The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-28

both the long side walls, besides two
large sections of the roof, fell on the
rows Of hunks beneath. Troop C bar
racks were partially demolished, but
the men were able to escape before the
roof tottered into ruin.
The damage in the First Infantry
cantonment at Cashier was more seri-
Gus and resulted in more or less serious
injuries to three soldiers who were in
their hunks at the time of the disaster,
Roof Carried Through Air
The entire roof of the barracks of
Companies + and L, were ripped off, the
roof from the latter structure being
carried through the air some fifty feet
until it crashed through the side of tho
Company + barracks, tearing out a sec
tion of some thirty feet. A portion of
Company IS roof struck the adjoining
Company y barracks, while many
small pieces of timber crashed through
the roofs of wash houses in the vicinity.
Fortunately for the comfort of the men
of thCJe companies, the rain had
ceased so that they and their belong
ings were not exposed to the elements
as would have been the case if the out.
burst of wind had occurred the night
previous. There are many reported
narrow escapes from serious injury.
Nine iron quartermasters beds placed
along the wall in Company | = barracks
had the rivets holding the headpOsts
stripped off like cheese by the force of
the hurting roof. The beds buckled
over like jackknives, and it seemed "A
veritable miracle that the occupants of
the beds were not killed. AS it was,
only one man was hurt.
Three Soldiers Injured
A tour-by-fOur timber plunged
through the bedding and mattress of
the bed on which Prvt. Ernest J.. Gisen-
bames of Company | was sleeping and
splintered the floor under the bed.
Only the fact that he was lying at the
very edge of the couch saved his life.
He was knocked unconscious and taken
to the hospital, where it was discovered
that he was unhurt,
Pvts James l.. Darlington and Cor
nellus +. CrOnin of Company d were in.
jured by the roof of Company F's bar
racks, which dropped beside their bar
racks opposite their beds. Darlington
was stunned and badly shaken up and
trOnin suffered severe cut in the back
of the head, which required seven
stitches to close. Both men are in the
hospital.
In Company l. there were two iron
hunks completely demolished by heavy
timber, which fell in such manner
that, had the two hunks been occupied,
the timber would have stIuck the Occu-
rants One of the owners Of the hunks
had been confined in the regimental
guardhOuse during the day and the
other was absent without leave at the
time.
The men Of Companies | and L were
without roofs and entirely in the
weather. Colonel Howell got in touch
with Captain Fair, the constructing
quartermaster, and arranged to move
the homeless men into the new concrete
barracks which had not yet been turn.
ed over to the troops.
Troops Are Moved About
The commanding general approved
this move. II was decided in order ia
facilitate administration to keep the
battalion together, so Companies /, X
TALON set of concrete quarters. Com
pany + moved into the quarters vacated
by Company X and Company i was or.
dcred to move into Company NJ S bar
racks, hut later it was decided that
their building could be prepared for
them with less work than would be re-
qured to make the move.
The move was begun about eight
thirty o'clOck yesterday morning and
the parade between the old barracks
and the new was soon studded with
moving white objects which on close in
speetion proved to he the white enam
elcd beds of seven hundred men, each
bed piled high with its owners belong
ings. The perfection of their high
state of training and organization wa.
brought to bear upon the problem OF
moving the seven hundred men, and Il
made the task comparatively simple
BY two O'Clock in the afternoon tn,
job was done and the men were able t.
attend the football game. The kitchel
ranges will not be ready for use unit
Tuesday, 80 the companies that move.
will mess in the old mess hail unit
then.
in the artillery post the quarters o
Capt. Roger Mason were damaged, tn
roof being lifted in some frenki,h man
ner and set eXactly in place on the nd
Joining quarters occupied by Capital
Lloyd. Hundreds of shingles from til
roof of the artillery and cavalry stable
were removed by the wind during tn
day and night and the roof Of the pos
headquarters was similarly treated.