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

Inc DUCK pOn0S anu the lOWtauuS Oh
Laia road and John Ena road were
standing In pools OF water. Even the
ducks at the duck ponds looked for
lorn and unhappy. there was more
water than they needed. fond OF IL as
they naturally are :.
Storm Drains insufficient
Mud was from one TO three inches
deep this morning along Wilder ave-
nue. I'm the vicinity of the Makiki fire
station. also on Beretania street from
Punchbowl to within block and a
half OF Alapai.
. Along the Makiki storm drain were
scattered early today bits of shattered
timbers and various debris showing
plainly that the drain last night et the
height of the storm was unable TO con-
tain all the water.
Where the drain passes under the
Anapuni street bridge several broken
the bridge. at the eva side. left there
by the storm waters from the drain
when they receded. There were re-
ports that several shacks and small
buildings adjacent to the drain had
been undermined and swept away in
the flood. One man said he had heard
large pieces of tin being carried down
stream. humping against the rock bot
tom and sides of the drain.
Liholiho- street. which was repaved
last simmer, stood the storm well.
Late Monday and last night it ran full
from curb to curb with wild waters.
serving as an outlet for the rush of
storm water which poured down upon
Wilder avenue from the region to the
north
A Fofd car, No. 1116 Honolulu. listed
in the automobile directory as owned
by ]. Ashman Beaver. was maroened
at s O'Clock this morning on the maui
ka side OF Wilder avenue. near Anapu-
nj. with the gas headlights still burn
ing. 1t had evidently been abandoned
nv the driver
Fire House 10 Flooded
At $50 Monday afternoon the Ma.
kik fire apparatus was almost afloat.
Waite. four inches deep was flowing
into the station from the stream MAUI
ka of the building, passing under the
engines and running into Wilder ave-
nue.. The firer1sn were assisting near
BY residents in putting uD barricades
to keep their houses from being under
mined by the flood. which was at that
point more than foot deep and rush
Ing along like California wash"
during cloudburst
Several livesting scenes we're wit
messed from Punaaou cars at the
height of the ilocd late Monday after
noon. A Street car conductor off duty
took off his shoes and socks and wa
ded out to the car at Alapai street
when 1t came along to take him horne.
Automobiles blowing through the
flooded portion Of Beretania street
threw aside "bow waves until they
looked more like speeding motorboats
than anything else. A Chinese store
at the corner of Wilder and Liholiho
formed q barricade out of 40 or so
bundles of shingles, which turned the
flood quite well, saving the store from
possible cutting.
A quintet of young fellows, evident
ly students. ran about bareheaded in
the rain in the punahou section, wear
ing only old trousers and shirts. They
did whatever they could to assist fran
tic 1ouseholde-s In that Vicinity, Pill
i1g up improylseG barricades and hay-
ing the time of their lives doing it.
6eretania Street Feels Force
The Berndt lodging house on Punch
bowl street and Beretania suffefed the
fury Of the flood, great brown swirl
ing sea of water swearing down from
the hollands AMI burying the lawn
foot deep. Pushing portions OF the
fence in its path the water tore on
across Bsretania to I'LL the lower back
yards between that street and Hotel.
The hospital grounds were likewise
flooded.
Small Oriental shops on Beretania
street faced the fury of the flood wa
tiers which poured pSli NEIL over lneir
low thresholds, raising trouble among
the hundred and more wares piled IN
side. Hasty bafricades OF boards were
lmpro Used against the waters.
Down Alapai street past the city
pumping station the flood brought
big boulders, spreading them with
sand and grayeI across the Punahou
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