The record-union., 1894-11-30
Special to the REcoRD-UxroN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNToN.
TACOMA, Nov. %. - Investigation
proves conclusively that last nights land
slide was caused neither by tidal wave
nor earthquake. Puget Sound has very
steep shores. just outside the Northern
Pacific docks the bank slopes into deep
water at an angle of forty-tive degrees.
Fifty feet from the dock the water is
from 100 to 200 feet in depth. At great
expense the railroad has put in solid
docks of made land, supported on the
water side by rock wall built against
pllIng driven into the mud. This was
not strong enough to bear the immense
pressure, and when the high bank further
up had been made slippery and loose by
recent rains, the outer edge of the dock
began to slide and finally gave way, pre-
cipitating into deep water one of the most
valuable portions of the water front. The
submerged strip is 800 feet long and 200
feet in width
Two persons were killed-Emma
StubbS, tue l5-year-old stepdaughter OF
II. ii. Alger, boathouse proprietor, and
John Hansen, the night watchman, who
was carried down with the eugine-hOuso
containing the boiler and pumps which
furnished the power with which the bluff
side WAS being washed down by hydrau-
lie pressure and the balance of the
wharves filled in beneath. y lew min
utes before the slide Hansen had been
talking with Policeman keene. The lat
ter Is certain that Hansen had no chance
to escape. either of the bodies have
been recovered.
superintendent McCabe says the per-
manent damage to the railroad d cks
Will not amount TO over $1,000. The work
OF repairing the ocean dock, where the
san Francisco steamers land, Will COM
mence Tomorrow, but the rebuilding of
! the seaWall Tor i, 500 feet will be deferred
until the chief engineers at 81. Paul can
decide What plan shall be adopted TO in
sure future permanence. This will tax Q
ten days or two weeks.
The south end of the sound warehouse
III which were offices Of the Cashier and
twenty freight clerks, went down in the
crash. The safe contained s., 400 in cash
and valuable papers worth $4,000. 1t
was supposed this safe and The valuable
freight records had been sunk in 200 feet
OF water, but this evening the two-story
building i'll which the freight offices were
located was found partly submerged on
the beach at Gig harbor, eight miles
away. / he safe ana records are now
supposed 10 be safe. y driver had been
telegraphed for to come and search for
them.
The damage to shipping will amount
to $4,000 or 5000, and the other losses
can be literally estimated at $1,000. The
total property loss is therefore within
$4,000. The damage TO shipping con-
slstS OF the sinking and injuring Of i've
small steamers tied up alongside the
docks which caved ill.,
y second section of the Northern Pa
cific's Puget Sound freight warehouse
caved in shortly after III o'clock. This
section was l2O feet in length, and it
leaves but forty-tive feet OF the ware
house remaining just north OF the Sec
ton which went last night. Part of the
warehouse went into the water and part
of 1t remains suspended on the dock 5
edge. All the freight was removed TO-
Gay. The slides last night and tonight
occurred just little before low tide. 1t
is feared more of the made land will 90.