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Woman, CliildDead I In Wiiidvard Flood I Continued from Page 1 I clutched Rochelle as they "Then the walls gave were carried away. wav and the water came 1 through the bedrooms, "I woke up and saw the children floating away. I e( HONOLULU ADVERTISER A-1A Friday, Feb. 5. 1965 BlllTcll Handed A Suspension Continued from Page 1 them after his suspension ends.

Au said Burrell also will continue work on a drivers' manual which he is compiling for public distribution and will have "other miscellaneous duties." Burrell's closing of the traffic, classes brought a protest from Juvenile Court Judge Gerald It. Corbett who said they had been very useful in helping young violators regain their driving licenses. The classes were not resumed after the Christmas holidays and Au learned about it from newsmen Jan. 20 when Judge Corbett protested. Burrell said at that time he stopped the classes because desk chairs and other equipment were moved from the Planning Department conference room where the classes were taught.

He blamed Au for the removal and said he took it to be a "message" for him to stop the classes. 'f road in 3400 block of The mother reached safe- ty on top of a submerged car, but the child was pulled from her arms by the raging waters. Rochelle's body was found about 5:15 p.m. in Kaneohe Bay near Gpringer Place. It apparently had been washed down Kaneohe Stream, into Kaneone Bay and almost two miles up the coast The body of Mrs.

Onoye Iwai was found at 10:40 a.m. beside Kaneohe Stream three miles from the flood site. The flood developed after 12 inches of rain fell in six hours. Residents of the Keapuka subdivision, accustomed to heavy rains, went to bed without fear. As the rain drenched the mountains near Nuuanu Pali, it carried brush and fallen trees down into Ka-' neohe Stream.

The stream runs through Keapuka, through the neighboring Ka-punahala subdivision and through Kaneohe town, tying into Kaneohe Bay. The debris from the mountains including 20-foot trees jammed the culvert where Kaneohe Stream passes under Luluku St. in Keapuka. As the rain continued, the water in Kaneohe Stream began to back up at the jammed Luluku St culvert. Shortly before 5 a.m., the stream overfl its banks.

Tons of water, bypassing the jammed culvert, hurtled into homes on low-lying Apapane bor- dprin? the stream Walls of the ooo homes collapsed. More than 20 cars on Apapane St. were damaged some pushed a block and a half by water and some mashed together like tin cans. Fire Chief William Blaisdell, inspecting the area, said the water must have been moving at least 50 mph to have caused such damage Apapane St. rises as It approaches Likenke nwy.

When the rushing flood Schools a- was temporarily isolated. City Puts 200 On Job The City yesterday used about 200 workers in rescue and clean-up operations fol- lowing the flooding of Wind- ward Oahu areas. Managing Director Rob- ert Ellis, who was on duty during Wednesday night's tidal wave alert, was called from his bed and went to the scene at 5 a.m. He remained in the area until shortly before noon and returned later In the day with Mayor Blaisdell when he made an inspection tour of the flood zones. City Council Chairman Herman G.

P. Lemke also visited the area in the after- noon. Bob Choy, head of the road division of the Department of Public Wrorks, called out 36 road workers who live on the Windward side and about 65 from the Honolulu area. Choy said the workers used two cranes, three heavy-duty loaders and 10 dump-trucks in their cleanup operation. All firemen on the Windward side were on flood duty.

Thirty-six police officers worked throughout the day and were supplemented in the early morning hours by 18 others who stayed on duty after the night watch ended. Six plainclothesmen pressed service tl 2 4 I But Leeward Flood waters roll over Lind Continued from Page 1 from the guard shack on Sand Island Access Road. "I walked over and there was a fellow doing something under the hood," Lind said. "I drew my pistol a told him he was under arrest, lie told me he had a friend parked in a nearby car who could straighten it all out. "When we got near this car, a 1954 Chevrolet, a man in a police uniform with hat and badge stepped out and said he had jurisdiction and would handle It." Lind eald he shined hit flashlight on the man's badge and that It said "Spe The rain closed some schools yesterday in all but the Leeward area of Oahu.

Public school district offices reported 10 schools closed, the Catholic school system reported five parochial schools closed, Catholic schools operating as private schools were closed, and three other private 1 1 announced they would be closed. The public schools were llJL King Intermediate, Waiahole rl Elementary Intermediate, castle High School and Ka punahaIa Eiementary. Parochial schools were Star of the Sea, St. John's, cial Police." He released amnion ugn acnooi Iikluka Elementary. Alia- grabbed the two boys.

