Honolulu, Feb. 27.
The worst hailstorm inthe history of the Hawaiian Islands left havoc and destruction in its wake to-day and resulted in the death of at least five persons.
Hall-stones two inches in diameter dropped with a force sum cient to Puncture automobile tops and fracture the skulls of persons unable to trid shelter.
Many were reported injured.
Several of the smaller towns on the Island of Oahu have been com-j pletely cut off from communication with Honolulu as bridges have been washed away and telephone lines are down everywhere, Until these outlying districts are heard from it will be unable to ascertain the full extent of the damage of the storm which is expesied amount to more than a milieu dollars—United Press,
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