The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-02-22
THREE AUTOS
IN BAD ACCIDENT
Death Misses Prey by Only a
Narrow Margin in Each
Instance Yesterday.
OVER THE PALPS BRINK
Drink Given Credit for the Most
Serious Affair of the
Afternoon.
OVER THE PALrs BRINK
tFrom Mondays Advertiser.)

Three serious auto accidents took
place yesterday, and in each instance
only seemingly miraculous interven-
tion saved the occupants from serious
injury and in one case at least, of al
most certain death.
The most serious of the three acci-
dents took place on the hairpin curve
of the Pail road when the automobile
of Fred Noyes crashed through the
fence and trembled on the verge of the
high drop down the precipice. Only
inc small tree saved the occupants from
being mangled by shattered wreck of
car had it gone one foot further than
it did.
The car was being driven by Noyes
himself and he was accompanied by E.
j. Love, Dick Stead and two Australian
tourists. They were speeding up the
long grade on the first lap of the
| around the island trip when at the
sharp turn mentioned the car shot off
the road, through the fimsy fence and
brought up dead against small tree.
The tree itself broke snort off with the
force of the impact, but enough, and
just enough, remained to keep the ma
chine from continuing its journey to
| death.
The car was hastily vacated and af.
| ter the excitement calmed down was
| pulled back, examined and found unin-
| iured. The trip was continued but the
nerves of the travellers were not helped
by their hairbreadth escape.
Turns Turtle.
The second accident occurred on the
same road when Miss Harriet Smith
met death in an accident exactly SINH
lar, only in the present case it was the
fault of the passengers to- an almost
criminal degree, if the report is correct.
! The ear was number 474 and belonged
to Japanese at Waipahu. One of the
passengers was Waipahu machinist
by the name of Jameson, the other ur-
cupant besides the chauffeur being a
woman. Both passengers were said to
be under the influence of liquor and
their reported actions bear out the
statement.
Just before the machine negotiated
one of the sharp curves that abounds
on the roads, Jameson leaned over and
ierked the throttle wide open. An in
slant later the car was on its back with
its wheels buzzing in the air. Accord
ing to the reports that reached town
Yesterday, no one was seriously injured
although the accident which resulted in
the death of Miss Smith was of nc
worse a nature.
Collision.
The third machine to figure in an ac
cident was also being run by Jap
anese, but in this instance it was strict
ly the fault of the chauffeur. The ac
? cident occurred ON King street, the au
| tomobile No. 46 running into RAPID
Transit car number Al opposite the
Young Hotel.
, Just as the car crossed Bishop street
and passed the Waikiki corner the auto
shot out of the little alley two doori
away. Either the japanese though
that no car was coming, were too con
: fident in their prowess or else We're un
able to control the machine, for the,
hit the ear with terrific force squar,
amidships.
. Inc dulO WAS Iufutu III iiBHJ duSle
. by the rapidly moving car, from
! wheel torn off and then the who'll
J hurled to the sidewalk. The street ca
was uninjured, but besides the loss o
. wheel which the auto suffered, it
glass windbreak was smashed to tin,
pieces, several spokes broken and it
machinery probably injured.
A japanese by the name of Umimot
was driving, the other occupant bein
a fellow countryman by the name o
, Yamasito. Had they left the alley a
!, instant sooner than they did they woul
have been struck by the ear instead o
striking it and, taking into considers
tion the speed both were going a
r. would probably have been killed. A
it was, only slight slant to the iron
J wheels prevented the machine from b,
g ing tumbled backwards on top of II
h occupants.