The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-22

tag 5sSzareS nls egssater so<se thirty feet
away from tsse heater whsu tne froS4kzEe
sznse. I-Esser hsn aFd TIE furnace WAS
a xaaf. sss~ ss.s.s ~ xsvsraI Ssormayg
Il ssx saoex~d CD Esy seat" sa16 ths
seoy. and snail slscs 81 ooar4 ssli s0xn
near nsy feet. beard a piece 81 Iron
strike the wan aEssvs ny head and tear
SIS way Through. isss neshaax touched ne.
TIE whole place xso<x. ane s~zye6. and
fs1agns ta@ss the oa1gsalEg WAS going 80
fall duwn aissut rss TIE smoke sas
sFsars and dust ~ TIRE ashes filed tbse
wasge place. ard the flames spreas Up
sSsar where the fsrnaee Tad been. raisn-
~ through ard past the heater and eisn1n-
81 through tire s1ois IN TIE sidewalk.
coeaiaHt Ind ny Nay up the stairs. for
they we're nroken ard lay in heap amid
fbe ragEs. There Is another entrance 20
sne place. through * hatch in TIE Wass-
sssgtOF street sidewalk, aEsf didn't 60 for
snas simply saw the lsgf.t through the
sidewalk. and / got out a. soon as
coal6
It's heater was located under sbe side
walk not In the cellar, though ttsEs gsTs
open aoorways and arch connections I'm
the wall foundation 81 tfse building. /.
yas a1o9t afty feet from the coFner on
th@ Second avenue SIDE. Tho sce3s there
afsss the explosion xas something almost
sfl5sseyfsas1i. Tinabers and RUBBISH were
stfemn aseus TIA al directions. The neat
ar. @! what remained d *. was driven
e9sT into the ground Part ~ ihs force
0s tne explosion seemed 10 aim downward.
for the heater WAS hurried some four feet
Ia fas soft earth Atsp.e IL there was d
a9Es III tee sidewalk some zen feet ia
sgt3th. and part of the wall had been lift
"a away several feet. Ia fact for a dis
taree 81 thirty feas the sidewalk was torn
az and displaced.
Tie damage 70 me interior OF the build
ing SIS not great. This plaster u the
walls Was nat disturbed. ror were any Of
the fixtures farther than she windows DE-
stroyss. Bake has recently spent xs.so
htsErs up The piacs, 80 that IL had = much
brighter and cleaner aspect than most sa-
looms below the dead line" His liquors
in the ssore room below the cellar were
destroyed. and many u the bottles 10 the
saloon upstairs But TIE place was rot
damaged ~ much tina; ne had 10 close it
up for the night In fact. be did tbs larg-
est saloon business in that portion Of the
town. fer crowds came 10 the saloon from
AL directions 70 see The extent cs The
wrsek.
Who IL Responsible.
The polio. department. nas not yst made
a sunselerst investigation 10 determine who
is responsible for the accsaent Capt Sab
Ivan said last night thai he was gather
ing facts and that he would not under
take TO gay WHO IL 10 blame. Il anyone
Probably the matter cannot be settled TN
I'll an inquest OF the coroner has sissed al.
the evidence.
Charley Saindo. the Jap who cared for
sha heater during the daytime. said last
night:
II sIllea up the furnace with coal. as Mr..
Blake told me 10 DO, and left plenty Of
water IN the boiler. LETT N little before
O'Clock"
Though no definite explanation can be
made az tie way in wnFh the accident ec-
CURED Il Is more than likely thar the
hot ars In tbe heater created steam faster
than water ran in. As soon as there wAs
| 20 water Jeff the heater exIIcdsd, with
disastrous rergitr
A telegram was sent 20 Mr. Jacobs en-
| pi1yers last night, informing them Of the
| explosion and It's attendant fatal results.
| Mr. Jaents was 81 years old ana an un-
| married fnan He hal been travelling
! salesman for over tes years. according
/ 10 tha statements Of MS friends These
| latter spess 81 him as having been d can.
| ge MAJ whole sqgls~t asan socially inclined.
| aDt a good salesman lie Was employed
| ~ the shoe manufacturing nrm " Flor
] 49, d - e
/ Mr. saiti@i - a younger man taan ia
| eohs. Little Is known Of him here. IL Is
| sail. however, thai he II single. Like ghe
| other members os the party, salisel WAS
| snsTns on passing a pleasant hoar In the
company os bis friends. 4 telegram Uas
! srns last aigat by Ar Moss "a the Inter
/ national Art Publishing Company. ~ New
| York. who were Mr.. s2l;iei's employers,
| informing them o. tao casualty.
I1T Mckschnie sad last nisht tina. the
| Unknown mar had the better chance of the
| tao az pulling through.