The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-04-25
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
Ebea Lows Hand Cut Off by a
LaSS0.
He Was Two Days Without q
Physician His Condition
After the AmputatiOn
Critical One.

The steamer Kinau brought last
Saturday morning the sad news of
a painful accident that happened to
Mr.. Eben P. Low, formerly cashier
of the firm of Theo. H. Davies &
Co., of this city, and at present
manager of the Puuhue Ranch, Ko-
hala, Hawaii. 1t appeared that on
Friday evening, the 18th inst, Mr.
Low and his brother, John S. Low,
and about fourteen native ranch
men, went up to Laumaia, on the
slopes of Mauna Kea, where Mr.
Horner is managing a ranch. Mr..
Lows purpose was to purchase cat
tie for his ranch. Laumaia was
about twenty or thirty miles dis
tant from Mana, Waimea, the
mountain home of His Excellency
Hon. Samuel Parker, Minister of
Foreign Affairs. They arrived and
camped there during the night. On
the following day, after having pur-
chased the required head of cattle,
the party returned for Mana.
On the way back, two of the
boys lassoed a fne-looking cow
which they intended to kill when
they reached home. The two led
the cow one in front and the other
behind. Mr.. Low suddenly APP
peared, and when he saw the two
boys leading the cow, his indigna-
ton was soon aroused. He deemed
the fellows unworthy of the name
of cowboys" He ordered them
to unloose their lassoes while he
himself made his fast. Scarcely
had the last fellow freed his lasso
from the COW when the animal
made a spring forward, and Mr..
Low and the COW were soon out OF
sight on the other side of the
mountain slope, while the boys fol-
lowed after. The animal turned
sharply to the left and Mr.. Lows
hand, after throwing his lasso, was
unhappily caught between the rope
and the pummel. The enraged
COW drew the rope taut and il
snapped, but not before the riders
hand was nearly severed at the
wrist. He jumped off his horse
His companions were soon gathered
around him. They tied rags around
his hand to stop the flow of blood
but as they were all inexperienced
the bandage was tied too far down
and was useless, and one o
them was sent in ahead tC
tell of the misfortune, while
the rest of the party assisted
Mr.. Low. The accident happened
on Saturday, and it was not til
Monday night, the 18th inst, tina
they reached Mana. Drs. Wed
dick and Yamashito, both of 10
hala, were telephoned for and they
came the following night. Or
Wednesday morning, three day
after the accident, the two doctors
amputated the injured arm below
the elbow. Gangrene, however
appeared and the doctors desired t.
amputate again below the shoulde
blade, but they feared to perform tn
operation as their patient was no
in condition to stand anothe
dose of chloroform. Up to Friday
the I'D, the sufferer was very low
no one, not even his wife, bein
allowed by the doctors to see him
The news of the accident cause,
! universal regret in this city wher
Mr.. Low has many friends. ]
+, may be remembered that Mr.. Lo,
narrowly escaped from bein
killed at Koolau about fly
yeas ago. John Lishman, who wer
to his rescue, rolled over with hi
3 horse and was killed. At Leil,
hua ranch recently Mr.. Low
! shoulder was dislocated outsid
Q Of the Y. M. G. A. he fell from h
horse and broke his right arm OF
: at the Makiki base ball ground
8 while giving an exhibition in hur,
: ling,he fell, his foot being entanglt
$ with the stirrup. Mr.. r. Park
} stopped the horse.
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