The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-03
DEATH IN THE
L|GHTN|NG'S S
FLASH

\ sad fatality of an extraordinary
nature took place from lightning dur
ing a thunderstorm on the pail on the
east side of Honopue gulch near the
boundary of Kohala and Hamakua
districts. on the northwest coast OF
Hawaii.
one afternoon lately. about l p. NJ.
three native boys. Waihinehelehookahi
uS), Hawaiian u5), and Kaaikapu
1O), brothers, with their brother-in-
law, a man named Solomon, were re-
turning from the mountain trail being
made at 1900 feet elevation by the Ko-
hala Ditch Co., Ltd, to their home
near the sea. They were running.
their movements being expedited to
avoid a wetting from a heavy rain and
thunder storm which had just sprung
up; and the boys ran ahead of the
adult shouting with glee at the vio-
lence of the elements. the older sought
some clothing in a native cabin on the
bluff 1900 feet above the sea which
was wrecked by the wind storm of
some months ago, while the two
younger brothers took shelter from the
rain on the lee side of the house Sud-
denly a violent thunder shock and
stroke of lightning came and all three
were stricken insensible. The older
man, who was a hundred yards higher
up the mountain at the time, saw the
flash of the lightning and rushed to-
wards the cabin. only to find all three
boys apparently dead. He then rush
ed down the steep pali side to the val
ley, to get help to move the boys from
the couple of native inhabitants who
live there. The youngest brother, Ka-
aikapu never recovered from the shock
and was buried in the valley of Ho-
nopue by his sorrowing relatives. The
| lightning struck him in the side of the
head a little forward of the ear and
penetrating right through his brain,
| escaped on the opposite side. The hair
was also burned from the back of his
head and his body was covered with
black and blue scars. He was wearing
a cloth cap and his clothes were wet
at the time of the accident.
The clothes of the older boys were
also wet and were torn into shreds
! by the lightning but they were both
wearing straw hats at the time. Their
bodies are SCARED with curved seams
|. of dscolored flesh where the electricity
tracked through their systems, and
} the hair in the back OF their heads
| is singed. They recovered from their
| insensiblity in about four hours and
! are now apparently in perfect health.
! bearing no i'll effects of their strange
, experience other than scared scars of
| burned flesh. Kaawalani bears a
crows foot zig2ag mark, about IS
! inches long. on his back below the
shoulder, from his lightning experience.
Both surviving brothers are now
(29th March) in perfect health and
have consulted doctor in Kohala as
t. their experience rr-r,N vas no
copper or iron roofing about the cabin
other than some iron cooking utensils.
Two dogs, companions of the boys,
seemed to have altogether escaped at
traction from the Juice" In the vi
scattered the iron-roofed camps of the
cinity of the accident and for eighteen
miles along the mountain side, are
Ditch Co. housing 900 men. Not one
of these men was affected by this ex-
traordinary storm.
EsMansususngMgnaHsuaUgHsna
of course, it is best that he should
resign
ALEX. THE SILENT.
1t is a pleasing contemplation that
there has been some frank manliness
in the affair somewhere. Ned Crabbt
is to be congratulated. 1t is different
as to the people of the County OF
, Oahu. They are made to pay for tn,
, greasng of the machine which is re.
/ lied upon to help out the promise.
breaking faction at the Forthcoming
I primaries, and like Jack Lucas Nuu
, anu suckers, will thus pay for thei
own undoing.
And that brings things around t.
| Kuhio again, and to a somewhat re
markable inference drawn by an af
ternoon paper the other day to the eff
feet that Alex. Robertson himsel
might be for Kuhio. on a show down
1t is but justice to Mr.. Robertson e
say that the evening paper did no
, accuse him of saying anything from
, which the inference could be drawn. OF
; the contrary. all that the afternoon
paper charged TO the chairman of th'
Territorial Committee was a persist
, ence in his burst of silence"
And there are times when a burst o
, silence is the wisest indulgence a poll
tician can give himself. Many a maj
has gained great wisdom thereby
who, OF truth, was silent merely be
cause he could not think OF a thinl
IN the world to say, That does no
alter the fear humanity has OF tn
, man who keeps still, and looks wise
He might say such a devil OF lot
you know, II he ever did open hi
, mouth,
--s t.s----
{ A REMEDY THAT is TRULY MAGl
CAL IN ITS POWER TO RE.
,, LIEVE PAIN.
= Mr. Lewis Rozario Manager of Mad