Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-12
TRIO OF ACCIDENTS;
SERIOUS RESULTS
Capt johnson, HiIonian,
Unconscious At
Hospital

cidcnt yesterday near the Hackfeld
wharf, the Chiyo Maru sailed today
at aoon minus several passengers.
Mrs. Thomas Green, who was re-
turning to the vessel late after the
days celebrations IN Supervisor Jim
Quinn's ear. was injured seriously
enough to necessitate her remaining
over. She is at the Queens Hospi-
tai. where she is being treated by
DR.. George Herbert. Her husband.
also a passenger on the same boat,
will remain with her.
II was stated ut the hospital this
morning that her injuries consisted
of slight internal injuries and
badly cut face, but that there was
no fear for her ultimate recovery.
The automobile was wrecked
about 1880 last night, and only
the prompt assistance rendered by
bystanders averted more serious con-
sequences. The car jumped the
wharf and pinned Mrs. Green and
her companion, Mrs. J. w. Gibson,
beneath the wreckage and immedi-'
atcly caught fire from the explosion
OF the gasoline tank. Before the
fire could reach to do more than
sCOrch their clothing. Hawaiian
stevedores had rescued them Mrs.
Gibson, who Is also bound for San
Francisco on the Maru. was slightly
bruised, but continued with the YES
sci. Quinn, who was driving. was
not injured beyond few bruises.
DR.. Green. husband of the victim
OF the accident. IL n lecturer well
known on the Chnutauqua circuit and
is at present returning from the
Orient. where he has been connected
with the United States government
work.
Quinn's machine was not the only
one TO come to grief last night. as
Packard belonging to Harold Cas-
tie was struck by car No. s going
Waikiki on Fort street and badly
wrecked. Captain Johnson of the
HilOnian, Sam Walker and Howard
Hedemann We're occupants of the
car at the time, and were all in
iured. They are now at the Queens
Hospital, where It is said Captain
Johnson Is as yet unconscious from
fractured skull Hedemann also
,gt, la f,n oh al nd
Walker was less seriously injured.
None are thought to be fatally in
jured, but the hospital authorities
will not yet give out their real con-
dition.
Castle was driving and was the
only one not badly injured. Ac-
cording to his account he was I'M.
able to stop when he sighted the
! Rapid Transit car and attempted to
, cross Fort street In time to avoid col
lision, and was struck squarely. The
car was stripped of its fender and
/ headlight and the automobile was
sent into the curb. which II skirted
until the advent of Il telephone pole
in its course relegated II back to the
middle of the street.
The usual protestations of high
speed are made by each party. Al
cxander Pratt, superintendent Of
the Rapid Transit, was a passenger
on the car and says that the speed
of the automobile was unduly fast.
Castle also claims high speed on
the part of the car,
A third wrecked automobile
choosed to cast upon itself the
glamor of mystery, ara it is not yet
known who were the passengers OF
n standardization that jumped
twenty or thirty feet oyer)the Moa-
nalua road and overturned m the
cacti below. The car was only
slightly damaged when found by
other passing autoists along the road
to the polo fields and reported in
town. Late last night Chauffeur
Stevens, who was driving the car
was found, and he stated that q
minor accident early on the triI
from Leilehua, where he had beer
called, caused him to reach the Moa
nulua road at dark.
Stevens does not know the meT
whom he was driving, but stateI
that they were from the SchofielC
Barracks. No one seemed to b