The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-01-16

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AMI ~ NaSanu xNlIsv wban Tho wind
carried bouider.iIke focks with almost !,
bnllat.I,Le forae Ma was struck nv !,
ssya,af ~ tbeta but fortnnntslv not
.er;nnsIy bnss
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uirm Varrieu before Haie'
The Misses Bertha and Johanna Lud-
loft, daughters OF Mr.. and Mr.. Otto
q. Ludlof Of the Kaneohe ranch bad
an almost miraculous escape yestert>,yi
morning. They are attending the Nor,
mai ScAool in Honolulu and were driv- I
ing along the Pail road TO school when !
the wind, blowing from the windward |
picked up their Horse and buggy and |
carried horse, rig and occupants literal.
~ around the pfecipice and out of
danger. Their father had preceded !
them by tew hours, eomingat TO Homo
lulu with a load Of cotton and TO serve
as a juryman, He was excused from
duty yesterday morning and started to
RETURN home. He reached the Pail
when the wind caught him in all its
strength. liis horses were knocked
aS D e lu,nPed a,VIm . ans ti S % sss
D cork, swept him along the road, threw
him against the cliff and finally carried
him into d canyon where half conscious,
bruised and bleeding he was picked up
by d number Of persons who had stood
by helpless witnesses while the wind
was carrying him first to the very
| edge Of the preeipiee fifteen hundred
feet above the valley below. Once or
twice il looked as II he would be
swept over the edge of the road and
1 to certain death below. Both Of Lud-
LOFT IS hands were badly cut and bruised.
His head and face were cut and there
i is scarcely a place on his limbs or body
that was not bruised rs result OF his
experience. A Korean with LpdlOh
remained in the rig. The horses sue.
eeeded in struggling to their feet,
swung madly around and ran back to-
ward Honolulu and out of danger. Lud-
loft came back to Honolulu meeting
} his children who8were preparing to at
tempt TO return home. He had his in
! juries dressed by a physician and with
. his daughters intended to attempt to
} get across the dangerous road to his
/. haaAe ht Kaneohe late lIist night,
,h+6 ro,,,1.t.s e,inss cal, ,'Hri
/. &t3 -'s 4 n y r-'f
! James Quinn and a party OF hve
/ tourists attempted to make the trip ia
Y tourists attempted TO make the trip IN
8 afternoon. The tourists were from the
I transport Logan. Quinn realized the
futility of attempting TO make the trip
/ to the other side and stopped his ma.
chine this side Of the danger point
!! James p. Thompson, one of his, pas,
4 sengers insisted on venturiDg out u
: the edge of the preeipiee. He weighs
7 about two hundred pounds. The wind
picked him UP like a feather, tossed
him about the road for several mo
o ments and then deposited him in safe
! chilly; badly bruised and bleeding, but
= probably not fatally injured NJ, ~
,, A house belonging to George 1kedt
n in Puunui was demolished, the root
$ being lifted entirely of the struetur,
}. and the walls falling in. =,
V Edward p. Carlo, employed by Or
Frederick L. Trotter, was blown of
b his bicycle at the corner Of King ant
q AIapai streets when coming toward tn,
:; business section Yesterday morning. ~
\ his eSnSit;on later in the day was re
!, ported Al not Jsetibas. 2Et. .
!. II, TKahahanui.l while assisting in ear
!, ryiug wreekage from the vicinity Of
tIe nnmp,nS station AZ Palama. wa
!. eanght by q niece Of scorrnRated irol
y being carried before the wind. Hi
righf hand was badly cut. 4.
Tbe Doyle residence ON Young stree
Il aid NOT escape the fury of the winds
). The electric wire service of the hons
Is was niaced ont of commission while tn,
II sixteen. foot fence surrounding tn,
u niaee was blown down
" A Japanese caretaker of the Doyl
residence was caught bensath the fan
4. inc wreeknoe OF the wrecked fence. HI
!, was only slightly injured. however.
q m sonny Cunha Is residence, opposit
q Makee Island, in Kapiolani Park, suf
fered TO considerable extent. Severa
n large trees ia front of the place wer
,e nprooted, while humber of afiowerinI
4 plants in iardinieres In front of tn
:. house were carried $50 feet DR. NOR
IL III the wind, and demolished. Abou
4. ten trees were blown down on til