Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-22
LILIENTHAL'S Death
EXTRAORDINARY
Struck While In Auto
By Shaft OF
Cart

San Francisco, Sept. 10.-Philip N.
Lilienthal, one of the most prominent
of San Franciscos fnanciers, clubmen
and philanthropists, met almost in
slant death yesterday afternoon In
Mission street near Richland avenue,
when frightened horse reared against
the side of his automobile. plunging u
heavy shaft into his side and hurled
him from the fast moving machine.
The tragedy that ended the life of
man whose name has been woven into
the later years of the city's history and
its upbuilding since the fire, came al
most at the end of pleasure trip on
which Lilienthal had been the host oil
two prominent Russian visitors, Greg
DRY Kilenkin and lgnace Warschaw-
sky. Wilenkin is member of the
Russian embassy at Tokyo, with
whom Lilienthal became acquainted
while he was acting as financial agent
for Russia in Washington several
years ago, and Warscbawsky is con-
nected with the department of COM
merce at st. Petersburg. They are ell
route from the Orient to Russia and
arrived in the city from Portland on
Wednesday evening.
With his two guests and his chauf-
feur, G. w. Chalfant, Lilienthal had
spent the early hours of the day tour
ing the peninsula, and was returning
to San Francisco when the accident
occurred. II was near the junction OF
Richland avenue that the tragedy was
enacted, and so suddenly did II hap
pen that those who were In the ma
chine with Lilienthal were able only
to give the most disconnected account
of the fatal accident.
Drivers Name Unknown.
A man whose identity Is unknown
was driving west in Mission street in
heavy cart with two others when the
machine approached, and as Chalfant
swung the automobile to one side TO
pass, the horse suddenly reared, be-
came unmanageablc and hurled itself
upon the machine. The blunt SHAFT
of the cart was thrown upward as the
animal lunged. and as Lilienthal raised
himself in his seat In an effort to av0ld
the blow II struck him full In the LETT
side, hurting him over the high back
of the tonneau and behind the machine
into the roadway dozen feet away.
The automobile was brought quickly
to n stop. Liicnthal's guests jumped
out and rushed to his assistance, but
| little aid could he given him. The
| blow had shattered seven ribs on his
left side, sending the splinters into
heart and lungs. He was picked up
| unconscious. lifted into the tonncau
and the machine was sent forward at
| full speed to st. Luke's hospital at
| Twenty.eightlr' and Valencia streets.
| DIR. G. II. Runckel made hurried cN'
animation, but the injuries of the VIC
time were so severe that he died with
| in five minutes, having become only
| semi conscious in the meantime.
So little time was spent ut the scene
| of the accident that the name OF the
driver of the horse which collided WIN
the automobile was not learned.
Horse Beyond Control.
| Detectives Murphy and Gaughran
were sent out to investigate the case
as soon as the details were tclcphoned
| to police headquarters, and their re-
| port last night bore out the statements
of Lilienthals companions that the ac'
| cident was unavoidable. The auto
mobile was not going at very high
| rate of speed and all eye witnesses OF
f, the fatality agree that the horse which
plunged against it was beyond control
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