The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-21

As usual, Sunday was productive Of
a lengthy chapter Of accidents in which
automobiles and motorcycles figured.
The chapter started in the morning
with smash-up between an automo
bile driven by Charles r. Bye, which
ran into two Japanese boys returning
from a fishing trip, on Keeaumoku
Street near King Street. ~
During the afternoon, two unknown
automobiles collided on King Street
near Sheridan Street, but no injury to
the occupants resulted, nor was either
car seriously damaged. z ..'...... H..
Motorcycle Officer Berry Sizemore,
coming into town on King Street near
Keeaumoku, about six clock in the
afternoon, ran into an automobile driv-
en- by Judge r. p. Quarles, with dis
astrous results to himself NJ
Half an hour later, Henry G. Vida
and Japanese, riding downward on
motorcycle, while coming through Wal.
kakalau Gulch, went over an embank.
ment with their machine, and were
picked up unconscious and brought to
town. Vida received serious, and pos
sibly fatal injuries. ..r~
Two Boys Hurt
Charles r. Bye, driving auto No.
ll39, figured in the first accident,
which occurred at half past ten O'Clock
in the morning; as did s. Yamane and
A. Kimura, two Japanese boys who
were returning home from a fishing
| trip and riding a bicycle. - j.. t.,.1,
The japanese were riding down Kee.
aumoku Street and the automobile had
just turned into that street from King
Street, being, It is said, on the wrong
/ side of the road. sf', "t@rH. 81. 4
In the smash.up Yamane suffered
disloeatiOn of one of the dorsal bones
of the left hand, and Kimora sustained
a lacerated left ear. The injuries of
both boys were treated at the Emer-
geney Hospital .. s.. .,
Following the accident Bye picked
up the boys and drove them in his car
to Queens Hospital, where they were
refused admittance, the official in
charge not even consenting to admins
ter first aid. Dr. r. @. Aver said last
1 night that this official told Bye that in
future no emergency. cases whatever,
would be received at the hospital.
Police oficer Injured
| Motorcycle Officer Berry Szemore,
riding motorcycle collided with an
automobile driven by Judge r. p.
Quarles, at the junction of King and
Keeaumoku Streets, early in the eve.
ming, and was badly cut and bruised
about the head and body in conse.
quenee.
Judge Quarles, according to Size
more, was coming down KeeaumOku
Street and stopped his machine, broad
side on, in the middle of King Street
The police officer, who says that his
machine was in low gear at the time,
ran straight into the car, wrecking his
motorcycle and sustaining nasty cuts
on the forehead, lip and left leg, be-
sides spraining both hands. The fen
der of the automobile was bent.
SizemOre was treated at the Emer.
gency Hospital and sent home. He will
hardly be fit for duty for several days.
Vida Seriously Injured
Henry c. Vida, an employee Of the
Hawaiian Dredging Company, and a
Japanese man, were badly injured in
a motorcycle accident which occurred
in Waikakalau Gulch about half-past
six clock.
The two men were riding tandem,
with Vida in front, and the machine
either went from control or skidded
with the result that it went over the
embankment on the makai side of the
road and fell distance of thirty or
forty feet
Both men were rendered temporarily
unconscious and were picked up by an
automobile driven by japanese which
was following behind and taken to the
residence of DR.. r. J. McGettigan, gov
eminent physician at Waipahu, who ad.
ministered first aid.
j AS soon as they had sufficiently re.
covered from the shock, the injured men
/ were taken to Honolulu in an automo"
bile and received at Queens Hospital
where they are Mt present confined
The Japanese is suffering from con-
cussion of the brain and Vida has a
broken nose, badly cut lip, and prob
able fracture of the outer table of the
skull. He is heavy man, weighing
close onto $50 pounds, and fell with
tremendous force. st.
| When the spill occurred the japanese
was shot clean over the machine and
when found was lying alongside Vida
with the motorcycle on top of him.