The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-17

but its beauty is gone for the time |
being, its appearance now being decid- |
edly disreputable Both platforms are
broken into kindling wood, one OF the
oVerhanging top ends is crushed like
cardboard, a small part of the heavy
much glass is shattered. Myers and
Barba were caught between the switch
engine and the Pearl. They were
quickly taken from the jam and hur-
collision the air was for several min
utes white with steam from the switch
engine. There was a regular shower of
splinters and coal. With the kissing
men at hand to undertake rescue work
on behalf of Myers and Barba. An ord
mary wagon was used to transfer the
injured men for treatment. Use of
such vehicle will not be necessary
again. The company is having COM
pleted in the carpenter shop a modern
ambulance for use on just such occa-
sions. 1t will be arranged to be used
as a trailer behind hack Stretchers
such as the company keeps at hand,
were brought from the depot.
The damage to the engine of the in
coming train was astonishingly light
Not even the headlight glass was
broken. In the whole train only one
portion Of a drawhead yielded TO the
collision. At the front end of the pas
senger coach glass was broken and a
lady aboard had an arm slightly cut.
a thorough shaking up was given the
passengers. They will not forget the
collision in a hurry. Chas. S. Crane
was standing on platform conversing
with train acquaintance. Says Mr..
Crane: THE man l was talking to dis
appeared when the shock came. Where
he went to | don't know. About five
minutes afterwards / met him again
and he was brushing his clothes and
lighting his cigar again. AS for my
self, | took a dive, caught something
and held on. [ saw the Japs sailing
-o-t of the open car like birds starting
on a flight. l helped with the injured
fireman and engineer till someone came
along and told me that my mother and
sisters had seen the accident from our
home and thought / was hurt. Then I
hurried to them
Jock Carter said he thought he'd
been struck by a flying wedge, a foul
ball or a bat. In a second, however,
he realized the situation and was one
of the hardest working helpers.
Henry Meemano, messenger of the
Foreign Office, was "asleep at the
SWITCH in the passenger coach. He
says he heard glass breaking and felt.
that he had been hit with a document
from the Mikado or something of that
sort. Along with Henry was Rev. J.
Ezera. They both escaped without a
scratch.
Engineer Hughes. of the regular
train, and his fireman, both thought it
better to stand by their places than to
jump. Hughes is credited with having
plenty Of nerve and good presence of
mind
Barba, the fireman who has lost a
leg, asked to have his shoes taken off.
Myers made the same request. The
shoes were cut off, Neither man could
undertake to say why he did not jump.
They seemed to have time to get out
of the way.
At one time the clothing of Barba
was on fire and a japanese threw wat
er on the flames. Barba's first thought
was of his aged mother, to whom he is
an affectionate and dutiful son. Said
he: Don't tell my mother l have been
hurt. When she comes with my
clothes tell her have gone down the
road on an extra trip" The grief Of
the mother over the hurts of the young
man is heavy. Barba had his face
badly marked, it being required to take
three stitches below one of his eyes to
close an opening in the skin and flesh.
He has not been with the road long
time. Myers is one of the old en-
plOyes.
Debris of the wreck was soon cleared
away. In fact inside of thirty minutes
two trains were sent down the road.
The switch engine will be practically
rebuilt. An investigation into the af-
fair will be held by the railway COM
pany or officials. The curve that is TO
some degree responsible for the acci-
dent is to be reduced. News Of the ac-
cident was sent down the road and
passengers on trains coming in later
were on the lookout, while the en-
gines gave much more warning whistle
than usual.
MESSENGER SERVICE.