Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-07
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Fall Back into Tlamc5.
Crowds that gathered c,rly say thcy
saw many men fail back from the
windows into the flames. Others leap
cd and were injured.
The editorial rooms were on the
third floor, but II Is believed the
greater part Uf the men on this floor
escaped del h.
| The frrco of the explosion was OK.
crted ON the mechanical departments
of tho paper ana most OF the dead
and injured were members of those
dcp1 tmcnts. At . O'Clock 90 injured
I'D hccn taken TO the receiving hos
pitnl
Thomas =. Smith. "ad" composition
/ working on he second door when the
explosion occurred. gives the follow.
ing version:
| There wcrc ut least 80 men at
work on my floor aud We all made for
the door. | believe that half of this
number may not have escaped,
The explosion appeared 10 be In
the basement or on the first floor OF
the new six story building.
Flames followed the explosion i'm.
mediately. When | reached the side.
| walk the whole front was ablazc. both
the old and the new buildings
Prompt action by the fire depart.
mcnt saved the buildings on the north
side of Broadway, but not until they
had been badly damaged.
Two Suspects Are Caught by Police.
Two men are said to have been
arrested Immediately after the cxplo.
sion, one of them as he was going
through the railroad tunnel block
north of the Times.
In the Herald Office half a block
away the explosion shook the entire
eight story building, and the news.
papermen at work on the ground floor
rushed out and saw the Times build.
ing wrapped In flames.
Among the most seriously injured
Is Harvey-Elder, assistant city editor
While escaping from the city room he
fell and broke his left leg. He was
also severely burned
U. s. G, Pentz, an employc of the
Times, jumped from the second story
window apd broke his left leg.
william Latta, a stereotyper, who
was at work on the second floor, was
o'N'i! ouhheu ociore nc couiu Teacn
'he- s'roeJ
Therc were three distinct fSplo-
sions' The iirst seemed to be the
heaviest, aud occurred ON the second
| hoor, winch is USED as the composing
room.
The Times plant was run by cleo
tricity throughout, ana ms FAR as Is
known there was no steam boiler OF
any KIND IN the building.
The entire building was guttcl at
l:45' ANA but Two walls were stand
ing
Extra Force Employed.
Inc hrst explosion that wrecked the
Times occurred IN the allcyway which
| separated The third and sixth story
, parts OF me BUILDING several linotype
machines were on the third ho"r. FRI
I day night being an unusually heavy
pSflod at the Times, something more
IMAM ~ men were at work on tho
iino,ypes and about % In the "ai
section.
because OF the TACT that so many
extra men were at work It VIII prob
AMY he several days before AL arc
accounted Tor.
Counting Safe Ones.
Immediately aftcr the hre heads oil
departments and other employees gath
cred at the Herald Office. BLOCK
away. AT that time about 90 persons
were accounted FOR,
Managing Editor Harry T.. Andrews
OF the Times at O'Clock this morn
ing said:
| The Times building was destroyed
by dynamite this morning by the enc
mics OF the paper. The Times Itself
can not be destroyed II Will soon
De relssued IRON It's auxiliary plant
ana VIII tight IT'S battles 20 the end
Men employed In most of the de
l 4 mo nd oh ar