Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-11
rAsTERN NEWS.
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c-,rvxs. Sept. 9.-Two serious acct
- centred Yesterday afternoon. at
.shs uoountain, on the South Park
- !. which seven employees were
49, three, il is Thought, fatally.
Srctor Livingston's freight train
S.en made into two sections to
- down the hill. The first section
~ the Grade successfully, but at the
IN into q construction train, in
c;,c four men, but none fatally. The
y...a lection was less fortunate. Just
=. ~ too of the immense grade. while
s.n;no at the usual speed, the engine
:s~red the track. and eight cars back
~ere telescoped down an embank-
10 Y. s. Foster, engineer; Ed sard
S-ks head brakeman, and Conductor
az. Livingston were injured, probably
e..sIiv. The wreck was a terrible one.
- sounded men we're extricated from
=. nina and brought to this city, ar
.;.tcc this morning, when the particu-
s.,s we're first learned. Ii is said the
s.eident vas due through an unknown
ssrse. but the heavy train evidently got
~ mastery over the engine and rushed
Scvn the mountain where the grade ia
shont 200 feet to the mile, with terrific
,slooity until sharp curve WAS eHcoun-
ss.sd ana the engine left the track, con-
.istely vrecking the train. That any
sscaned instant death seems almost mir
nCul0ua.
Collision with Fatal Results.
RIIrnoRE, Sept. 8.-A collision &C.
myred to-day on the Western Marylaui
Railroad, q miles from this city, be-
tveen a locomotive coming east and an
srmrsion train coming from Washing
ton for Penmar, with several hundred
nseule on board. The collision occurred
throuQh q misunderstanding of orders,
snd m 4 narrow cut near Patapsco sta
ton. The locomotives came together
Nth terrific crash, and the one going
sssf iumped entirely ON top of the other.
They were wedged 30 tightly together
that at a late hour tonight they had
not been separated. A msn named
Simous on the cast bound engine Was
Killed outright. James McGufiin and
Edward Jewett, engineers, we're both
horribly scalded by escaping steam.
The track has been obstructed all day,
and passengers had to be transferred.
Tbs excursi0nists from Washington re-
NAMED at the wreck till o'clock this
afternoon, and were then brought back
and proceeded to Washington. None of
she excursionists were injured.
Fishing schooner sunk.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8.-The fishing
schooner Mary Francis, from this port,
was run into and sunk by the English
steamer Alvah. loaded with iron ore,
Friday night, 20 miles southeast Of Cape
Hsnl0pen. The crew, consisting of IA
msn, were landed in this city tonight 10y
tug from the steamer.
A Tinc-Esenercd Custom.
BALrMoRE, Sept. 9.-The remnant Of
the Association of the Defenders of
Baltimore in 1912 and 1914 held relig-
ioos services today. For many years it
has been the custom of the association
70 assemble at the City Hall on the Sun
day preceding the anniversary OF the
battle Of North Point, and. after march
ing aroand the battle monument, pro-
seed 10 the church. Today the meeting
and marching were omitted, because Of
The infirmities of the members, and
thsy were taken to the church from
thar homes in carriages, under escort
Of Wilson post Of the g. A. Il. There
wsee only six defenders present-Wm.
Batchelor, aged 66; George Bous, 80;
Nathaniel Watts, Is; Samuel Jennings,
g; Darius Wheeler, sc, and James Nor
ford. Gel. E. 8. Kansbury, "a, and As
bury jarrett, 81, are the remaining men,
beers Of the association.
Taessn Remarkably Daii.
NEW YoRx, Sept. 8.-The telegram
has special purporting to come from
Tucson, Arizona, saying: I'VE are pass
~ through . crisis which ID without
psoedeut. All the commercial houses
hTuoson are cl0sinQ, one after another,
0aeoount Of dullness Of trade. The
iuableG With the Apaches. who are con-
emnally on the wafpath and never sub
dued, are the principal causes Of the
oAQnAttou. No one feels that he il
safe o0tnlde Of town. Miners, ranch
men and travellers live in constant
The Amber Mardep.
BnrD0RroRr Conn, Sept. 9.-Capt.
Nathan Clark father of Rose Clark
Amber, murdered last Sunday night,
arrived With his schooner this morning.
He had not prevously heard Of his
daughters murder, and was terribly
shocked.
why Parker Abseonded.
BosroN, Sept. 9.-The absconding
James U. Parker, OF Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, having accustomed the
failure of the Boston firm Of Parker 4
0afret, the following facts In regard TO
tho Williamsport partners disap pear
ance are Of interest: IL seems that be
fore ascending he embezzlsd large
sum OF money from his law partner,
Bentley. As soon rs the latter made M
h1o s~zs~sI Akut ~ ,t~ kuA nH
cd be started for New York, to see IL he
could get any trace of him. He found
that he had registered at the Hoffman
House. Bentley is unable to say what
10 the exact amount Of Parker's embez-
slement, but fears il will run mp to $780,
O00, ~ new facts are developing. Il Ia
now thought that Parker carried away
With him over SO 600. Il is understood
that 0ns Of the young ladies Of Will
iamsport has gone with him, and il is
believed the couple started for Europe.
Nlmme's Report On raeiac Cereals. ;.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Sin his annual
report, Nimmo, chief Of statistics. says.
regarding the transportation of cere ,ls
fr0m the Pacific states. that there are
nov upwards of 600 vessels engaged in
the California wheat carrying trade, and
Mis- traffic is the most profitable in
vAioh the merchant marine OF the world
can engage. In his opinion large per-
csntage Of this traffic ought TO be Sc
eufed by the railroads. He has OBJ
tanned and will publish q mass Of evil
denoe, bearing upon the practicibility
Of competition Of railroads with yes
sells, together with views Of interested
leFssns. OF the three transcontinental
i0utes new completed. Nimmo il OF the
q Union that the Southern Pacific offers
the creates. advantage for freight trans
porsAtion from the California vhe.t
growing territory, because the distance
o be Travelled by rail before reaching
u 10 water is less by that route than by
either Of the others, Galveston or New
Orleans Offering excellent facilities for
shipping cargoes. The Northern Pa
cifo offers excellent facilities as an
sutlet for the surplus production OF Orc-
con and the northern boundary Of the
wheat bait to Duluth, where the lakes
md the Erie or Weliand canal furnish
transportation TO the seaboard, thus
ma:efially reducing the ceat Of carry
Ina. The Union Pacific route, although
q has been completed several years, has
never engaged any considerable share
OF this traffic, only $50 carloads having