The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-22
MANGLED BY A CAR.
One Fatal Misstep Costs . Pas
senger His Life.
GROUND UNDER the WHEELS.
Andrew Sheblad STEPS From One Car IN
Yroot q Another and Meets
Death-An OLD Resident

AuofeW N. SnooiSu, t8itOr ABOUT "a
years Of age. was struck by Fremont
electric car No. . at $50 yesterday even
ing and fatally injured. dying at 10 O'Clock
last night at the hospital
Shoblad took car No. Is at University
street to go to mis- home on the hill on the
west Of Lake Union. The path to tho
house leads up from the boulevard around
the vest shore of the lake at point about
. half mile from the Western mills and
near the old water works. When
tho car came to this point. Sho-
blad signalled the conductor to stop
the car. The conductor did so and
Shoblad stepped off. About two car
lengths away and coming from Fremont
was car No. q. Shoblad evidently did not
see it. but the conductor warned him Of
the danger. He turned to look back at the
conductor, ct the same time making step
forward directly in front Of the approach
ing car. which was bearing down ON HIM
at full speed and with the motorman dong
his best to stop it and ringing
tho gong. 1t was all over in an
instant. The car struck the unfortunate
man full in the side and. knocking him
down. passed over him, cruising his chest
and fracturing his skull. He was not
crushed by the wheels, the car throwing
him at full length parallel with the rails
and in the center OF the track. The mo-
tors and other machinery under the car
are raised but about eight inches above the
roadbed, 90 that it is not strange that Sho-
blad was crushed so badly. The car ran
about sixty yards before it was brought to
. standstill.
The unconscious and bleeding man
Was picked up. placed on the same car
which had passed over him and brought
to the city. The patrol wagon carried him
to the hospital and physicians were sum-
moned. Drs. Weed and Coo did oil in
their power to aid him, but he expired at
10 o'clock last night without recovering
consciousness. surrounded by his family
6hoblad had q tailor shop at 200 Uni
versity street and lived at 1901 Dexter
street with his family, consisting of three
well grown daughters and son of II. He
was q sober and industrious man, native
of Sweden and was in reasonably easy
circumstances. He had lived IN Seattle
for several years and had many friends.
but belonged to no secret society or order.
A Posr-INrELIIGEScEs reporter had in
terviews with several residents of Free
mont who were passengers on car Is,
which Is open SO that the passengers saw
everything which TOOK place. one o. the
clearest statements was made by Mrs.
Minnie Luther. She said:
"The man vho was hurt VIA, in the
same car with me coming out from the
city. He was perfectly sober. and no
tlced nothing out Of the way III his &C
TONS when ne wisnea 10 get on at
pSsce sol. olIssnce from the
cnrarc.or ia th. ~.
broneht to n dead .ton' He had been
sitting in the same seat with me ON the
outer side and when the car stopped he
got down and started to cross the other
track. l saw the downtown car coming at
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