Kauai County HI Archives Obituaries.....Ah Nee, Charles February 7, 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kathie Kloss Marynik hawaiizeis@gmail.com January 9, 2015, 1:08 pm The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., Feb. 9, 1915 AH NEE, CHARLES FELL DOWN CLIFF AND LOSES LIFE. Charles Ah Nee, aged about 27, engineer of the Lihue Electric Light & Power Company's branch at Waimea, fell down a cliff on the Olokele ditch trail Sunday afternoon and died a few hours later as a result of his injuries. Accompanied by Manuel and Johnny Silva and a Chinese boy named Sui Chin, he had been far up into the canyon, and the boys were returning home when the accident occurred. It appears that while walking along on the ridge, Ah Nee slipped and went over the precipice. He grasped a bush to save himself, but it pulled up and the poor fellow had a drop of several feet and then went down the slanting embanking 40 or 50 feet, his fall being stopped by a tree which he struck. When the companions of Ah Nee reached the unfortunate, they found both of his arms had been broken and he was complaining of severe internal pains. Manuel Silva started for Waimea to get help. Two policemen and others started out in an auto and reached the scene at about 10 o'clock at night, to find, however, that Ah Nee had expired an hour before. The journey back to Waimea started a short time later. It took the party until 6 o'clock Monday morning to get the body down from the mountains, and Waimea was reached about 7:30. The funeral will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Deceased leaves a widow and two children. This was the first day Ah Nee had had from duty in several months, the rush work at the plant requiring his attendance there every day, including Sundays. He was a young man of exceptionally steady habits and was well liked by all his acquaintances. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/kauai/obits/ahnee469gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb