Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 504, 23 January 1902 — BLAST OF DYNAMITE PRODUCED STONY HAIL [ARTICLE]

BLAST OF DYNAMITE PRODUCED STONY HAIL

CARELESS JAPANESE ARRESTED Coral Rock Sent Skyhigh Descended Through the Skylight of Metropolitan Meat Market Serious C:nsequences Narrowly Averted. Careless Japanese contractor*, who have the excavating of a lot on King street adjoining the Metropolitan Meat Company, set off a powerful blast of dynamite about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, which sent up a quantity of coral to a great height The rock descending crashed through the skylight and into the private office of Manager Waller. Fortunately no one was present in the room at the time. The result of the blast caused a brief hail of assorted sized stones to fall upon the rojf. In a number of instances they w»nt through the various skylight snd produced a hail of shattered glass about the meat market. Many panes of glass were broken in consequence. The racket occa sioned by the explosion attracted th attention of passers-by among whom was Captain Darker of the police force. He promptly arrested Morimi : to Iwaba and Chubawara who attended to this branch of excavating, and took them to th" police station where they were charged with common nuisances, their bail being fixed at J5O. The police department has repeat edly received complaints of a similar nature ertning from Japanese who are from time to time conducting blasting operations in different parts of the city. The men in charge of such work are perfectly familiar with the methods employed in the prevention of danger from falling rock. That the provisions laid down by Ter tutorial ordinances are violated is in most case* not due to ignorance but to slo r carelessness.