The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-07-25
Frank ThOmpsOn's Auto
Figures in a Bad
Smash-Up.
MAY YET BE FATAL
Harry Nichols Is in Army
Hospital and Near
Death.
tFrom Monday 8 Advertiser.l

ltTom Monday 8 AdVertlser.)
Turning turtle ON the Moanalua road,
Just Eva of the entrance to the polo
grounds, Frank Thompson s auto 6g-
ured las night about seven o clock in
what may yet result in fatal acct
dent Harry Nichols, one of the occu-
pants at the time, is now in the post
hospital at Fort Shafter with com
pound fracture of the skull, piece Of
the skull being pressed inward on the
brain, and his recovery is considered
doubtful.
Those in the machine were Frank
Thompson and Mrs. Thompson, and Mr..
and Mrs. Nichols. Thompson suffered
a broken collarbone and both of the
ladies were severely bruised. Mrs.
Thompson was taken to the Queen s
Hospital suffering from a nervous
shock and more or less severe cuts and
COMMISSIONS, but her condition is not
considered critical.
The machine was being driven at
what was a fast rate of speed, consid-
ering the condition of the road, and
from the description of the accident, it
is miraculous that it did not take upon
itself even a more serious aspect.
Three of the four occupants of the car
were pinned beneath it and it was prob
ably due to prompt assistance that two
of them, at least, Mr.. Nichols and Mrs.
Thompson, were able to escape as they
did.
Mr., Thompaon's Story.
"we. were coming in from Haleiwa, y
said Thompson, last night. i'In the
front seat were Mrs. Thompson and
myself, Il was driYing) and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Nichols. were in the rear
seat. 80
'We were coming down the hill by
the polo grounds It had been raining
and it was very, slippery as. the road
had also just been oiled. was going
at good rate of speed, about twenty
miles an hour, and the car commenced
to skid, travelling that way for about
one hundred and fifty feet.
Finally the back swung clean
around into the ditch, mauka of the
road, and then swung back again
climbing for some distance up the wall,
makai, and then turning completely
over. Mrs. Nichols was thrown clean
out of the car and suffered a few con-
tusions.
''Mrs Thompson was pinned between
the front wheel and the wall and Mr..
Nichols was pinned under the back
wheel. I was under the steering gear
crawled out and with Mrs. Nichols
assistance held the car off Mrs. Thomp'
son SO that she could breathe.
Help Comes Quickly.
" Just about then Ed. Dnisenberg and
Mrs. Duisenberg came up in an auto
and Mr.. Duisenberg ran down TO q
neighboring house and got three Japan
ese and one Chinaman. Judge Perry
and an army officer also arrived on the
scene and finally a japanese came W
with bar of wood.
"They put this under the car and as
they lifted it up pulled Mrs. Thomp
son out from under. She was badly
scratched and was suffering from 9
nervous shock. / had broken my col
larbone. We then put the post under
the rear of the car and got Mr.. Nichol.
out. He has compound fracture Of
the skull. We were all taken to the
Fort shafter hosuital and the physi
clans there, Doctor Kennedy and Doctor
Smith, examined Mrs. Thompson ant
Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols. Doctor Hodginl
and Doctor Judd also assisted.
, "Mr. Nichols is still at the For
shafter hospital and is in pretty bat
condition. There is considerable dorh
as to his recovery"
Nichols Unconscious.
Nichols was still unconscious Al
eleven clock last night and his condi
ton reported unchanged.
He is an island boy and was raisei
here, but entered business on the Coas
where hefobecame the manager of (
store at Seattle Afr some time II
Seattle he went to San Francisco ant
went into bushes there; eventually re
turning to the Islands where he ha
spent very little time. For the pas
SIX weeks he has been with the Bank O.
Hawaii being in charge of the foreigi
eolleetionsrof that institution. He i
consideredi steady and IS given the hes
of characters by the bank officials.