Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-10
CITY GANGSAT
WORK TO CHECK
STORM RAVAGES
Honolulu and Outside Islands
Alike Soaked BY Heavy
~. DoWnpour of Rain i

Gangs Of city employees worked all
day yesterday and all last night TAX
ing turns to keep the storm dra rs
open ard prevent high heads Of water
from backing MP and causing damage
II is due largely to the hard work o
these men that the property loss has
been kelt down as much as it is.
Trouble men were also kert out by
the Honolulu RAPID Transit Company
IN the Same so,t Of work. and linemen
from TIE electric and telephone com.
panies put disordered wires back in
shape here and there about the city.
In the Makiki district where the
storm drains showed signs of weaken
ing, an unusually large detachment o
mon was sent to cope with the storm
One flume which takes all the water
from the Makiki elevations threat
ened to wash out under the strain. II
this should occur great food of
water would sweep down on Liholiho
KeWalo and Piikoi streets. The Ma
kiki district lighting system was out
of order for two hours Saturday night.
Watchers Busy All Night.
Braces were driven into the bank
against the flume yesterday afternoon
and watchers were kept at it through
the night.
Makee island in Kapiolani park was
completely under water yesterday, but
no great damage is reported Tides
from the ocean sweep in against the
outlet CT the stream that drains past
the island, and thus prevent it's free
passage to the sea.
= Athletic park is suffering the worst
drenching that it has seen in years
the water sweeping down over it from
Liliha highlands. Chinese residents
have been put into state of much
discomfort by the high water in the
vicinity
- Queen street raying which is COM
posed of wood blocks is continuing to
cause trouble by buckling and the
street is in miserable condition. Ka-
kaako Is deep in mud, and garbage
trucks are unable to force an entrance
20 the dumping grounds.
Duck Ponds FIocued.
Between two and three score men
have been kept on the watch constant
ly since the storm first began to show
signs of making trouble Duck ponds
out Waikiki wav are deenlv flooded
and residents of Kalia road had diff.
Guilty reaching the street car this
morning.
u Sweeping down upon the settled
district along Kunawai about / O'Clock
this morning, high wind did much
damage by overturning houses and
other buildings.
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were asleep in their house at the time.
being tumbled out of bed into the
storm but suffering no permanent in
juries. Mr.. Redell was struck on the
wrist by piece of tin roof blown from
another cottage several yards away,
but the injury is not severe.
The wind also wrought havoc with
a garage which was being built on
Kunawai lane by David Bray, automo
bile driver The building was toppled
over into the lane and badly wrecked
Up to noon today the present storm
had not yet equalled the records es-
tablished by the wet seasons of No
vember and December. but the sun is
shining only fitfully and every indica-
ton, according to old-timers about the
city, is that the rain will continue.
Total rainfall for January now
stands at 1923 inches. and of this
amount 6.66 inches has fallen during
the present storm which began Fri
day
This morning in the four hours from
o'clock to noon IL of an inch of
rain fell. From 8 O'clock last night
until o'clock this morning "a inches
were recorded, and from o'clock yes
terday morning to 8 o'clock last night
there fell 1.8S inches. making the hard.
est part of the downpour yesterday
during the daylight hours.
November's-' storm produced 7.1S
inches, while the Christmas storm has
8.53 inches to its credit. Both of these
storms were Konas, however. The
present storm has come with pre-
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