The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-24
ELL INTO THE BAY.
Serious Accident to a Ballard
Electric Car.
ONE MAN FATALLY INJURED.
DerafIed at q Switch. the Car Rolls Ans0
the Water-Passengers' struK9is
for Liberty.

car on the West Street and North End Fec.
trio road jumped the track On the bouies"
On the North Seattle water front apoas
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and Toiiea ose1
into the tide fats with It's tsenty-thfee passsa
gers. the motorrnan anj conductor. i. feii on
two piles, which crashed through the windows
and nearly killed one man After via s.fus
gle al those on board escaped or were feseoso'
and no others were seriously Injured.
The ear. No. S. was going toward Ballard N
Charge of &. L. Dill, the mo.orTnsn, ana ". :.
Peterson, the conductor, aud had just reaehcu
the switch near the former site OF Johnson
mill, when another ca- seen coming sonth-
ward, and il WINS backed down TO a sidesfack
little to the south and on the side OF the eessis
nearest the water. On reaching the sWisen
the crew took the trolley on 'ns
wire and then pushed the car mo
the side track. Dill was just about to put the
trolley On the wire again, but the switch seems
10 have been cloggef for the front wheels re-
manned on the main track, while the rear
whesls went on the side track. This threw the
car around almos. at right angles to the tracA
and II rolled over sideways, broke down the ience
nearest deep water and fell into the water lhe
bed OF the bay is a: that point about fourteen
feet below the boulevard, and was covered win
about six feet OF water. The car Tell squarely
or its side upon two piles, whose jagged ems
crashed through the windows and now stieK up
above it rs 1t lies IN the water.
scene Of terror followed among the oeeu-
pants OF the car. Just as IL struck the water
Peters jumped of and caught on pile. badly
bruising his legs. Dill remained on fhe plat
form and received similar injuries. The one
idea of the passengers. among whom were three
women. was TO get out of the water, anu tney
took the first measures to escape which came
into their minds. The first thing 10 occur TO
most OF them was to break the windows On the
upper side, and. Indifferent to cuts. they
p wit head fat u
came upperInost. Without giving thought 10
their own Injuries. Dill and Peters set to work
10 rescue the prisoners, and, finding ladder
handy. used it Il means OF ascent to the street.
Nobody was cooler than Mrs. Dill, the vile ei
the motormaa. She gathered up her bundles 40
they Hoated about the car, climbed through
broken window, deposited her baggage on the
street and returned to help the other passengers
III as matter OF TACT way though she were
accustomed to the experience.
David DarvilIe suffered the most serious In
iurIes. ana his recovery is doubtful. lie must
have been sitting directly opposite of the
Windows through which the piles pushed their
Jagged ends One OF them caught him as the
car fell and forced him through the upper win
dow with it, crushing in every rib on his lett
site aud breaking them IN three places. OAR
Vile Is n widower SO years old and has two sous,
both grown up. He is the owner OF Il small keg
and bucket factory near the power house at
William N. Curtis, OF Ballard, was badly
bruised about the eye and on the left arm,
Frank katn sustained serious cut over the eye,
and other passengers received similar slight in.
juries.
The car which was approaching at the time OF
the accident was pressed into service and took
the drcnehed and bleeding passengers to BeuIe-
ward and Ballard, where most OF them live.
Daryille was taken off at his home at Boulevard
IN aa unconscious condition and was attended
by DR. c. w. sharpies. who restored him to con-
sciousEess, but forbade his talking. He could
not tell how he WIS injured, ne was in
sensible from the time the pile struck him. The
others were attended by DR.. Walter Johnston,
who dispelled rumors that some of them were
permanently injured
5. l.. shuffteton, the superintendent of the
road. is of the opinion that the accident was
due to- the breaking of either wheel or an
axle but the failure of the switch to open when
the front wheels passed the pointis the explana
tion adopted by several of the car men, Mr.
shuffieton does not attach any blame to Dill O,
Peters, and says that he would trust them in
preference to any other men. The damage e
the car Is not expected to prove serious as is is
lying fat on its side.
The presence of mind of Gripman 8 A. Tay
Tor. of car No 10. on the Madison street cable
line. saved drunken mans life last night A,
$40 o'clock. After crossing Front street. goina
west toward the turntable, the cars travel ran
idly. and OF late. owing 10 the snow and rain
1t has been easy matter 10 stop the cars a,
moments notice. As the car approached tbs
turntahle a drunken man reeled forward and
fell headlong on the turntable, his neck almos,
on the rail. The grip:nan saw the situation and
put tho brakes down with all his might and
succeeded i'll stopping the about nine inehe,
from the man. The drunken fellow was pulled
off the track and went staggering down We.
street. never realizing how close he came t.
losing his head.
A Chinafnan named All Sing. with Iarp.
bundle OF clothes on his shoulder. was attennt
ing to cross Madison street yesterday afternoon
when two cars, approaching from opposit,
directions, confused him, and before he coult
get out OF the way the cur III charge of E. Ken
nedy bumped him. sending the clothes ayin.
and the Chinaman seooting along in the slush
Fortunately he was not injured and after col
1ecting his scattered senses and clothes, nrn
ceeded on his way.