The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-18
Prof. Arthur 4. Beals Killed on
the Arizona.
FALLS THROUGH A HATCHWAY.
piuagfux Downward for Forty Feet
He strikes on His Head-t ni~srs-
ffy of Washfnsson Loses u Mem
her of Its Faeaify-Fred II. NAL
Tory Hurt by Being Preeipitat~d
Through the same Hatehway.

4 terrible tragedy ended yesterdays Ped
Cross reception on board the steaEasaip
Arizona. lying a. Oceaa dock.
Prof arthur II. Ee@is % he University
OF Washington plunged 70 instant death
through a ha:chway 70 tie lover hold
Fred T. Mallory. slipping clerk FOR
fcDwabarFser Bro~. Hardware Company. by
Ct almost similar Fall SUSTAINED d compound
fracture OF tie thigh. II Is not believed
that he IL Internally injured II this be
true. there IS rs probable doubt OF his re-
covery.
Pro- Beals wag recently elected 20 the
chair OF philosophy and education ia the
University OF Washington. lie leaves a
family end q father and mother Avia. IL
Mount Vernon, skagit county.
story Of the Accident.
How Pref. Beals came to fat through
the open hatchway viii never DE- actually
known. The suruiise is that in cropping
around ia the pitch dark Of the between
eecks. he stumbled and fell through. III
body was not discovered until search was
Icing made Cor young Mallory. Thea It
vas reen. by the dim light Of a lantern
lying huddied far down in the bottom u
the hold.
Among those who paid the 70 cents each
ard went OF board the big steamship veg
;~-day afternoon according 70 the p,rInls
sion granted to the local Red Cross society
tv capt Robinson. were Mr. Mallory AMI
her son Fred. MIS-. Mallory holne Is 81
Los Angelea Gal She IA visiting with
IRE family % Mr. : Il. Hicks. AIter roam
!nx about the de@ts 9f the big liner FOR
some tis1e, Mrs Mallory and her son came
urnn n door on the port side az the main
deck marked. To Fln}iarsnts' Decks. TIE
door was closed, but not locked Fred pro
POSED that they 70 below and see the erni-
grant quarters Has mother said she won
r. .nain Oh deck aiflil li* rei1ITIsd, not car
tnx to go down The young man assenied
ard ;hen Gisa Dpesrcd down ths companion
wav IN not bo gore long" he called out.
Mfs Mallory s5oll~a at on the deck.
She xafted ttye minutes. Ten b9fteefi.
Then she hecasae uneasy. just then First
Officer Anes ~ charge Of the boat came
tfat way. NJ Mallory told him lie. son
had gone below indicating where. and
erkeG tire officer II he kaew what ccu!d be
down There - a"ta.n him for SUCH "a length
os tine.
"No'lrs" replied Mr.. Alnes. But" he
added. after Il moments thought. THERE'S
an open hatcNway Down thars through
w)l.ch a person NIGH. fall"
Searching WITH "a Lantern.
Than one ot the Chinese crew vas sent
fer 4 lantern. To SO down into tina pitchy
'twcea decks without light was useless.
Cinnamon are clo~-or. a. Least this o"c
was, ank; I, seemed hours 20 tae now thor
oughly alarmed mother before he came
smuggling back Instead % a lantern he
hns brought CnlY email nr','>-eye. Mr..
Ames took Il ana cta -! j down ;t~ steep.
dark sizes Mrs Mallory followed,
Al tie bottom af the ladder jaH officer
stopped. IL wa@ as.oDiF'lei. - taH small
V<h; os tho aul.'e-e.e ~ saw tnti some
on. had pu!trI away from ths door lead
!Eg tato - UPPER tween deck a large
frank which, he he'd placed there expires "
t. prevent tha door being opened. The
taof Stoof ~,de s}Ar. The officer nutter-
81 Something ana picked his Wy catsiuHy
over the p!1.s u RUBBISH thtoIGA The
ac0rwa& AIRS Mallory followed. Af'tr
IL. came tAe CA!uAn3n. 4 vas fever In
tended that any but one Of the crew shon j
come down hese Tbe ofgicera OF the ship
never dreamed :hat any ono else would
Iiut Some one ESQ had.
Tho three GAsrChars leaned cautiously
ov.r The e.lre - ma open hatch. The sin
81 rav Of the bulPs-vv- wAyered feeh'y
rrn+, snca 20 s.tg far duSn into the inky
d-ttns e the ho'4. Then is single ray
yes,e1 upon faek form, lying fac ~ on
ihe snaf, casing twenty five Zee below
/ VS. eau T'ae fat or eer eaoie1 a
stitc1 exclamation Nj Mallory scream
81 she ha- fac9gn'~ea ne form ~ her
bov fIe .ay Ike oa@ dead she ;hoIght
l., gag
Then r4a uGa; officer sesst the ChIoamaa
.sarf- IL rer y rsal lantern. lie scream
Nh che companion way. Again = seetuti
louE# ae'fern Ae returned n iaF' ~ 'fNe
wits sha r~ht. Leaning @ar over Che elsr
ar go NatchWav TIA thT~e cou'd sfe ar
o.aes form lying Tofie33s~s IN ~ ae~p
shadows a. the bettNm - fae holA. Two -
sMuttrrea ,ho nrst vfsevr
urimetuG rp the HedI-s
TIE baschvay 90 - main deck wa then
opened and tAe hole .n'er.cr food~d wits
last. \ mattress MSS hyoega, ara tender