I couldn't see my mother or my wife and daughter. Somehow I got the boys out. "I don't remember how. I don't remember much of what happened." mother were swept up Apa pane St. His wife managed to cling to the roof of a submerged car in front of 45-644 Apapane, with Rochelle in her arms.

Mrs. Janet Shimoni 'of that address said: "She was on the roof oi the car. She kept saying she had her baby with her. "But she must have let her go, or else the baby dropped when they were helping her down from the car; I just don't know." Mrs. Vivian Iwai was taken to Castle Memorial Hospital where she was treated for shock.

She went later in the morning to a neighbor's home in Keapuka. The fate of her mother-in-law was in doubt for several hours. There were erroneous reports that the older woman had been found safe and. was in a hospital. But a search party led by Abel Huihui, 23-year-old Civil Air Patrolman, located her body three miles" downstream at 10:40 a.m.

The body was wedged against debris on the banks of Kaneohe Stream beside a banana plantation on the grounds of the Kaneohe Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 45-154 Waikalua Road. The Iwai home was one of nine houses that suffered major damage. Next door to the Iwai's, at 45-594 Apapane Ramos saved his family by breaking a hole in his roof and lifting his wife and five children to safety. a Hawaiian Air- iu, fwoke to find water nmning s- umt. naj.

Like the Iwai home, the Ramos house was washed out. Only the shell was left standing. Many other homes on to bear the costs of the damage unless the builder, Blackfield Enterprises, or the City can be proven at fault. None of the homes was believed Insured against floods. Kapunahala subdivision across Likelike Hwy.

from Keapuka escaped home damage. The flood waters washed away parts of retaining walls in Kaneohe stream, but missed houses, Further north, Kahaluu Stream overflowed its banks, wrecking two homes and damaging several others, The home of Mrs. Eliza- -beth Santos at Ahuimanu and Ahaolelo Roads was washed almost half a mile down Kahaluu stream. The broken in two, lodged ms(; the stream.s feridge Wwv The Santos' 1956 Plymouth sedan washed under the bridge and was submerged with only its top showing at Kahaluu Stream's mouth at Kaneohe Bay. Kahaluu Stream, fed by dozens of waterfalls pouring down from the Koolau Range, also forced at least three other homes off their foundations.

A house at 47-329-B Ahuimanu Road was washed about 200 yards down Kahaluu Stream and into a 1L I if I it Kalihi St. This home AU Oahu public schools will be closed today, which is annual Teachers' Institute Day. The day falls on different dates ou different Islands, to allow participation by visiting education experts and officials of professional organizations. All parochial and private schools reported closed yesterday were to be open today If the weather Is good. uu uviy ninny icemen- y' Private schools reported closed were Beerman's Grove, which has branches in both Kailua and Kaneohe; St.

Clement's Episcopal Day School, and Iolani. Clean If School. He said he has no idea how he is going to replace the appliances and iiuuociiuiu uuuS iumw uy the water. Still farther down the street. Harold Kaoki.

a Unit- pd Air T.inp? fiicrht stPwarH said he and his wife and child crouched for two hours in the dark on the counter in the kitchen watching automobiles float by on both sides of the house until help came. Next door, at the home of Carlton Shimomi, the water completely flooded the in terior of the house, carrying away everything but about one carload of things which had been stored on top shelves in cupboards and closets. Damage to houses such as this, where walls were com- pletely ripped away and the house twisted on its frame was-estimated by firemen ffii at about But there Were signs of encouragement in the midst of the despair. Nine, companies of fire- men. Worked from sunup to sundown helping flood- stricken home owners.

After getting about six inches of mud off of Apapam they hosed about four inches of mud from the floors of some dozen houses on the block. Up the street, Mrs. Ray mond Hee opened her Shut ihAman manu Intermediate, Shatter St. Ann's, Cathedral School Fnn(1 lupine man. TTniJ gooa snape.

waters reached the higher "iiwugiA iua uuusc. uu area, they rolled mauka, ed- back into Kaneohe Stream. I looked outside and saw Some debris blocked the the water about 4 feet high, next culvert where Kaneohe It was just reaching the Stream flows under Likelike level of the windows. but the grade there "I saw a piece of wood was too high to permit the floating through my bed-flood to rise again, room and I grabbed it. I The water pushed through used it to poke a hole in the the partially blocked second ceiling.

