Kauai County HI Archives Obituaries.....Nishida, Shoichi July 23, 1921
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The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., 7-26-1921
NISHIDA, SHOICHI
JAPANESE BOY BURNED TO DEATH AT WAILUA SATURDAY.  Shoichi Nishida, a 17-year-old 
Japanese boy, was burned to death last Saturday morning at two o'clock when a fire 
destroyed his father's house at Wailua. The boy was burned to a crisp, and the 
house had fallen in before his body could be recovered. The fire was of unknown 
origin. The family, consisting of K. Nishida, a well-known Wailua rice planter, 
his wife Sokichi Nishida, and two smaller children, were all asleep in the house 
at the time of its origin. One of the small children was first awakened by the 
smoke and flames. His cries soon awakened the family who ran outdoors in their 
night clothes. As the father went out, he carried a new sewing machine which he 
had recently purchased with him. By the time the family had got out of doors, the 
fire had gained considerable headway, enveloping the entire structure in flames. 
The father decided to go back into the building to try to recover some of the 
personal belongings. Shoichi shouted to him to stay out and then ran in himself. 
The flames were then sweeping the doorway, and the boy was evidently suffocated 
soon after he got inside the house. He was not heard nor seen again until after 
the roof fell and the fire had entirely destroyed the building. His body, when 
finally found, was burned to a crisp. The boy was born in Lihue a little less than 
17 years ago. He moved with his father to Wailua when he was a small child. He 
just graduated from the Kapaa school last year and has been helping his father in 
the rice work since that time. 


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