The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-02-20

| one and that broke; looked back and saw thu
the whole seyen cars were separated from the er
CINE. The brakes on my car were out OF order an
would not hold; could not say about those on IN
other cars. l did not see any one uncouple To
cars. l asked Liza who uncoupled them and b
said Palea did it, and told Charlie, the conductor
| put on the brakes first. then tried TO block tn
| wheels The train stopped, but not more than
/ minute. and then commenced bac5inC. IL Is tn
| custom when the brakes do not hold to put stick
of wood behind the wheels to hold the cars. di'
| not hear any order given yesterday to block IN
wheels. l know Palea; have not had any CONVEX
! satiou With him since the the accident; saw hin
on the train yesterday. do not know that Pale'
| pulled oct the couplina-pin; he was on the tran
| yesterday coming from kahului, but do not know
which car he was on. Il is customary for Pale;
to help load and unload freight, but never noticed
him uncouplinG cars. Do not know that Palea
had any freight on the train at that time The
wood belongs 10 William Bailey. Saw Palea aftei
the cars started 10 away, but did not speak to
him. Did not hear him make any angry eXclama-
ton at the train not stopping farther below. Saw
heala, the fireman, trying to couple on 10 the run
away cars when the engine was chasing them Any
of the train men men uncouple the cars. Have
never seen Palea 6ncuupling the cars Outside
people q ssst in leading and unloading NJ times.
Heard Parker blow the whistle while chasing the
runaway cars. In my opinion If the brakes on the
cars had been in good order they would have held
the train without the aid of chOcks to the wheels
have been employed ON this railroad for more than
three wears The brakes were formerly good, but
INV lltN ALt 4AuA- II y llul lut CASluAA ANA AAl
brakes to be out Of order. When We have no wood
to block the wheels when the brakes are out Of or
der, we have railway ties the rear car for that
purpose. At times the brakes out of order and
at times they are all right. always report to the
conductor when find any Of the brakes are out
of order.
Liza ~ sworn: / was employed on Parker's
train yesterday; have been so for two weeks. |
was on the second car of frewood when the train
stopped. jumped of and put the brakes down,
then got piece Of lirewOOd and put it in the hole
in the wheel; the cars were moving back aud it
broke on; attempted to put IN another but did not
succeed as the cars were moving too fast. | am l6
years old. Saw Uluhane trying to stop the cars;
he was on the car next to me. Did not see any one
uncouple the cars, did not see Palea do 1t. Did
not say anything 10 Joe about Palea. Joe asked
me if Palea did not do it. and told him that was
what the passengers told me. Palea was on the
car next to the engine. Coming up the brakes on
my car would not hold. Do not know the name
of the native woman who told me that Palea IN
coupled the cars; she is an old woman living at
Keawe's house; know her by sight, not by name
When the cars we're at the switch could not say
thew stood still. The cars were still moving for
ward when | put the wood in first, and when
jumped of and put on brakes as put in the wood,
The car wheel was Just moving forward, then II
moved back NJ once with the engine and broke the
piece of wOOd-it was about three inches in dia-
meter. The signal was given TO stopan the train
was still moving little when Jumped OF to put
ON the brakes. II has been the custom ever since
have been in the employ to block the wheels be
sides putting down brakes whenever the train stops
when We have no truwOOd We use railway ties. Did
not not see anyone attempt to recouple the cars
after they got started down grade. The brakes on
the box car on which the ladies were, were not in
order | had not noticed before yesterday that
the brake on my car was out of order.
NapOoelua W. sworn 1 came up from kahllui
on the same train that the ladies did, those that
got hurt. | saw the cars get adritt. / saw some
one uncOuple the cars, Palea Mahi is the man.
do not know If he works on the train or not He
uncOupled the first tirewOod from the passenger
car in which was sitting. Mrs. kuia was sitting
on the opposite seat The others were strangerst to
me. Mr.. kuia's grown up daughter was there |
did not hear anyone order Palea 10 uncOuplethe
cars. ! said ut the time that Palea was the man
who took out the pin but do not remember any
particular one that told. Did not see anyone try
to stop the cars. All was excitement. | had not
got out. ! with all the other passengers went down
in the car when the engine was chasing the run
away cars. Did not sec anyone trying to recouple
As the engine was chasing. | got scared and
covered my head with my shawl Did not hear
Palea say anything as he pulled out the pin.
Airs. kuia, sworn: Harriet Kuia is my name,
same up from kuhului on Parker's train yesterday
know IN old woman came up but do not know
her name.
Nainoaalui w. sworn / came upon Parker's
rain from kahului Yesterday. did not see any
lne uncOuple the cars. / saw the cars run away.
Did not see Palea Mahi anywhere near where the
ans we're uucoupled. / saw him on the train yes
erday.
by a iuryman-Au old woman sat at the end of
The seat opposite and could see who took the pin
nut. do not know her name. The passengers
lid not get of the car before the engine chased the
runaway cars.
Keala, sworn: Keala is my name, was fireman
N Parker's train yesterday. Was on the train
when the cars got away. slw Charlie the con-
IuctOr and Lila on one side of the train. | then
umped of and tried to stop the cars. After the
ars started 10 run away went over the freight
m and alongside Of the passenger car until got to
he end, and at that time the two cars were togc-
her and tried TO couple them but could not as
he freight car loaded with wood was much
over than the passenger car that the coupling |
ron would not 90 IN. ] called out to Parker to |
lacken the speed OF the engine and as ! looked |
ack to the runaway cars they were quite n dis |
lncc from the car was on, and as Parker put on |
lore speed TO catch them got afraid and Jumped |
Il on the ground. Did not see Paea from where |
was
BY iuynan-I saw Palea, Charley and Joe |
Jming along behind Inc after jumped OF the |
N. have seen heavier loads on the cars than |
ere on yesterday
Alexander Shelton, sworn | am an engineer, |
as in charge of Kalakaua'' engine yesterday | |
1T kahului about pm. or after. Parker's train
as ten minutes ahead. We both stopped at the /
and hill first, one from Kahului to take sand in |
10 sand-boN. | was all of ten minutes or more at |
le sand hill after Parker left it. | met the run
way cars just around the bend. They ran into
lie. Mr.. Brown was at kahului when we pulled
linutes after he started. Mr. Brown gave me
Tdors m the morning to g TO Paia TO get lot Of
rewoOd, fifteen cords, and take it TO Waikiki.
he runaway cars were about hundred yards of
hen first saw them. 1 was going along heavily
it'll heavy load. Heard no whistle of Parker's,
j heard was a noise, did not know what it was.
Then / saw the cars coming reversed my engine.
could not say how much time elapsed from the
me saw the till they struck me. 1t might
ave been half q minute. They were coming very
pidly. | have been an engineer off and on for
bout eight years, mostly with stationary engines
have been on these trains little over n year and
half. was ON my engine VIXEN the cars struck
he shock almost appended me after the collision.
rs Brown was the first saw. She was almost
1ad she gave one gr1an as | lifted her, and then
led. Mr.. Plates two children came right into
lie engine with barrel Of cement. One landed
the coal box, the other on top Of the boiler.
he two Brown children were both dead when
Nv them.
BY a iurymau-Hs d the brakes Of the runaway
us been in good order and put down they would
ave held the cars. Never ran locomotive before
came here, but know the rules Of running them.
10 not know about rules Of running up grade
7 two trains. do not know that it is the custom
carry blocks Of wood to hold the train. The
axes on my cars were in good order and would
I'D tbs train anywhere. have left cars ut the
lper switch frequently with nothing TO hold them
1t the breaks and they did not get away. After
e brake Is down there Is pin IN a form TO hold
e brake in its place. II the brakes on the run
way cars had been in good order and set, they
luld have held them. The pins that are used in
llding the brake in position are sometimes Of
IN and sometimes Of wood, about half an inch in
amutcr. There Is man in the railroad yard
at looks after the brakes and wheels, his name
Burke. ! do not know as all the brakes on the
nnway cars were ont Of order. Il is difficult TO
e the brakes when the cars are in motion. They
up down and the foot is pressed on them.
Palea Mani Before being sworn it was fully |
planned to him that he could testify OF not in
e case and that what he said would be taken |
WI in writing and might be used against him in
" court. He was told there was testimony
owed that he pulled out pin and uncOupled the !
rs that ran away. After being told this be still
lted that he wanted to testify and was duly
orn.
left on the train from Kahului yesterday and
1pped a little before reaching the depot at
ailuku. The engineer stopped the train. The I
gineer called out to Joe to block the wheel
free trainmen beside Charlie the conductor q,
mped of the cars and proceeded to block the !
leels. Joe, Liza, Charlie, and forget the name :
the other one, were the ones that jumped of.
len the engineer backed the engine 10 find out il
G cars were secured or not. When he backed il
fitted the cars backward. /, Palea, jumped off
the time when the order given to Joe and
e others. Previous TO this at kahului Charlie
e conductor had ordered Nicholas, 4 Spanard,
d me to remain on the merchandise freight car
d hold the packages SO they would not fall or
ter i Jumped oil the train the engineer |
cked the engine again to see if the cars were
cured. ! saw that they were secured. The
gineer called ont for Charlie the conductor. ! VI
q to him that Charlie was back along the train. d
lie engineer, Parker. told me to go and take the G
Ipng pin out. did so and put the pin on the
car. The passenger car was next the II
CINE, then the merchandise freight car, and then :
wood cars. pulled the hin out, held it up for
rker to see, and then put 1t into the merchan-