The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-20

Damage suits ware the order Of yester-
Gay In the superior court Papers were
nled In I'VE cases. the amounts agyregat-
Ing &4flA Tho three largest suits are
against corporations for personal injuries
sustained &nd the two others are Instituted
BY victims Of the wreck Of the steamship
Corona.
TIE First Avenue Railway Company -
the defendAn. in 3S.ooo damage suit hlsa
by Sam Erickson. = .aborer. who claims
to have been severely injured In the rail-
way company's power house On March -
while assisting In splicing the cable a. sn
smploye Of the company.
Erickson alleges that he was directed 70
stand between the carriage. which holds
the slack OF the cable. and the bell post.
and hold the cable in its grooves upon ths
winderA While % engaged. he says. the
compAny's engineer. N. d. James was or
dsCed 70 start the engine for the purpose
Of taking up the slack In the cable, but
negiigntly started the engine IN the
wrong direction. and instead of separating
the ben post and the sarriase. brought
them together Violently.
Erickson says that his left Jaw was
broken In two places by the blow. his
teeth Knocked loose, his right ear torn
loose from hts head. and his head cut and
bruised by contact with the beIl post. He
alleges that prior to the accident he was
In rood physical health and able 10 earn
eood wages but that since the accident ne
has been unable to work and has suffered
untold pain ard distress from his In
juries He claims that his injuries vii, be
permanent.
It 10 Erickson's contention that Jarnes.
the engineer. was incompetent. ana thai
TOR this reason the company il liable for
damages.
charies e. Wilson commenced .ui. for
yihWO damages against the Seattle Dry
Dock and Shipbui,ding Company. He al
.e9es that on September n. 1896, ne fell
nfteen feet from wharf owned by the
DEFENDANT. and striking among floating
logs ana debris sustained fracture OF his
right arm and . confusion Of the spine.
which have disabled him for life. He al
!eses that his fall was caused by the neg
iigence OF the defendant company In fall
lag TO Keep the wharf In repair and aalxs
damages upon that ground
A. Il. Goodwin. q carpenter wants a1o i.
." damages from the San Francisco
Bridge Company for personal injuries al
legged TO have been suffered by him while
IN the company's employ on November 10
1897. He alleges In his complain, against
the company that at the time OF the ac-
cident he was working upon scafro,d.nr
which he knew was well braced and in
safs condition. He alleges that the COM
pany. without his knowledge, removed the
braces, rendering the scaffoldlng weak
and unsafe but did not warn him. ana
that as result the scafrolding gave way
under him. Goodwin states that By the
fall his right leg was broken In two
places and the ankle joint split. and that
the injuries he received are permanent.
@. A. C. Hutchinson began two suits
against the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company TO recover upon a large number
OK claims Tor persona. property alleged to
have been lost In the wreck OF the steam
er Corona last January. One Of the
suits is for sl.S5eea ana the other for
$3.50 damages Hutchinson alleges that
the loss OF the Corona was due TO the
negligence OF the company In placing the
vessel In charge OF unskilled officers and
pilots ignorant Of the Alaska route.