Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-25
FATAL ACCIDENT AT ARMORY
SUBJFCI0F Investigation


..The truss, when set in place. is
topheavy and sways slightly ii the
wind. As IT swayed. its weight be-
gan 70 buckle the pillars Just e
yelled back 20 Gus to set out, the
weight Of the topheav. truss proved
too much, the pillars yielded a little
and down came the truss, tearing
away from the riyeted plates
Gus fell across an iron GRIT, in
juring himself terribly. I was close
by and ran to him and put my arms
around him. He never spoke. He
gave two or three deep gasps and his
heart bat for little while, but he
died IN a few minutes.
He had worked for many years
with structural steel and never had al
bad accident. He was q very careful
man and knew the business thorough
~. want to say that he protested
strongly aeainst the character Of the
work, but like q lot OF rs, when they
made no4change tn the light support
ing steel he went ahead and took
chances.
Z: IN his statement TO the starBnlle-
tin Turner says that he came here
thirteen months ago for Anderson &
Woods 70 work on the HiIo Railway
bridges. kAnderson = Woods. he 6aId.
did successful work for the railroad
and came here to take the s1b-cOn-
tract for the. armory roofing They
expected to finish It In about four
weeks. s
Col. Jcnes' Statement.
Col. ]. w. Jones. adtttant-eeneraI OF
the national guard, when asked by the
Start Bulletin II any trouble with ar
mofy construction had been hfonght
t. his attention, said t,ss
Last week the huckling Of the H
columns was called to my attention,
the buckiing being caused By the
weight Of the first truss erected. and
j understood there was dist1ssI6n 10
Ting on between the architects ana CON
tractor with references 70 overcoming
this buckline. that the contractor
claimed that the H.colilmnsl were not
heavy enough and that ii sfeeis work
should be self.supporfihk. 90 thar It
could Be erected irrespective 81 any
other, ,,6rfioiI al the buildific ann MAJ
the hs1anca 81 the ,hniilIinS c3,ild he
sfecte5 here far. sif'kia il1sffeys n re-
Eporfed ID Governor arears i,ndsrztsnf.
| 5nR thar there was! anne NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
fWee6 the archife{fe and ms (; noI,.
|. tractor thai snecial y,lans FOR 6recfion
lhaa haen nrssent a nv me arrhi tpctc
and that erection wo.,yd 20 ahead s s
| scrordarce 'therewitbs Tho .snec;s]
,.Isns were a. nnderst6ed a. for ~
erection erect of the steel work along lines
wbicb uo,,ldT S,res,ert the graatest els
nsanfa ~ 'safetv n cn s,.s NJ,
heinr On eneineer A. not wisb 8
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4 Svvhs,, Iohn " EslFrsfl .,,r<~,,
i tendent'. If nnblic worts WAS n,sas
4tioned this morning 80 ~ whatber 90 s,
not the denartmenf .hsd insnocfors. -
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wss rtcnnsd isss wesis s,r - tSss ussa-
and = comrlsints h 49, baa5 rade !,
him ss 81 danear ~ ,fha sob a. Ssfac
n the Mans ~ made the fn,iowin,
stat IN, -. = -. ''..''
.srhes S,anaxfnaent has had no inanar
tors IN fbe SworF h1ca,,sa = ss ~
inecessarv We l6oK II Rinlev 4
8 Tlavis tha architacte and the cnn
q tractor , II "a cnmpietes the srmorv an,
] min Il over - ne as mar. sfha Man,
lard snecifcations' The entire ma,
Tier nj .nnsfine m the .bniJdine b !,
The a architerts, hands ana II thsr
wera anv insnectors ~ an thev wer
4 acf,te Far me arcl,itscfs and mt thi
denartmant
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have ever hoe,
nade r. M. 3 hant Z s,;nnosad da,,ea
& ~ rho inh ~ Z defasst &, the Man.
lFror, What = Know of. tha accid a
vesteYdav' n ioccnrred throneh 3
; i.fanif ofstba cnntracforr Tn TIE ere.
tion ~ : str,,ct,,ra s,,cb as shs arnsor
fhars 40 s,svsvs dargsrs to ire -, an
iin,b .vhicb csnnot he d0na a,, Az Wit; Il
1ccidents viii hsnren a., ,,,stter 10,
tborcs,o:Iv oroT5sd a =, ~,
trs cte,rs roa,iys. -, this ana fsIs 4 irs
s;dsratioS wl,en biddinc for s n
work The rsb aecident yssfsrdav so e