The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-10
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some small stones on the track ahead
At that time there We're three men
riding on the pilot and the rest of tbs
crew was scattered over the train.
When about in front of the Iron
Works office. Fern says he noticed stones
considerably larger than the others
and these We're directly on the rails.
lie immediately threw on the BRAKES
and endeayored to bring his Iocomo-
tive to standstilI. However. it had
good heading on and went forward.
striking the stones.
The rails are very light, and the To-
co motive left the TRACK just at the bot
tom of the inclines 1t turned COM
pletely over and then fell again. anc
was twisted back until the pilot faced
back toward the Naval Station. The
heavily-loaded cars. came on. the
couplings between the engine and the
first car parting. The first car ran
until directly under the cab. when the
engine settled back upon it,
CREW JUMPS.
Engineer Fern crawled out of his
cab window and escaped uninjured.
Olivia, the fireman, jumped as the en-
CINE was about to make its first turn
He fell upon the track, and the coral
car rode over him. When the engine
| settled down the man was pinned to
the rails. where he suffered Tor nearly
half an hour
Machado was thrown forward and
his head striking the rails, his scalp
was torn and cut deeply He was
stunned and when lifted from the
ground was apparently lifeless. Gar
gus was pinned under the first coral
car and until the car was lifted he was
helpless.
A huge plank was inserted under the
first car and eventually it was raised
from the body of Olivia. The latter
directed operations in spite of his Sc
we're injuries. When big McDuffie of
the dredger endeavored to get under
the car to draw him out, Olivia SAID,
amid groans:
Just take hold of my hand, Mac,
and III pull myself out"
The nerve of the man was superb
but he was in reality unable to help
himself. He was finally drawn out
and while waiting for the patrol
wagon which had already started
away with Machado and Gargus, the
man was held in the arms of McDufie
and three others. 1t was thought then
that his back was broken.
AT THE HOSPITAL
At the hospital it was found that
Olivia had the skin torn from the back
of his left hand, and from the entire
right side of his body almost down
to his middle. Besides this. he com
plains of internal pains in his left side, !
and that part Of his body seems to be
crushed. It is thought that he has |
serious internal injuries
Joe Machado has painful wound, |
but is not seriously hurt.
JACOB Gargus is pretty badly used |
up, but his life is in no immediate |
danger.
A rigid investigation of the cause or |
the accident will be held by the dredg- |
er people.
a SERIOUS CHARGE.
Dir. Belser OF the firm of Lord and !
Belser. which has the contract for |
dredging the Alakea Slip and dump |
ing the coral in Kakaako, stated last |
night that from all information he |
could obtain some one had maliciously |
placed stones on the rails
One of the three men riding on the
pilot saw some stones ahead as the |
locomotive passed the iron Works and |
neared the incline. He called out to
the engineer telling him to slow down.
Later as the engine began humping on
the rails the man known Frank.
q gain called out. and he shouted to !
Engineer Fern to reverse the engine
Joe Machado. one of the men hurt,
also states that ne saw the stones on
the rails.
Both men state that the stones
seemed to be at regular distances
apart.
It is certain that the stones could
not have dropped off the cars and have
found resting places on the track. The
cars on the train before the wreck had
gone up the incline and the coral was
dumped out. The cars returned over
the track empty. When the train pass
ed down the track to the slip the rails
We're apparently free.
Mr.. Belser believes that the train
was wrecked through hoOdlumism or |
pure righteousness. Evidently some
one wanted to see how a train got
wrecked.
1T is a significant thing" said Mr.
Belser. that this was the very last
train to make a run. We have never |
before had any accidents where any
body was hurt. Frequently people
have turned our switches and once by
so doing they nearly ran the big en-
CINE into the slip. We finally had 10