Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-22
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| through with no damage whatever HI
| also reported that the damage TO Ka
waihae wharf is slight and that sam
pans there were dragged up on the
beach out of reach Of the storms
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/ Hackfeid's Get Report. "
A lengthy report as to damage done
at Lahaina plantation was received
today by H. Hackfeld & Company
Ltd, but, according to F. w. Klebahn
secretary of the corporation, it does
not 60 into specific details. and
throws no further light on the ex
tent Of the loss to the plantation from
the recent storm. Mr.. Klebahn re-
fused to give out any particulars.
f. Faxon Bishop, president of G.
Brewer & Company, Ltd, said this
afternoon he has received no further
report concerning storm damage at
Wailuku plantation. 1t has been i'm
possible to send mail over to Lahaina
from Waikiki as all the roads have
been washed out The Claudine is
expected to bring accumulated mail
from there, taking it aboard at Kahu-
lui today.
Travellers Getting Through.
Travellers from the stricken district
of Waikiki, who have threaded their
way on horseback along the strip of
desolation that was formerly a road,
are bringing news, little by little, to
Lahaina, according to ]. T. McCros-
son, who returned to Honolulu this
morning on the Mauna Kea.
II do not know great deal about
the conditions at Wailuku," said Mr..
McCrosson, for / was on the island
of Lanai most of the time, but from
what ] could get from those who were
there and what have read since get
ting back, judge that the local pa
pers have covered the storm pretty
thoroughly.
Two parties came through yester-
day on horseback, and from the man
ner in which they describe the roads,
travel must be very difficult at the
present time. The road overseer has
sent word that repairs will be made
in two days so that travel by vehicles
can be resumed, but those who have
SC far made the trip are Of the opinion
that considerable more time than this
will be required.
Silt Lodged in Drifts.
Mr.. McCrosson says that all man
ner of damage seems to have been
done to the roads by the storm.
bridges were washed out, fills were
entirely torn away, and silt coming
down from the higher levels was
lodged in great drifts that shut off
travel Here and there huge boulders
lie in the road, almost filling it.
Wailuku has organized a commit
tee now to canvass and ascertain the
exact number OF missing persons, as
this is not yet known" he says. THE
committee is made up of representa-
tives from all the different nationali-
ties in order to facilitate the work"
Lanai suffered from the storm, &C.
cording to Mr.. McCrosson, but only
moderately. There was no damage to
the sheep and cattle herds on the
smaller islands owing largely to the
warmth of the rain.
Many trees were blown over, how.
ever, and telephone lines are down
from a gale which swept Lanai on
Tuesday night at velocity at times
OF IS miles an hour. Rain fell to
the amount of IL inches in a period of
70 hours.
Roads also were washed out badly
on the island, Mr.. McCrosson says.
Telephone Men Busy.
Telephone lines are working in the
vicinity of Lahaina, and have been in
order since Immediately after the
close of the storm owing to the fact
that men were kept out to repair dam.
ages as soon as they occurred, the
work being started at the beginning
of the storm period.
Word received today from the Star
Bulletins correspondent on the. Val
ley Island gives the personnel of the
relief committee at Waikiki as fol.
lows:
Clement Crowell, sheriff, chairman:
L. r. Matthews, Dr. William Osmers.
government physician; N. Otsuka,
business agent; Joe Garcia, luna for
the Wailuku Sugar Company; r. A.
Wadsworth, manager of the Mani
Soda 4 Ice Works, and Joseph H,
kunewa, tax assessor
Thirty-four Houses Gone.
Maui has appropriated i$25O0 for the
relief work, and hundreds of men are
at work today to restore conditions to
as near normal as possible in the dis.
trict. Thirty-four houses are said to
have been destroyed in lao valley as
result OF the storm, while others
We're hard hit at Waikapu and Wal.
hee. 1t is believed that as MANY as
200 persons are destitute from the
losses sustained.
kula, the home Of the territorial tn.
berculosis station, has suffered also
from the elements, though the exact
damage is not yet known.
No further word in regard to dam
age was received up to noon TODAY
at the office Of Alexander & Baldwin
c. Brewer & Co. received a brief
message from their Maui agents but
10 estimate was placed on the damage
done.
Tonnage taxes collected on the en-
Try OF vessels, American and foreign.