The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-05
HOPE LED To A
VIOLENT DEATH
Seeking to Better His Position
in Life, HaiIeIe Is
Killed.

an engine oiler, and advance himself
beyond his occupation Of stevedore
George Hailele began his apprentice
ship yesterday morning at the Kalihi
pumping station, and within a few
hours had been caught in the ma
chinery and met a horrible and vio-
lent death.
The accident occurred yesterday
afternoon between one and two
O'Clock. No one actually saw it, but
within an instant or two after it had
occurred it was discovered, and the
manner OF it was instantly known by
the gruesomely clear evidence it left.
It seems that within the last year or
so a number of Hawaiian and part
Hawaiian youths, ambitious to better
their condition in life, have been
taught 10 be engine oilers at the Ka-
1ihi pumping station and have thus
been able to secure positions on the
Nebraskan and others of the American
Hawaiian steamships. Henry Leslie, a
brother Of Robert Leslie the ball play
er, is the latest graduate from this
school of instruction, and he sailed
Saturday afternoon as an oiler on the
Nebraskan. Hailele, anxious to do like
wise applied yesterday morning to
Engineer James w. Wilkinson for
permission to learn to oil the engine.
Hailele's father-in-law, Damien Kama,
is a fireman at the station, and it was
through him that he applied. Permis-
sion was given, and Wilkinson gave
him general instructions and he was
put under the further instructions of
Robert Leslie, who is one of the regu-
larIy-employed oilers, and on duty on
that watch. Hailele had been about
the station all forenoon watching how
the oiling was done and taking part in
it himself. and going to other parts of
the station, apparently interested in
the entire mechanical plant.
The engine is a triple expansion, YER
teal type. In this type the cylinders
are the highest part of the machinery
and are surrounded by platform. At
the time the accident occurred, Leslie
was on this platform oiling there. From
where he was he could not see the
machinery below him. Engineer VIII
kinson was in the boiler room, and
HaiIele had been in there too only a
moment or two before. Seemingly Hal |
Iele must have come in from the boiler
room and, without saying anything to
Leslie. at once taken up an oil can and
gone TO the intermediate piston crank
and begun oiling. In this position he !
was Immediately below the middle or
the three cylinders. The piston rod
from this cylinder connects directly
with the crank on the crank shaft. On
either side of the crank shaft are YER
ticaI shafts connecting directly with
the puu1ps two or three feet away. On
the crank shaft is a fiywheei. HalleIe
was between the ffywheel and the inter-
mediate crank pin, the proper place to Dc
to oil that part of the machinery. APP
parently his shirt sleeve caught on one
of the oil cups moving up and down Win
the piston rod. for a shred Of his shirt
still hangs to the cup fastening, Whlle
the cup itself is broken off. Either the
of the cup carried him 1or-
ward until he lost his balance, or In
.ba instant of excitement following his
,ealizatfon that he had been caught IN
he machinery. he pitched forward. Al
INV rate. he was caught by the interme-
late crank on it's downward stroke, ana
he crank head carried his body forward
and over to the other side of the crank
shaft, throwing him head first through !
he aperture in which the crank re-
7oIves, to the floor below. But in the
Instant that his body was thus thrown
through this aperture
lown below. his left leg was caught
ust at the knee, between the crank
1ead and one of the plunger rods, ana
vas cut off as by PAIR or giant
shears. the discovered part of the leg
,eing simply thrown to the opposite
.ide of the crank shaft from where the
nan stood. but left on the same hoof'
,bi1e the remainder of the body, torn
and mutilated, was thrown 10
he floor below.
Leslie heard a scream, not louu' puI
startling. and instantly the thoushI
,ane into his mind that the new
nan" had been caught in the macl-lil-
,rv. He hurried at once to descend
Apparently at about the same IN
slant Al Wright, who lives IN haIlLi'
md works in the shops of the PUBIC :
works department, came into the en-
zine room from the boiler room. Inc
irst thing that caught his eye was
ne severed leg. and he at once called
y Leslie. and returning to the boiler
oon, called out that George is ma
,e." Engineer Wilkinson. not having
with Hailele. did not as
ociate him with the name George oul
imposed it referred to George Wohd'
he engineer who aIternates Watches
With him at the station, and who vas
ue to come on watch within haif an
our. He rushed to the engine ROOM ;
opposing that there was where ne
hould find Wond or learn what hao
appened TO him. Instantly he reach "