The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-02-08

control of Motorman Purdy shortly
after one O'Clock yesterday afternoon
and sped down Lunalilo hill from
Hackfeld to Alapai at a terrific rate,
efforts to "slug'' the car being useless.
The car jumped the track at the Alapai
hill curve, just missed plunging over
the pumping station embankment into
the area twenty feet below, swerved to |
| the Waikiki side of the street. crashed |
into telephone pole, which was broken |
off at its base, and then parged on |
through the fence and came to stop
against huge algaroba tree, where
the front part of the car was crushed.
| The car was well filed with passen-
| gers and many of them were bruised
and shaken. Last evening many were
reported to be suffering from their in
juries.
Among the injured are the following:
| J. Green, hands and face cut; taken
to Queen IS Hospital.
Mrs. Waity, bruised and shaken up;
under treatment with trained nurse in
attendance.
DIR. Doremus Scudder, pastor of Cen
tral Union church, bruised and shaken.
: Judge w. j. Robinson, bruised and
clothes torn.
j. C. Hopkins, hands skinned.
Miss Kinney. face and head bruised.
, Charles McWayne, bruised.
E. w. Colly, superintendent of the
e cable company, slight bruises.
= " Haole' Sumner, bruised and clothes
5 torn.
d Higgins, collarbone broken.
T. Other passengers on the car were
{ Henry Asch of Spreckels Bank, Miss
n Laura Atherton, W. Alton, James Coul-
d ter. Charles Fraser, Mr.. Meyers of the
: Chambers Drug Company, F. S. Dodge,
: w. A. Love.
n The car was in charge of R. J. Purdy,
e and G. p. sherman, conductor
l. Just after the car started down the
/, Lunalilo hill it gained headway. Ac-
y cording to Motorman Purdy he applied
d the brakes but they failed to grip the
/. wheels. The ear increased its momen-
:, tum every foot travelled over. He then
d "slugged'' the car, the most drastic
l, method employed in trying to stop one.
/ The controller was reversed and the en-
It tire nine points thrown on to send the
IS car backwards. Even this failed to
= take hold and the car careened on to-
e wards the curve at the foot of the hill
$ where the track turns down Alapai
a. street hill. The car started around the
y curve, fitting over Ewaward until il
4 was riding on the wheels on that side
y altogether.
st Before completely rounding the curve
y the car was thrown back and ther
10 jumped the rails plunging over towaft
ID the curbing on the Waikiki side of thu
0, street. A telephone pole was carried
10 away as if it were fence picket. Th'
car mounted the curbng and continue,
diagonally across the sidewalk crashin,
through the fence and then smashe'
into a big aigaroba tree. The from
) end was crushed in.
The passengers who remained aboar
during the car s flight, were throw
H. from their seats and it was at thi
ed time that many of them were badl
of shaken up and bruised Some iumpe
al from the ear when it struck the curv
~ and most of these were hurt, thei
he hands being skinned and clothes tori
he in some instances the bruises being 81
in we're. One man jumped from the ca
and struck so heavily on his feet thi
sst the heels of his shoes were torn off.
isl Mr.. Green was picked up and it WI
m found necessary to send him to the ho
es pital. A boy namd Cochran was s.
at. riousiy hurt, his nose probably bein
Ice broken. A man named Higgins ha
SET his collarbone broken, and was pro
zee ably the most seriously hurt of all q
AS board.
" Motorman Puriy displayed eoural
40 throughout the trying ordeal. Aft
ost using every endeavor 10 bring his CT
.es under control he stayed at the frol
~ end until il left the track, when \
.hs WIS thrown of He fell on his si'
,ia aud was badly shaken up and hrnise
~, Lnnalilo hill has been regarded by =
ial irons as one which Is more dangero
~ than any other ON the system, owing
'on the curve al the hottem, II Is :
~ first accident HAT has occurred on ~
hle hnl. however. although the system h
tue heen established for the past seY
~ years