The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-23

Paul Takata, heard japanese cry.
ing and on Investigation found
him lying sick and helpless on q
table, with between four and FIVE
feet eof, water N the room. He
carried him 10 q place Of safety. II
IL stated that the other Japanese
jewellers in the house had departed,
leaving the sick man to take care Of
himself as best he might.
In the Sc. Louis College grounds the
high,water mark measured -four feet
six inches. Yesterday afternoon there
was still two and a half feet of water
on The college playground.
On the banks Of the. Pauoa stream,
in the rear Of H. II. Williams, under
taking parlors a small wooden house
belonging to q Japanese named Yos-
shiaa collapsed and toppled over into
the stream. Yoshida and his wife, see
ling the danger which threatened. re-
moved their personal belongings from
the honse and escaped shortly before
their residence collapsed.
/ The new hume IN the rear of the
! Makiki ere station, built last year, did
not give way, as was reported, but a
retaining wall of the stream about 100
/ feet manka Of the hume went out I'M
I,der the stress of the waters and
swamped the promises of A. N. Camp
bell nearby. The Makili stream re-.
ceives the Joint flows from Tantalus
and Punchbowl and the force of the
water at their junction was so great
that the retaining wall gave way and
diverted the food from the iume.
(which was given no opportunity to
ful1ll the Office for which 1t was in
i tended. tt4tEt-t H.. ,.EiE+
Trees were uprootcd in the Campbell
| premises and fine garden and chicken
Ianelosure washed away Yesterday the
Campben yard booked like O big gully.
The liberated water rushed through
the Makiki IRE station and down Is
holiho and Kewalo Streets. The new
house of Major and Mrs. Mettler, 1909
hWilder Avenue, suffered considerable
damage. The foundations were com.
lpletely torn away and the front verahl
d9 collapsed. A driveway leading II
garaae was also washed away and
1.-THE Mettlers have not yet been able
4 to gain access 20 their cor. An ad
joining house also suffered damage Il
l. IOuuuHIlOn anu IcHctS.
An the fences on the Eva side Of
Liholiho Street, for sir houses down
! were washed away. The road-bed OF
Lunnlilo Street between Alapai Street
and the Normal school was consider
ably damaged. ...., y
| A landslide atook place at Moanalus
, opposite the sentrance to the poll
grounds. This was cleared away yes
terday morning. aE,.l 49,. - !,
i The food at Piikoi and King Streets
is said to have been occasioned by the
sewer becoming blocked and the wa
tiers backing up, Near here the hous,
of Manuel Richards, which stand
three feet from the ground, wa
flooded to a depth of six inches. 4
II Koolaupoko 9tbelt road sustaine,
I, wash.outs of 50 serious nature tina
Eit was declared closed to traffic yes
, terday and is likely to remain so 70
some little time. Z, VI :
At Kaneohe the bridge over the gov
ternment road is a complete wreck an,
!, lumber for repairing purposes wa
rushed there yesterday. ~ &c.. I
,, It's an i'll wind that blows nobod,
J good, and this old saw holds good Ii
! connection with the food. The harbo
was literally covered with drift-woo
! yesterday and much useful ffotsam an
jetsam was obtained by anyone VIII
g could procure boat and 60 lumbe
hunting.
E Carried down from Nuuanu vale
!, bv the swollen stream that the nigh