Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-23
PACIFIC COAST.

PACIFIC COAST.
New Paper...New Wharf.--shipping.
PogT TOWNSEND, Jan. 22.-Nessrs.
Bowen Il Walsh. formerly publis1Drs of
the northeast EHferprise, at Anacortes,
W: T., are about to start a newspaper in
tnis place. The material of the old
DsB'ocratic Press will be used on the
Few publication, which will appear in
about two weeks.
The schooner Mary Parker left here
today for Texada, B. c.. to load iron
ore for the smelling works at Irondale.
Inc bark Chiclayo is in the bay, lumber
laden. preparing for sea.
\ contract has been let for the piles
ior new extension to Union wharf.
We are informed that the owner of the
wharf, as soon as the new part ia built,
VIII put up large water tank thereon,
to supply steamers with water.
rieasansfies Of Life as the Railread
Frsat.
PORTLAND, Jan. 22.-The Oryoonian,s
Weeksville. Montana, Northern Pacific
front special says: last night E. d.
Enright, gambler, vas shot dead by
carpenter, named Blakesly. He had
been drunk and noisy all day, because
ms mistress haa been ordered out Of
town. HIS last fuss was with Blakeslv.
Wnom No struck over the head with q
revolver: Blakeely drew his revolver,
and fred twice. He is q temperate, in
aoseric1s man. and tho general verdict
is lustifiable homicide.
Last night q plan was laid to rob
wells, Fargo d CO.'sexpres. The plan
was to spot tho messenger, Joe Weisen-
berg, and then have things their own
way. 1t SO happened that the train iu
question was not the express train.
While Engineer Henry Chase was in
the caboose, ono of the would-be rob-
bers pulled q revolver, intending 70 kill
Chase, whom he mistook for Wsisen-
berg. The road is operated at this end
by construction department, and ali
cars are either box or fats. The rohber
IN pnlllnR his revolver accidentally dis-
charged it into his boot. This. Of
course. stopped business for the night,
On Saturday night the vigilantes pre-
ceeded to Thompson River, and cleared
the place OF rOughs. They then pro-
ceeded to Sand Point, where they found
two of them, nicknamed ssDick. the
Barber," and "Ohio DAN" Thev
brought the pair within two miles Of
here, and hung them on separate trees.
Both made confessions, stating .hev
were guilty. and had committed enouoh
depredations to have been hung long
ago.
4 Small Fire.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 22.-The fire at
Susanville proves less disastrous than at
first supposed. It started in saloon,
and burned several wooden buildings
occupied for building purposes. The
losses will probably not aggregate over
The southern California Train Aeci.
dent.
San Francisco, Jan. 22.-Porter Aahe.
who was on the train wrecked at Teha.
chapi, telagraphs as follows: NY wife,
maid and myself were occupying the
room OF the sleeper, and were
awakened BY the swaying Of the cars,
going at about tho rate Of seventy miles
an hour. We had just braced ourselves
when the crash came. The maid was
buried in the debris, my wife and fall
ing on top of her. The car Immediately
took fire. We were forced to take the
timber and blrning boards from of the
maid piece BY piece. The car became
enveloped in smoke, but by breaking a
window at the top of the car succeeded
in rescuinR my wife and maid, BY push
ing them through the window. We
we're climbing off the car, nearly suffo-
GATED by smoke, when heard a man
calling for help, and begging me not to
leave him. l reached down through tho
window, and succeeded in getting hold
OF Gov. Downey's hand, and pulled
him out nearly strangled. While help
ing the maid to the ground my wife
stepped on a window and fell through
into the car again. The car by this
time was burning rapidly, and it Is i'm
possible to tell how / got her out. I
jumped with her to the ground, and
Immediately ran down tho hill to avoid
the flames. Before leaving the car
pushed through tho window q soalskin,
. dolman lined with fur, two blankets
and one mattress. We had no other
except night shirts. The wind
was blowing strong and it was intensely
cold. We were surrounded by the dying
and dead. Gov. Downey, Mr. Cassweli,
my wife and maid, Mr.. Howard Tilton,
who rendered us great assistance and
acted splendidly, a child of Waterhouse
and myself, occupied the mattress, and
were only protected BY the blanket till
came from. Tehachapi. Tho
people did everything in their
power to relieve the distressed, and
from superintendent down to brake
man, all acted with the utmost delicacy
and courtesy. We were provided with
warm clothes and all comfortably
housed.
Personal.
SAN FRANcIsoo, Jan. 22.-J. Lomis, of
Portland, arrived from the East this
morning on the Southern route.
=. Holt, of Portland, is visiting his
friends In Alameda. He will return
north in the course Of . week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John. Gran and niste
left this afternoon for the East. They
will return in about six weeks.
Geo. I. Meyers, Of the firm of Jack
son d Meyers, is stopping in oakland.
He is guest of John Crellin, formerly
Of Shoalwater BAY.
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