Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-22
SYMPATHY FROM
HONOLULU SENT
TO VALLEY ISLE
Fred [. Waldron, President Of
Chamber, Sends Letter to
Maui Chambers Head; New
Reports Coming in Slowly
LANAI SWEPT BY GALE;
TELEPHONE LINES DOWN
Lahaina Recovering From In
undation; No Further Loss
of Life Reported From Wal
luku; One Japanese Girl is
Missing Still

Missing Still
On behalf Of the Honolulu Cham
ber of Commerce, Fred l.. Waldron
president, today sent out letter to
the Maui Chamber OF Commerce, ex
pressing the regret and sympathy oil
the local organization for the losses
of life and property caused by the
recent disaster by storm. The letter
follows:
January %, 1916.
mir. r. r. Baldwin.
president, Maui Chamber of Com
merce, Wailuku. Maui
Dear Mr.. Baldwin:
1T would not be typical OF Hawa
iIan human nature TO hear OF the ter.
rible calamity suffered by the Island
of Maui during the past week without
giving vent 10 genuine expression OF
sympathy.
Individually, and on behalf Of the
Chamber of Commerce Of Honolulu,
wish to voice the intense feeling OF
sorrow caused the members OF our
body upon receiving the telegraphic
account of the catastrophe.
IL 10 Will CAtl lCAAC ACeAOS w ASe-s =
OF the apparent heavy damage to
property, but, above all, we wish TO
tender our most sincere sympathies to
the people of Maui who are suffering
by the sudden taking away OF loved
members OF their families during the
storm which carried with II a toll
unknown before in Hawaii. =
very respectfully,
FRED L. WA1BDRON,
-PreSldent"
Lahalna 10 Recovering.
With the radio station. city light 1
ing and power plant, also the city |
water. pumping plant working again,
and 'storekeepers and citizens remot-
ink several inches OF flood mud from !
their property, Lahaina is rapidly re-
covering from the effects of the Sun
day to Thursday kcna gale. according
to officers of the Inter.Island steamer
Mauna Kea, which arrived at s: Is this
morning from Hilo. Mahukona and La
haina.
No lives were lost or houses wash |
cd away at Lahaina, the ships off,
GERS reported. and the only damage
to shipping there was the destruction
OF two Japanese fishing sampans. All
the small fshing and pleasure craft
were hauled un for safety TO Lahainas
main business street, which parallels
the wharf and beach. OF the two /
wrecked sampans. the engine was
saved from one, and the other was
hauled up on the beach, but not until
II had been badly battered and prac-
tically wrecked.
'Lahaina people think the road to
wailuku viii be open again by Mon
day or Tuesday," said Freight Clerk
e. Thompson today. The telephone
company's repair gang is hard at
work and expects to have phone serv.
i've resumed tomorrow or Monday.
Power Wires Went First.
81 went ashore at Lahaina and
learned that the kona gale and flood
made q lot OF trouble there. The
wires of the electric lighting and pow
er system blew down first. then came
the food and inundated the generat-
ing plant. With no electricity, the
radio station at Lahaina went out of
ercy power plant to working, found
there was no water in the city mains
to feed its boilers because the city
water pumping station had been food
ed. stopping the pumps,
George Dunn, 1nter-Island agent
there, told me there were three inches
OF mud all over his Office floor and
the same. condition existed in many
other parts of the town. The water
has all gone down by this time,
though. and things are being cleaned
up. The wind uprooted fine. stately
old tree near DR.. Burt's place. II was
between As and so years Old"
Purser p. T. Phillips said the Mauna
Kea had no trouble landing passen.
gers and freight at Lahaina on both
the outward and inward trips. He
added that the weather homeward
was delightful, with light variable
winds along the Hawaii coast and
smooth seas.
Smooth Seas IN Channels.
There was a light swell at the
landings" he said, but not sufficient
to stop work. Crossing the channels
we had moderate westerly winds,
smooth seas and a clear night"
No passengers from the storm-rav- /.
aged town OF Wailuku were taken
aboard at Lahaina, because they could
not get to Lahaina as the road is out
Of commission from washouts. A tenn. !.
porary road may be open by the fore !.
part of next week
Purser Phillips said the new wharf
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