The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-24
poiier Took Care Of Itself.

Doiier Took Care of itself.
David Blake. proprietor Of the saloon.
was sworn. He Is short thick-set and
Well groomed. II was on The second floor
when the explosion occurred" said he.
II was knocked of my feet and tried 10
Jump out Of the building because
thought the house was coming down"
ttaugiiter.i
. (by McElroyl-Who had charge OF
the boiler during the day?
A.-Newcomb. the porter. The bar
tender pat in fuel at night. II was sup
posed 20 he automatic apparatus.
Q. Where WAS the rnsa who attended
In IL that nighte
one ieft in charge. That WAS the custom
One hour after he left the explosion oc-
Cured
Witness admitted that he never saw
the hotter but once. TIE Japanese Shin
do. witness said. built The laSt ire under
the boiler. No one paid much attention
70 IL at night fer II was Supposed to take
care OF itself"
The Japanese Worked One bay.
shlnae. tlse Japanese fireman who put
in the fire that caused the explosion. went
on the stand lie testified In pigeon
English without The aid Of an inter
prefer He - a little. wizened. dark
skinned Aslatic. IL was with difficulty
that the jurors understood him For a
dn with the disaster he knew but very
little about IT,
II worked for Mf Blake one day said
Sh.ndo Il went 10 work on TUESDAY
That night the bartender told me to build
a Gre under the boiler put In two
Shov.is of coal. ] don't know anything
else about II. fer went home then. That
WAS the FIRST time | had attended To the
boiler
Some az the suyymen took a hand az the
examination ~ the witness. bur they
etitig*d ne{ wht, more Information from
him than il contained tn the aSov-.
X Williams. az engineer. ssors that
ln HIS opinion The pressure 81 the boiler
ffofn the hoi hrs. WAS more than the
metal could stand. Il WAS csSt-irua. and
the mere heat vas epliytl he avaksr
became the CROWN sheet Witness ssj
IL VAS a poor coutrfvance lie produced
= f4ecc of Tonni frau which BE SAID Vas
staN between the sheet huSsAmx fha
sssoes and t13e sop - fte boiler TIE
break 10 ths iron showed that .hs fte-@
bad tsecn reuf SIS twatc. Witness said TIE,
EXPLOSION lifted tte sep OF tins, boiler -
ard hgoSe IL IS fwc. Tire mas wrsat was
sefecsv aa8 the be,ler TAD evidently
ta.m oyerNe&te4 TfzNe@ Na@ un s.vsa as,-e>
thar Sc had run ou; CT waier
a, some places ~ ~atA WWHanss 's,8,e
top sheet - FroEs taee~-esg hths - faif
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valve on ;Eae eafsf registered tss~fNss IL
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sac aossey 0riE.eal}N The safety waive
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s@rn T'hw aF&f Z hr@% - fse boiler
fsafnE UsssseT tAe Sidewalk wAS ~her
heard - Ehe explosion. sasE6 h~ r-tsnEx
osse application Ear permission 10 set 4
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application 0ss ever EgH8s faF permission,
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