The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-19
HEAVyDOWNPOURS
WASHOUT CANE IN
S0MEPLANTAT|ONS
AT 0ne Point In Hamakua Sixteen
+, Inches IEaIl In Space of
Seventeen Hours
STREAM RISES TWENTY
FEET IN SHORT TIME
Reports Of Damage Come In
Slowly But Indicate Seri-
BUSINESS In Sections

Reports of the damage to crops occn-
stoned by the rains which occurred in
the early half of the month are coming
in slowly. Damage has been general
but in some sections it has been ex-
tensive.
1t was in the Hamakun district of
Hawaii, the district that was last year
worst damaged by drought, that the
heaviest rains occurred. Reports from
Honokaa give some remarkable figures
In the week which eLded Thursday,
April IL, there was twenty-nix inches
Of rain and this is more than fell
through the whole of the dry spell of
last summer and fall. In the one hun
dTed days from January ] to April 10
IL rained on sixty seven days and the
total precipitation was ninety eight
inches as against .thirty-Gve inches for
the same period of last year and as
against a normal precipitation for
twelve months up to March 81 of sixty
six inches.
Record Rainfall
In one day at HOnokna there was
Ol hAittu lntHtS III seventeen
hours. One stream rose to n height of
twenty feet and reached n llume above
it, On this plantation the young cane,
planted to replace that which was kill
ell by the drought Of last year was
largely washed out and it will be neccs-
sary to pillow and repIant.
Other plantations in lIamakua, North
KOhala, North Hilo and some other
HnV a r
There was damage to crops in Maui "a
well.
In the weather bureau report for
the week ending April Is it gives the
following summary Of rainfall by Isl
anls and from its correspondents at
various stations
Excessive rainfall occurred on tho
10th and nth at many place through
nut the Section, and much damage was
done to bridges and runAways through
| washOuts On Hawaii and Maui the
soil is too wet for cultivation, and crops
are making slow progress. by lslan"s,
the average rainfall for the week was
as follows: Hawaii, II y imch"sI Maui,
9.l9 inches; Oahu, 300 inches; Kauai,
| | SO inches.
Local Conditions
|
daily, amounting to- II ~ inches; rs
| pecially heavy on the 10Th, when IOS
| inches fell in "a hours. Much damage
to roads and bridges.
Kohala Mill, Hawaii- Heavy rain
Wednesday night. Much damage t"
crops through washOuts. Three con
crete bridges and two railway bridges
washed away, others damaged. At the
| 4 O.. nf f.
in l6 hours.
Multi, Hawaii-Vcry heavy rains
during last two days of week. Plan
tatiOn bridges washed away and hume
| trestles badly damaged. Government
road bridges washed out completely.
PapaikOu, Hawaii bad weather is
delaying ali work, and the heavy rains
and low temperatures are keeping
growth back.
.Ponahawai, Hawaii The land is too
wet for cultivation. Some potatoes
which were planted on the 9th are III
danger of rotting because of tn" ex
cessive moisture Cane harvesting has
been suspended for lack Of room for the
sugar. Sunshine needed very m"ch'
| Glenwood Experiment Station, Ha
waii-RainfaM practically continuous;
| difficult 10 cultivate fields, and to fight
cut worms which are now numerous.
Growing crops in COOL condition.
! Kapoho,~ Hawaii-IIeavy thunder.
| storm on the morning Of the llth; 1919
inches of rain fell between 5 =. m and
8 a. III. Hail storm at p. III. OF the
18th.
Waikiki, Maui--StOrm seems to be
broken. Too cool and too much ram
for vigorous crop growth.
Haiku Experiment Station, Maui
The heaviest rainfall in years fell dur
ing the week. On the lOlh LAB inches
fell in ~ hours. Considerable damage
was done TO corn crop just taSSelllng'
| and such an was mature and not har-
vested. Roads are in the worst con
dition since 1914.
A heavy rainstOrm, amounting to AT
{ most n clOudbuTst, occurred on wlnh-
ward Oahu during the night OF 'h"
18th 18th. Much damage to roadway"
hnd bridges.
The heaviest rainfall ""r the week
occurred at LaupahOrLo" where @9'o
Inches fell. At KapOho, Puma, th" pre-
cipitation was $3.50.