I knew we couidn't You Feel Like Crying, cuiven, aiong jvaiicune Stream through Kapunahala subdivision and on into Kaneohe Bay. Iwai, a clerk at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, said his The former security police- man last night would not say what he was doing at ntn: Tf- the Coast Guard parking area and would not identify "Anybody can buy a badge, that doesn't mean anything at all," he said. He said he had turned in his uniform and badges when he left the security-guard company about three or four months ago. This was confirmed by a company spokesman. Deputy Police Chief Arthur Tarbell said last night there is no requirement that people who no longer hold Special Police licenses from the City turn in their uniforms or badges.

Tarbell said he wasn't aware that his department was carrying out an investigation of the incident because he was attending a conference yesterday. Sentry Lind said that sub- seauent searches of the cars on May Way in Kuliouou In Ml Areas The Catholic private schools were Damien High and St. Francis Convent School. Reasons for closing varied, but all involved flooding: Buildings actually were flooded in some cases, such as at Karrington. Campus approaches a grounds were flooded at other schools, such as Iolani.

Roads in areas where most students lived were flooded, such as in the case of St. Ann's, which itself was In At FarHnjrton where ther was flooding but the campus could be approached, closing technically was "partial." About 75 of the school's ap- proximately 3,000 students showed up and carried on a full day's work. Up gin taking requests for aid. "The aid we give will be on the basis of need not on auiumn xua3, iic We will go as far as is necessary to get people back on their fetj Meanwhile, Kenneth Chock, president of the Kea puka Community said the group will make emergency funds available. He said the association now has 200 in its treasury.

"We hope to raise more from donations," Chock added. He said anyone who wishes to help may send checks or money to Kea- puna uommumiy r. O. Box 502, Kaneohe. Also, the Rev.

Robert W. McClellan of Christ Presby- terian Church, P. O. Box 788, Kailua, is starting a clothing drive to help the flood victims. McClellan's phone number is 245-650.

a Blaisdell. who spent the afternoon reviewing the damage, said, "I hope these people might get help from Civil Defense funds, I don't see how they can say this isn't an emergency." However, other officials P0011 a Ci.vU De faster area is pro- claimed on the basis of damage to public property such as roads and bridges, in a y's flooding, comparatively little damage was done to public propeity. Most of the dam family had no inkling of Apapane St. sustained some danger until the water flood damage, but remained smashed into the home. livable.

Yards and gardens "The sliding glass doors of all the homes in the path at the back of the living of the flood were destroyed, room, facing the stream, Insurance men said yes-broke and the water came terday the owners will have "According to Juvenile Court officials, you did inform them as early as Dee. 17 of your decision, to discontinue the classes," the suspension letter read. "In so doing, and since this decision was your own, you' acted without justification and without knowledge or authority of your supervisors. Furthermore, at a meeting on Dec. 7 in my office you were distinctly ordered to continue the classes.

"In discontinuing the classes, you did not exercise and observe the fundamentals of management practice expected of one holding a highly responsible and supervisory position," the letter continued. "The situation is more deplorable because you were reminded and warned previously on several occasions about the necessity and propriety of observing the department's office procedures and policies." The letter referred to two memoranda Au sent to Burrell in February 19C3. One was lengthy and advised Burrell of various department policies. The other strongly warned Burrell against writing official letters over his own signature Instead of routing them through Au, in accordance with department rules. It warned him of further violations and said they could bring his dismissal.

"Your attitude, behavior and conclusions reached upon learning that the removal of the desk chairs from the conference room shows unmistakably and clearly how a person holding the position you do should not have acted, and thus" not spread misinformation to the public and cause confusion," the letter continued. "You caused the public to have the impression that the desk chairs were removed through the instigation of the Traffic Department, and the removal was a 'message to have you end the classes," it read. "This, as you know, is completely unfounded. The true circumstances of the removal of the desk chairs nvere known to you, that the -removal was undertaken by Planning Department pursuant to its own program land that your supervisors nothing to do with the -removal." The letter with a "warning that "any future -repetition of such miscon- jduct" could subject Burrell to further disciplinary- lion, including dismissal. Au said -that during his talk with Burrell the latter tasked him to withdraw the jsuspension and allow him to take 10 days leave without pay.

