Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-20

CITY COUNTS UP
| ITS STORM LOSSES
Streets and Roads Are Badly
Washed; Private Property
is Badly Damaged

NfoW noon ycotGIooy " bbto Ut0t W
ing 1888 inches. Ttese figures are
more than two and one-half times the
previous 24hour rainfall record In the
history Of the weather bureau.
Another rain record which went BY
the board, according e a late report
from the weathtr bureau, 3 that tor
an hcar, the new record being 2:C9
inches. II occurred between 3:47 and
4:s7 YESTERDAY afternoon The form
e. seser5 was 1.e4 riches.
Damage to streets was estimated
this morning by City Engineer Collins
81 $4,000. This Was before he had
been over tie entire city and before
he had reports from the other side Of
the island.
The road Between kaneohe and He.
ella has been largely washed out which
will prevent round-the-island trips un-
iii Il can be repaired.
Traffic on the oahu Railway was
suspended this morning and q force
Of 2co men put 20 work to make re-
pairs which were completed 80 tina,
operations were resumed this after.
noon.
Houses hsve been badly damaged IN
many parts Of the city, In some IN
stances swept off their foundations.
Streets ran like rivers yesterday
afternoon and last night and street
railway service was badly disturbed
bot not discontinued.
Private property losses ID addition
70 houses washed away and otherwise
danaued consist Of orounds badly
washed and plants and shrubs and
even trees washed out. Such reports
are from All parfs Of the city and dam
, ACE estjmstes cannot Be accurately oh.
tsjned,
Men. women and children were fisil:
ina With bare hands IN some OF the
city stretts ~ the Waikiki seetion.
KaploIanl Park looked like = great
lake with trees growing In II. Jap
nncse sanrpans broke away from their
rnoorInQs and for several hours yes
terday afterncen vessels In the harbor
were engaged IN picking them up.
Reports Of damages from all parts
Of Oahu continue coming IN this after
noon.
So far a. can be learned, there has
been no Ioss Of life and no serious
bodily injury.
Honolulu Is engaged In cleaning up
after the rain this afternoon and In
estimating damage done to public and
to private property and to make hur
ried repairs.
The storm of yesterday has left q
rainfall record far ahead Of anything
A the history of the weather bureau
What the damage will prove to have
been Is uncertain but 1t would appear
that to roads and streets alone 1t may
run more than 100000. To this must
be added losses to private property.
Daspite Inconvenience, people yes
trday took the storm cheerfully. They
valied to and from street cars, stopped
homeward, dashed about in splashins
automobiles. sometimes were stalled
A the flood. but they maintained their
good nature.
Roon6-Island Trips OFF
One Of the late developments from
the storm Is that tourists as well as
residents are affected by the storm al
IS shown IN a report from Koolaupokt
district which says that the belt road
there for 4 distance of over 100 feel
has been entirely destroyed not only
making it impassable for automobiles
hut also difficult for pedestrians Il
travel. This means that, until the road
Is repaired. und-the-island trips vii
be out of the question.
The place where the road has beer
washed out is between Kaneohe ant
Heeia Trips. therefore, may be mad,
to the coral gardens. The culvert neal
II. C. Adams property, which was con
siderably undermined during the las
storm. has been washed away.
According to the road department