Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-05-28

hold and helped pull N the shingles spoke tvire
~ Father tfftin nbnut u mud be told me- positively
there was ~ ono under The wfeuk Afterwards
under tho mnuhn pntt ~ Tho fuat saw ,euenaa,i'a
iag and We MI took bold ard epi him aui ha wns
quite daad anof helping Ia remove the body went
back tu HHlnt pulling away tho wreck Father
larhtn raid ~ mo- thetn 10 nobody there I said
You told ne w. before he then denied having said
before that thole was no ona in tho buiI inn
reid he had, and we had some words aliout H.
MI iidwlof. Am u pastefef Didn't work AN
The building Was There The night Of The epneett
huilding wna not then completed. Made the TO
pNfh that didn't think thu bnilding was atfnng
enough fot tho plaatatinp that the walls would
fall out, The span WIS too large. Made the 10
mNh ~ Two men who were with me,
Th"s v. Wall Nm . carpenter Worked on 49,
work wna done according 10 tho plan, The
diagonal hndre that were called Tor were not
put un, Tho tonuun probably wnH that they were
w hurry u bad tn We done for tho Kings birth
day Don't think They pnt In afterwards
Think that rome thiehnoaHoH of thu rafiefs and
braces were ctt out, | think there v.tu Ha mnny
principal fafotH 90 called for, MI, John Chisholm
recalled, ntn'od IN nnHwof To- quustuu from n
Juror, that 10 wan not n contractor, but was ans
pluycd 49, foreman Tot his cousin,
G, y. Wall Made the plan aud specifications
fot the building the contract was given to CHS.
holm | was prouont ~ times aud snv the vofh
going on " was not all done according Ia the
plan the roof wnH not done according b. tho
plan u In different altogether the ainuunt ~
material called Tor was mol supplied, and that was
the oocnaion " the weakness Of the roof did, not
exactly Pass the work whom done !, had 10 bo
completed lut concert never exactly passed
tho WORK did moi rive certificate, Father infhn
paid me I. ] had reason 10 think tho building was
not perfectly safe two or three days PRIOR Ia lrs,
FRIDAY Father l',fkin asked me 10 examine with
view tn Wrrngihen the building u tonaiuii rod had
htokun aud he had u repaired there was to be an
entertainment and he wanted tho building anf~
brought Chisholm there on Friday morning, nndh
was concluded 90 put bfnoer on each side, "a
10y ntuH, hcchuHe ~ my opinion the building
sna unsafe Father infkin wnH pfcncnt ! agreed
tu como Hnd see the bfhorn put III ppntiun M toi
o'clock the material had not come , FupIpihcd they
would lao fixed Father infkin anid he would have
II done the iron rods were put up by my advice
o. render tho huidng safe Ia correct uiniAainiss
IN tho work aud to strengthen the binding un
Friday murning from the fact that n tohs,pn io-t
had parted the ceiling bulped out IN part told
Father Infhin ~ test thht plnHtoring before 90
rurS,ng the building think the rods we're enouph
had they been bpted spoke Ia the contractor
rrvorni tincr about hia not carrying out ,th spec,
hcntionn the papers are lost | was houud Ia see
tho work properly done was paid for that
Roy. W ]. harkn About inlf,pasl | o'clock
ON Friday went to whore tho two girls were
making ieN there wna u ncfcon Of flags put one
ihfd the length of the building which III 100 feet
bohind tho screen II waa dark when went In
the hrNt time, there were two young women and n
hoy thiH aide the screen next the college after
speaking to them walked TO tho yernudnh and
returned immediately into the centre of tho hnll
heard n tremendous ronud and saw the oaving ia
of the nidcH ronfcd out Ia the girls, Int ioy got
frightrned and ran In circle | was within IL
Ioot OF the door, hnd ~ rushed out part of the
falling mass ptfnoh my foot going nj once back
NH.iHtcd Ia lifting ono of the girls out from mn
opening In TIM roof the other wna Rlao got oui
nj the hfat alarm the only boy tha side the screen
ran ont tho body of deceased WAS found III feet
inside the screen, The hfRctp Woro being got ian,y
when the building fell. Mr. Wall told me several
tmo, that the building strong ma IL could
bc mover undertook 10 supervise tho work IL
wan Mr. Walls duty To nee that the work WINS well
done he gave the cnrpcntcra good name had
no surpiciun that the building waa unsafe
Ntcf due elaboration the jury returned q yer
dict that The said David Fanhno did come 10
his death on Friday, the 10th day OF May instant
by the falling IN OF the school tuiidinc upon the
promises OF the Rev, w, i, Lnrlin. We consider
that the falling OF tho building the result of
oaraleaSncHn IN the construction OF the roof.
w" do also consider that Mr.. O. j. Wall, the
architect OF the building, IN responsible for the
proper construction of all phrta of tho same, bong
the aupcrintondcnt Of tho WORK M we'll ma the
drawer ot tho plans.
And WI do consider that the Rev w. j. Inrkin
In alao rcaponabo, IN that he allowed the build
ing to bo used, after being warned that Il wnR un
safe, before having II properly accurcd.
Therefore, we, the said jurors, do lind that tho
said q, j. Wall md Row. W.J lnrkn are roapon-
able for the death of tho said David pa,hno,
through their negligence
In testimony whereof, the said Coroner and
the Jurors OF this inquest have herounto rot their
hands, this BIRD day of May. AID. 1881.
- ,SiRncd) W. &. PAHKE, Coroner,
William Johnson, VIM. W. Hall, W. H. Austin,
5. d. Burrows, Sam'l Mahoo. Aaron kahniono"