"I denied that he said. "I feel that I have handled this matter fairly and the door is open to Burrell to appeal my decision if, he Cliou Greets Kosygin TOKYO (UPI) Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin arrived in Peking today and was greeted at the airport -by Premier Chou En-lai and other high Chtfcese officials. Kosy gin's arrival for an expected 24-hour stopover in Peking cn route to Communist North Vict Nam was broadcast by Radio Peking and monitored here. Appeals For Help At One A Minute rushing in," Iwai said. from Page 1 Continued became a nightmare.

disclosed that a $70 camera top of their car in the ga- and clothing are missing rae watching other cars from the auto owned by a fioat down the street, seaman station aboard the Wills is a student coun- cutter Winnebago. selor at Radford High Liberties Union Is Sough Here But You Continued from Page 1 ready in the living room trying to hold the door shut against the water. Meanwhile, his books on the bot tom rows of the bookcases, the furniture, and his shoes floated out through the back of the house. Several houses down, Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Wills and their baby were huddled on ties cases now in Hawaii, -but ...,1 I knowrwhere a number are cooking," she said. "I know two local attorneys who are willing to ktn -'5 faV? no difficulty in findirig legal help in community. There is tremendous lead- ership here, and we as a chapter can serve as a cearing house." In her advertisement for last nignrs meeting Mrs Murray listed these as typi- The rescuers needed transportation. Highways were flooded with up to four feet of water and blocked by mud slides. Police were calling their station and saying they couldn't get within a mile of the flooded Kahuluu Valley homes.

A At 4:28 a.m., police asked Civil Defense for trucks and amphibious vehicles. At 4:40 a m. things reached a climax. "Kapunahala bridge just, washed away and Keapuka is under water," came the telephone report. A more and heartbreaking report came five minutes later, when pohceman Joe Medeiros stumbled "People in Keapuka need help bad," he said.

"I tried, but water was up to my neck. I just had to stand there in the dark and hear people calling to each other. "Cars went tumbling over and over down the street. Glass was smashing and wood was splintering all around." Three Windward fire companies and five more policemen rushed to the subdivision. Out of the darkness struggled Mr, and Mrs.

Merle Basso with their two children. They swam to safety, each wearing an inflated marine life jacket. "There are people dead out there," Mrs. Basso said. "I saw two women and a child go down in the flood.

I couldn't do a thing about it." I went down to Apapone St. to have a A row of street lamps shone on muddy water more Vion civ foot itium dnun 9 ttt'ivMnrfr nrpa emerged last night as the Hawaii Civil Liberties Union Chapter At a meeting attended by 43 persons in the. Central YMCA, Mrs. Murray passed out literature, described activities of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and steering committee to start the Statewide organization. About 15 persons at the intnoi rjicxra in fnrm incr a meeting said they were members of the ACLU.

One The lights of one house showed dimly through the pasture. The Koolau and rain. A moment later one of the walls tumbled in and Hygemc Stores on Kame-the lights went out. hameha Hwy. in Kahuluu The hours crept by.

were flooded and some of At 6 a.m. the flood waters began to recede. By then, their stocks destroyed. 19 shivering children and two women were at Castle In other areas of Oahu, High School waiting for Red Cross blankets and some- homes in Waimanalo and thing hot to drink. Another 21 homeless persons were Kalihi suffered slight dam-at Waiahole School.

age from water and mud. Someone told me about the evacuation of polio victim Several intersections were Jennifer Kobayoshi of Oopuhue Place, Kaneohe. She was blocked and some streets boated down a street, wheel chair and all. were impassable until water At 7:33 a.m. the first Hawaii National Guard truck flowed away, arrived to carry rescuers into the almost inaccessible These included May Way valleys- where 24 families had asked for help.

In Kuliouou and Dillingham That's the way the night went. Blvd. in Kalihi. man said he had been a civu iiuerues -issues -garage me neu uuss age was on private property, member more than 25 years. Hawaii: and kept making hot coffee 'In tlie Keapuka area "Eternal vigilance is the The three-year residency all day for anyone who a0ne, 43 houses were dam-price of liberty," Mrs.

Mur- law for employment, voting wanted it. aged, 19 of them substan-ray said, waving her ACLU for military residents, com- Cliff Hadley, Red Cross tially. Private estimates of membership card. "I think pulsory high school ROTC, field director from Kaneohe the damage ranged as high we need a chapter of the children working in school Marine Air Station, said de- as $500,000. ACLU here in Hawaii.

cafeterias, book and movie veloper William Blackfield At First Insurance "We have two ways to censorship, tax benefits for has turned over a model appraiser Frank Clay said form a chapter here. We can sugar Interests, the relation- house at Keapuka to be used home owners do not carry cither join the national un- ship between the Church of as a field headquarters for flood insurance because com-ion, or we can form our Jesus Christ of Latter-day the Red Cross. panies do not" write it. How-own chapter and then apply Saints and Polynesians, re- The office will open about ever, comprehensive insur-for membership in the na- apportionment and the "land 9 a.m. today, Hadley said, ance on automobiles coverj tional group.

monopoly of huge estates." and a social worker will be- flooding, he said..