Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-18
WETTEST MONTH
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it has held for the past several days
only very slight change being noted
Cold Winds-More Rain. =.
Between IL O'Clock and IL O'Clock
today the wind swung TO the west and
the thermometer dropped slightly
Cold winds will probably bring on still
more rain. This morning at s O'Clock
! the wind reached velocity of 4s
miles an hour. 49,: T..
That the present storm is excessive
is shown by figures computed by the
weather bureau. showing the mean
rainfall by months in the last IL years,
The means are as follows: d.. ...
January, 3.S1; February, 2.62:
March, 249; April. 1.33; May, Lee;
June, 80; July, Sc; August, 81; Sep.
tember. f66; October, 100; Noyem-
ber, 2.96; December, Ais. Total, 1880.
Up to noon today no large damage
had been reported at the city. engi.
neer's office. -
Nuuanu street which was ripped
out by the November storm, the as
phalt being torn off by the water, is
again washed out All of the former
holes which were merely filed in with
rock until a more permanent job could
be done upon them, have washed out,
the rocks being deposited in the ditch.
es alongside .. .~....'. .."
Waialae Ranch Flooded. 49,.
Waialae road is a running stream
two and one-half feet deep and a mile
long, according to word telephoned in
to the Star-Bulletin office shortly after
noon today, by Paul r. Isenberg. Mr..
Isenberg declared it is the worst down.
pour that he has ever seen in that
section. A large portion of Waialae
ranch, his property, is under four feet
of water. ..~ a.. r.. .
Much damage was done yesterday
on the other side of the island in the
Heeia district, according to R. S..
Chase, road engineer at Hakipuu, who
arrived in the city this morning by
automobile. ->r5 ... =. III. ~..--.
''You see the road is. still passable,".
laughed Chase as he climbed from
his car, ''but it is practically all un-
der water" ....--.... =. .
Wind recorded here about 10 o'clock
yesterday morning at 49 miles an hour
evidently gathered force as it swept
over the mountains, dropping to the
with an upward and lifting force.
cannery Roof Damaged. r
Roofs were torn from many houses.
the Japanese groceries and small!
stores suffering heavily. A portion of
the corrugated iron cupola, on the
roof of the Libby, McNeill & Libby
cannery on the other side of the island
was torn off and sent flying helter-
skelter by the wind. .-... -. =.
Luckily no damage to the stored
fruit inside was done, according to
F. w. Macfarlane, president, today. La
borers' camps at the cannery suffer.
ed heavily, the structures Of wood and
iron being at the mercy of theg ter:
rife wind. ,. -. ...,-t
AID WETTEST ~:. &c.,. .. NJ
Mr.. MacFarlane said today that it
will be difficult to estimate the dam
age until the buildings have been re-
constructed ILL.,. - =.
Describing the scene at the Libby
eannery today Engineer Chase says
that the mauka bunkhouse, a long
around by the force of the wind, at
an angle of at least IS degrees. The
Inakai bunkhouse has also suffered.
Small boats are tied up at the avail
able landings and are waiting until
calmer weather before yenturing out
side. When the hard wind struck the
high waves yesterday offshore in the
neighborhood the sight is said to have
been wonderful.
Turned Over Three Times.
Houses here and there were toppled
over. One cottage belonging to a la
borer on the Hakipuu section was
overturned three times by the storm,
the laborer, his wife and three child
rem being in it at the time They suf
fered only from slight damages.
No great damage had been done to
the pineapple fields this morning,
though much more rain threatens to
wasl, them badly. = ~
High winds were noted last night
on the peninsula at Pearl Harbor, and
aledroba trees, which grow so thickly
in the neighborhOod. were, down in
large numbers this morning. The
The morning train from Pearl City
was delayed for nearly an hour today
owing to trees and branches having
blown near or across the track. -: .
Engine Off Track. T., ....... ..-.s...-.
Several trees have been blown
across the track and telephone lines
are down. All trains are behind time.
Relay mpSSapnS TO-DAY brought in word