The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-14
DEB TONS OF ICE.
sow Escape Of Three Mcn
from Death Yesterday.
! .ceHousE CRASHES oown.


- lnrneme spconfly buIIt ID The son6heast-
- 1rn9 q ~ 6eastIe Tfane1sr coUpAnyes
$50 No Z collapsed - 10 o'clock yessar-
rrntne, and II addition 70 . las Of ez.1o0.
- hbsgeu enplOyed 81 tbs hose Nd :
ooenpe from instant death.
s. 1nbuss Ia = bstlt On De brood enass
- soufA q ne iaxee wnxebouse ia which
Company. Like many sueh buiIdiuae
RI ~, Il Il built On = Staging which fests
1Im 1he p8iss under u - I'll capped. and
- re q q ecauf1ing stlIs about four feet
- sfiIts are likewise capped, and on
1919 ~ buiIdiug itself h conasruefed
81 Z. ~ oDeneoR. g. O. Guy ard n. ~ Davfdson
koeoas fussrestcd In de - hnstness,
~ weeks go secured space isxz2 fees
r ~ southeast corner of warehouse No.
- - sssftis Irsnsfer Company. and
lhero0u IN tcehUuso. This US COM
= ~ days aga. and on wednesday, ths
q 1I1lng Il with ice hegan. Ia the pre-
~ ~ gentlemen named received nine
q ~ nom east Of the mountains. and
40dning the work of storing IT. Ws1aes-
- ~ tons were placed Ia The houss snd
noceod that evening that The pilin9 nm
~ vueokoass had sAsged IittIe. lew
- 40 pue IN, ana nothing more was
= - ne matter.
8 n1ng m0rn1ns the work OF storing the Zee
- d6oeRack alouesfde Of the ieebouoe
49, 5oscs Of men under Mr. DAyidson
- q. William wolfe. l. A. Mathews and
~ 1nmon carried IL into The hose and
~ The nfst two piled the huge blocks Of
r 0nets ard the last mentioned drove =
d - Tor drawing the extra heavy pieces
~ r lmto he house.
RI ouns veil until II o'clock, By which time
s u ~ tone Of Ice had been plnced In the
m oo1denly. before : waning word sonId
4 I665m y the men on the inaide Of the buiid-
RI - vlline Under the icsh0uss gave way and
S - noeD. ~. Scoring and walls were pfscipi-
Z - hi mass 70 the water. nfisen fest teiow.
NJ, Mothews and Bfafnan were buried nm
j ~ ~ 1ebEia. and Tor minute nothing could
n - q them. Not : man In the scose
- ~ coagrsaated counted on ever
S oD1ln6 ooe q tbs three alive again. The action
r - uo1ss soon separated the floating mass,
U1en ~ GO tho men appeared on the sur.
- non6y hands lifted them 20 the wharf
~ Les q I'll, the horse, splendid grey
-, be'onking 70 the Transier Company.
Dooonea out
ufAeut 8 moments delay the three man
~no somovsd to the Boswell house. GU Grant
zotuk - Dr.. r. B. n. Miller summoned To
Ss19GoDdn Of I'll the physician's examination
5CVuo1nA noehtng serious u tho injuriss OF any
- = ~ thru men. Mathews head WAS bad
n - - his night Leo and foot were bruised.
Dumonfo back and right leg were cut and
Nu1DD1 nd wolfe's hight hip was spr4ined- The
N0rD1o e eaeh nan were dfesfS. In turn By
ri Mi11es Bsamen was removed later 10 his
6o1lnp % eouth Third and King streets, and
- ~ Mathews remained - the Boswell
1eu1A q beins their home. All three men are
ennAfRted. and are late arrivals from sostA
n11sea They hsd been employed Ut the Ice
3 hono tat three or four days
~ eoctton 81 the flooring Of the warehouse
- Ill Il shout 20xsO feet in size. In addition
= ~ The entire corner Of the building hes
Mo1o1 badly. This damage the Seattle Trans
~ Company VIII repair. s1d Manager shanbut
o1tnatee the cost Of the repairs af
- The lee lost cost SO per ton
lloeod In the warehouse, and besides Mcssrs.
cponees, Guy and Davidson have expended
6no1t 200 on The Ice house and for labor. thus
uoktna the total Ices e20oo The weight Of Ice
rnesd in the corner was clearly too great for
- support 70 bear, and 70 that the accident IL
lne.
The Seattle Transfer Company set force Of
0en - wosk repairing the warehouse yesterday
nstefnoou, and IT. Spencer and HIS amociates
AT another gang 10 work ct the same tune
M ~ ohjsu Of saving some Of the ice.