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

the Duck PONDS ana tne IONanuB 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
Pmchbowl To within a block and q
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 at the
height of the storm was unable to con-
tain all the water. 49,, . -. ..~.
Where the drain passes under the
Anapuni street bridge several broken
pieces of two by four timbers lay on
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 nieces 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 we'll.
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
northDsta ...f 49,
AsFDFd car, No. 1lt6 Honolulu, listed
in the automobile directory as owned
by j. Ashman Beaver, was marooned
at 8 O'Clock this morning on the mau-
ka side of Wilder avenue, near Anapu-
nj with the, gas headlights still burn.
ing. It had evidently been abandoned
by the driver. = ~. --...~ 7~-. -.--.e"
Fire House 10 Flooded
4 At $50 MONDAY afternoon the Ma.
kin fire apparatus was almost afloat
Water 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, firerlsp were assisting near
by residents in futting up barricades
to keep their houses from being under
mined by the flood. which was at that
point more than q foot deep and rush
ing along like a California wash,
during cloudourst. -, rs.
Several diye.ting scenes were wit
messed from Runaaau cars al, the
height OF the i1ocd late Monday after
noon. A street car conductor off duty
took off his shoes and socks, and wa
fed out to the car at Alapai street
when il came along to take him home.
Automobiles blowing through the
flooded portion or 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 a barricade out OF 40 or SO
bundles Of shingles, which turned the
flood quite well. saving the store from
a possible cutting. go =. 8, 3
A quintet of young fellows, evident
,ly students. ran about bareheaded In
the rain. In the Runahou section, wear
ing only cid trsusefs and shirts. They
did whatever they could to assist fran.
tic householde-s In that vicinity, pill
ing up improyiseG barricades and hav-
ing the time Of their lives doing Il. 8
6erctania Street Feels Force
The BeFndt lodging house on Punch
howl street and ReretaRia suffered the
fury Of the flood, a great brown. swirl.
ing sea Of water sweeping down from
tina Haiands. ami buryinS the lawn, a
foot deep. Pushing portions Of the
fence In its path the water, tore on
across sfetania to flA' the lower back
yards Between that street ana Hotel
The aospital grounds were likewise
lffooied. Wa 2 AlV7l s'..,s : :.
Small Oriental shops on Beretaniai
street faced the fiify Of the flood wa
tiers which poured pell nell over their
low thresholds, raising trouble among
the hundred and more wares piled in
side. Hasty barbados Of boards, were
iinpfo used against the waters. 5.
Down Alapai street past the city
pumping station the flood brought
big boulders, spreading them with
sand and grav..I across the Punahou
and Wafalae street car lines. One or
two skidding automobiles narrowly es-
capped damage as they rounded the
steep drop MALT way down, the slope.
Houses Are Damaged Il
The little hollow In Wilder avenue
soon became a great pond through
which street cars proceeded slowly
with tenders dropped feeling for pos
,sihle b0ulaeEss below the black swirl
ing flood. = -. H.
: Houses directly across Wilder ave-
nue. from the fire station bear eVi.
dence today Of the storms fury! one
especially having the stone work Of
the side and front foundation under.
mined and a-topple- Men worked last
night while the storm was at its crest
propping and barricading against the
water. Nj 80 81 - H.. a.E
ffaffie ID Interrupted ~. + "a
4 Street car traffic on the Manoa val
icy line was interrupted but not
stepped by the storm, though for a
lime cars were not able to proceed
past Station IL near the, upper end of
the, track. A eulvert leading from
PunahOut street to one of the lawns
across from Alexander Field was
skidded from its base a distance OF