 persons
were in these buildings when the food
engulfed them, but they managed to
swim to safety or were rescued. Joseph
Welsh, assisted by three Hawaiian men
went to the assistance Of some of
Ihese persons and managed to save
eighteen Of them before the food be.
came too strong to be combatted. Time
after time Welsh, rope around his
waist, went into the furious waters
and hauled out struggling women, chill.
dnen and men.
Mrs. MARQUEE, Filipino woman,
was caught by a mass Of debris and
jamned against the wall of cottage
that had AoAted from its foundations
and caught in the branches of great
han tree, Her cries brought to her aid
the gang of men under the command
Of Sheriff Crowell and Angus McPhee,
who with difficulty rescued her. In the
same houSe the hfe-savers found four
japanese men and two Filipino wom-
en-, and managed to get them TO safety.
While they were removing the women,
they discovered the body Of Theodore
Marquee, whose skull had been crushed
BY q boulder 81, y
Pate Saves Youngsters -:
I Fate saved the lives Of three Of the
Fernandez family, while the father,
mother, and one Of the younger mem.
bers were swept away. A neighbor
had asked the three TO spend the night
with her 50 that they were away from
home when the storm broke. Antonio
Roman y Madronaf, aged ten, was also
away from home when the food wave
struck his parent s home, killing his
mother, father, brother and sisters.
One Of the features Of the situation
that has not been touched, upon by the
reports from The Valley Island comes
out now, Loofers took advantage of
the terror Of the people to rob many
Of the Abandoned houses, and to steal
the furniture and household goods seat
tered along the path OF the food.
Sheriff cr6weIl has had many com.
piaints Of this and has several persons
under suspicion Of the crime.
Two Hundred Homeless
It is estimated that $50 persons were
made homeless BY the gale, and that In
all between fifty and seventy-fve hous,
es were destroyed. The authorities have
secured the services Of the national
guardsmen Of Mani and sent them into
the lao valley TO make minute search
Of the whole district covered by the
foods, In the hope of recovering as
many bodies as possible from the
.wfeekage, and saiying what property
they can. ,h .t
Not even on Friday could the amount
of damage TO property be jnstly judged
by the people Of Maui, estimates rang.
ing widely, although not 80 high as the
first reports .reaehlng this island
placed il. The houses aud other build
ings swept away BY the lao river food
are valued nj $4,000, but the estimate
takes,no aeeospt Of knieanas and othel
lands ia the valley that were carried
away, crops, soil and all. Taro patches,
gardens and fruit trees were ripped