The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-03-27

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\ There have boon number Of near
accidents at these hairpin turns recent.
", 50 that the principal users have de-
cided TO make the road safe awithotit
waiting for the supervisors rsc
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mehameha had mistaken the glare of
the revolving light at BARRIERS Point for
a vessel on ERE at sea. iss
] Captain Haglund, assistant hafbor-
master, was Of the opinion that the
Maui, which uses forced draft. took an
extra spurt of speed when on MIaihha
and the flames were shot through the
smokestack This often occurs. he
states. When on Parbdrs Point the YES
sci probably made one Of these sI,ufts.
and as the land rises there ahruptay.
i was thought that in making the Turn
the vessel was suddenly hidden from
view.
Fool Killer at Work.
| Some fool killer started a yarn that
the McRac Company claimed author
snip for the message, claiming that IL
was done for advertising purposes, but
mr.. McRae quickly denounced this ru!
NOR as a fhbrication. n
To set an theories at rest, however,
r M, Alexander, Quarternaster Ser.
geant, l4Sd Company, O. A. c., ronlos
forward with the following explanation
of the message that was sent to the
lnter,lsland steamship company We'd
nesday night.
Sergeant Alexander Explains.
Editor Advertiser:--In regard to the
report of the sinking of the Mani \
beg 70 state the following: VI
At q p m. was standing nj the Fort
hamehameha pier, speaking to Cook
folmer of this organization, who was
little way out in sail boat, when
he called my attention to u boat on
IRE, about 1000 yards out. fFtr, (
The boat was enveloped in black
smoke and was moving slowly. A few
seconds later an immense cloud OF black
smoke shotIup in the air, reaching a
height of approximately 300 feet and
the boat went down and ont of sight
almost Immediately, the smoke hung
stationary for a minute or two and
| thinned out. N.
/ neither saw fa1ne nor felt tho shock
of an explosion. The boat was sea,
going launch or gasoline tug. / re.
4 ported the matter to Lieutenant Jen.
kins, the post adjutant, who asked me,
If was certain that ittwas not one
of the lnter.Island steamers, replied
that IL was not, md Furthermore. that
the Maui was making for Barber's
/ Point at about the same time the yexF
piosion took place RbOard the other
boat, which was about three miles off
the port stern and 10 the rear of the
Mani, just before she made tho turn
for Barber's Point. The explosion
should have been noticed aboard the
Maui, ] cannot understand how the
report Of the Maui going down could
have gotten about, as distinctly sta,
ted, that the Maui was in sight after
explosion on the other boat. /, am
sorry that this erroneous report appear
ed in your paper and beg 10 state, That
neither |, nor Cock FoImer are respon.
Able for same. is.l,g ,.-s.
! am absolutely positive that the ex,
plosion took place aboard a gasoline
tug or sea1going launch and that the
boat went down.
saw the morning edition of, your
| paper at about 7 a. m, and called up
rhe Advertiser Immediately TO deny the
report concerning the. Maui; | could
get no one on the phone and gave the
real facts to- the Star. Bulletin. /
You Will oblige me by publishing the
iaets as stated in this letter as | have
no desire TO appear responsible for the
statements In your morning edition.
Very respectfully, "a ,as
+. NJ ALEXANDER, x
Quartermaster Sergeant, l4Sd Company,
@. A. q. 81
Referred to in your paper as Sergeant
Armstrong.
In support of Sergeant Alexander Is
statement comes Gilbert .. Waller, who
states that two reputable Hawhiians
came TO him and said that they lived
in Kalihi and at about six O'Clock Wed
n@sday nipht thew saw a dense cloud
of smoke in the heavens in the neigh
borhOod of Pearl Harbof gf
! No Japanese power ssmpans are re-
ported missing and IL is not known
whether fatality has occurred among
these gasoline boats as they are often
OIL shore fishing for week at time,