The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-01-17
BURNED TO DEATH
SAD ACCIDENT AT PAAU-
HAU, HA WAII.

tlre occurred last friday morning
at the Paauhau Plantation, Ha-
wall. Early on that morning Mrs.
Arthur, the wife of the stable fore
man, left her two younger children
in the house while she was attend
ing to her household duties in the
kitchen, which was detached from
the other part of the house. As
near as can be learned, the two
children were still asleep, and had
a mosquito canopy pulled down
over them which reached to the
floor. An older child was also in
the room, and was playing around
or under the bed and found some
matches. The rest is easily told:
When discovered, the bed-clothes
and the whole room was in mass
of flames. Men soon came, but none
would enter into such a mass of
fire; but the mother rushed in and
secured one child, carried it out
side, and again returned and
brought out the second child from
the house, which very soon after
fell in and was entirely destroyed.
Medical assistance was at once
summoned, and all that was pos
sible done but one of the children
died in about twelve hours after
the accident. The other fingered
along in awful agony until Satur-
day night about s o'clock, when
death also came. to its relief Both
were girls, and under 8 years Of
age. The child that caused the
fire is about 6 years of age.
The mother was badly burned in
making her heroic rescue, but it is
thought that her injuries are not of
a fatal nature of themselves, though |
the shock to her nervous system is
great, and may cause her burns to |
assume serious character. Strange
as it may seem, her clothing was
not badly burned, and she did not
inhale any fame, but her face is
badly burned and much swollen ;
both arms are burned, one of them
almost into crisp. Her face will
always be much disfgured, and one
arm may loose its power, in part at
least but certainly such scars are
only marks of honor in her case.
All honor to such brave woman.
NOTES.
No complaints of dry weather SO
far in '93.
The phonograph man has moved
from Honokaa to Paauilo. He did
well in the first named place-in
fact took away all the dimes and
quarters and many larger coins.
Mr.. Collander. the new parson
at Paauilo, has made many friends
during his short stay here. He
will hold services once each month
at Honokaa and Laupahoehoe, in
addition to his regular work in
Paauilo.
There is some talk that the
Honokaa Lyceum Building may
be converted into court house,
for Circuit Court purposes. As it |
is near the present buildings of
Jail and court house, it would do |
very well for that purpose. The
appropriation for the purpose is
$4,000.
H. L. Holstein, the Kohala at
torney, spent some days in Hama
kua last week. He was on his way |
to Hilo to attend the first session
of Court under the new law. He |
will also practice here in July, |
when the second session of Court |
in the Fourth Circuit convenes at |
Honokaa.
VIM. Grote has accepted the
position of sugar boiler for the Pa
cific Mill, which began grinding
this week. He moved his family |
from the kalapa homestead to hu-
kuihaele. The crop will be about |
2200 tons, and will come off in
about four months. The excessive
dry weather of the past summer
has very much reduced the esti-
mated yield of all the plantations
in the district.
Mrs. Alfonso, wife of J. A.
Alfonso. a Portuguese merchant of
Honokaa, died on Wednesday, the
4th inst, after an illness of more
than two years, the last six months
of which has been most painful.
She was a woman of many noble
traits of character, and was res
pected by all, regardless of nation
atty. She was about 30 years
old, and was a native of Portugal.
The interment was on Thursday,
in the Catholic cemetery.
diversified industry" is assum-
ing shape. Honokaa will soon have
a mill for the crushing and grind