The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-10

who was trying 10 cast of the offending
lines % the Sarah N. Renton. was also
punished lie was fshed out OF the water
al the end OF o long rope. When pulled
aboard the steamer ne was very much
astonishcd and very mad.
The dock fell about 4 o'clock In the af
tcrnoon The steamship Mexico had just
sailed from the Ocean dock. and the crowd
OF interested sightseers gathered there
made bee line for the new scene
OF interest ~ first IL seemed that the
water end OF Central wharf had simply
But investigations proved that there were
other reasons. though age and general
debility were the prime ones. In the
outer end Of the warehouse George VIII
ley. the lessee. had stored 90 barrels OF
lime and about twenty-five tons OK hay.
The weight OF this had caused tAe wharf
20 weaken. The steamer Sarah NJ. Rem
ton. which pulls out ~ ( O'Clock in the az
tcrnoor- gave a tug on one OF the lines
attached 20 the wharf just ms she was
casting Of and this caused the structure
60 shake on It's rotten underpinning aud
fan
The ;ered0s had been getting in their
work They haf tunneled and croSscut and
excaVated tiH thc piles were honey eombed
els anybody hurt ." was The startled ax-
Vl1wation Of the siEhtseers as they arrived
painting on the scene. The three little boys
who had heen playing On the hay were
objects ~ Ereat so,citpde. until Il was
finally agreed that they had made their es-
cape by running down the Gaibralth dock.
which lies right alongside Two 90 the
boys we're bleeding from flesh wounds On
the head They were brothers. Oscar and
Fahbis Cornelius. TIE third boy was not
bleeding. but from the look on his fare as
IN stepped 7ut for home. he must have
been Suffering Internally.
49,
they began inegaesiatesy 50 smoke and It
Sas feared thst ere you'd ada % the dam
aCc already donc At the request OF Geo.
I Wiley. a small boat manned 10y th-eo
men pnt 1n from TIE steamer Mabel.
which Law in the slip, and went m among
tho Wre-ksre. The barrels II lire were
moved beyond reach o. conhustih!e mate
riat A search showed no signs az a body
in the mass ~ broken plies, Umhers and
shingles Tbe only person hurt Nas the
Waterman. Frank Worta. and thy extent
- h3s injuries was a docking ana some
| less - cuticie
Tast portion - the wharf which fell yes
ier3sy was fariE feet fr3m the oeter s0d
~ tha warehouse \ platform AZ the ex-
trsr1e water ena n ERE dock vas left
siau5!nE The oniy aupzren; reason Rhy
Sc escaped Nas he~ause - a fisherman wnc
eat calmly hating his hook waUe devss5a-
slap refined az hts rear. The }sss as cst.-
mattel tN George whey. vii amount 20
Rheuf tEs The 3crE Mas rept e3 year
asa q aa'f axe. Some care beirs taken %
s--are goct fender piles, hut lsavinS thc
middle - ere wharf VITA scant support.
{ TIE 8eck ss part 80 F. T. Terfs-s estate
ans ts owurt new hy the Puget Sound
Nsf.rrsi heuk There - nc loslFla.ee.
/ Erron tne vez Mr. Wiley the asssee. sreka
Yesterday f s. q faTeEo0a conclusion that
/ - VIII ha,d tNe ahart avrue~s Responsible
GER h.s Joss lie e'atsnet thst r vas ehrlr
lookout O. keep tsa vHavf ia EoeI enough
| condition 20 star& zap. some &c the hav
was saved
TIRE accompanying sketch was .sksn bv
| TIE Pest fTtft' tr~0cer artist eTaal tne ds-k
| az ths stea ~se~ state e Wasaineta-. vslet-h
lsv .n TIE soath s.'e of Yssav wharf. ard
shows fAe wreck aS Is appea-e1 from tas
/ nartN west
! Tas Ssyas NJ Eeatea e>t avsv wi1he1.
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