The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-22
Terrible D~str1ctica Results Froa
Fir~naa's Careleaaaess-Dlake
saloon. IN second Avenae ana
WaaAingtoa street, wreekeA-U.
". Jacob.. . CAieage CsnnereiaA
Traveller. ssccsnbs ts His In-
jurtes-Alfrea Sattiei ana Another
at Deaths Do~r-TAe scene IL
One Of lnaescrisable 0avss.


a; <he southwest corner OF Second avenue
south ard Washington street, one man was
killed ard ,ise severely injured. two oi
them probably fatally. The explosion oc-
CURED at SO. o'clock. 1t shock the build
ings on the feur corners OF The street. tore
a hole Zen by twenty feet through the sy
sidewalk. and shattered windows In TIE
haiidings within radius OF block. TIE
victims are:
JACOBS. ID. w. aged NJ, of Chi-
cage, commercial traveller fer
Flor.h~im 4 Co.. shae manufac.
tsr~r~. of Chicako, died af hts In.
lavtes.
sALTIEI.. ALFRED. of New
York. aged ahoat III represents
Ing the International Art ruh- {.
lishsnw Cosspany, Of Nos. , ana
8. Wavcrly place. New York. HIS
imjurfes were pronsanrea fatal
by the attending physicians.
-. Lofts. said to hc Ions.
sh0reman. residence wnkn0wn.
His injuries are internal and =
broken lea. and last night u wao
said that he would not survive.
REALS. RuRNs W.. af 81. l.oats.
r~prrsentinx &. =. = u. w. scher.
merhora. glove manufacturers,
Of Giov~rsvill~, n. y. Injured ~
shock aud hrsisdh aboat hoays
also sprained ankle.
MOSS. III. ecmmerctal traveller.
Of Lancaster, Pa, hand eat ~
falling alasa.
SWANSON. ALBERT. of Nm. son
Maynard avenue. ankle spratnea
ana hrais~a akost heay.
The fret three were taken 10 Providenre
hospital Las; nlgnt IN the patrol wagon.
ard everything possible was done to re-
lisye them Mr.. Besis IL at the Seattle
hotel. az Is also Mr. Moss. Swanson wAs
able TO go 10 his home hast night. after
receiving attention from City Physician
Mckechnle.
Thr0wa High IN the AIR.
A party or 1--WE commercial travellers.
who were gnesss ar the Seatsig and Butler
hotels. started out for a waik about I
q cIock last night In the party were ia
eohs. Bea.s. Saifies ard Noes They satin
tered down below yssler way. ~ they
assed the new building at the southwest
corner Of washingten street ard Second
avenue south. occupied as a saloon. u ter
rifle explosion from beneath the sidewalk
threw them into the street. Saislei. who
must have been staining directly over the
heater. Was seen 10 he thrown high In the
air. according to she statements ef by
ISLANDERS.
The air was filled with smoke. dirt. Debris
and broken glass, For half II minute there
~. ~
ana glass Nen ran from the building. be-
Iievsng that the structure itself Was DOOM
ed ard frern the nslghbosinx resorts easne
a hundred or more men. who quickly
about n. gaping black hole In
the sidewalk.
An alarm Of ERE was quickly turned IN.
30 which the department responded 20.
llss oflaesrs 70 The number u hair a dns<n.
heated ny Capt. Sullivan and sesgs. Peer.
we're ON The scene Within ninufe after
the explosion. They drew 4 rope about the
building aud assisted IN. wounded men 10
ire ssar restaurant, next to the saloon ol
Frank Clancy.
As quickly as possIb.e the injured meo
were cared for. ftf. Mckechnse. Dr. Bo-
rses ami Ds sgeeney wero sanssueseds 70
mas seer al onee ssast Jacobs. saisiei and
tas nnHa8wn lorgsssoseman were rfoba-
1ssy fatally injured. TIE faces Of all were
black witfl SCOT and dirt. showing that
they we're exsesiy oyer the heated by4ies
when fhe explosion earne. Saltsei safYefsA
d rad fracture Of fsse rkssI. bruises ara
Internal .insnrses. lie vas taken isnsnsdi-
atety 10 G'rovs6enee hospital. where no
wss ATTENDED ~ Ds fsorfes and ur. Ray
nerd. He was uSssDnscieaz
Gartng fas tie Intsrea-
Ia-eSss waa carried into The restaurant
snsa laia on a mattress. He Was partially
eosse4eas though suffering greatly frcm
the Nseek. Ills right hsg and leg were
shattered into = dozen pieces. ard his left
.eg fefuw she knee @az fearfssfss rFsehsd.
Sc The hcxussai he Rzs psaera under he
mssaefas.a OF smasssefscA. IN order that ths
snysfesans fnsgei anoutafe nss iifnhs. fge
sank raparssy arssser ne influence os Ghlsro-
farm anss frcgYs ssse #A1ek The physicians
sere $sarnsesssss to steesAs. after which no
sufferwr t1eAres cSsasescsls for fsw rpin.
asse he srsasirv1s szg sa.tsei xase BIG
age ard rsssaenre ard thea lal~sd insn =
sngrasass condition. Ffe died az Ilss q. N
Y-ar unknown snan ssw fsarfaaIy brusse1
ard c.st aenat tsse asaa ard tsesy Hls
afs leg was badly frsetaress. tna tra,ken
eone prssrnfEssS tssra&ga ire 6ssh aud
aairax a gazing wand rife xns inter-
aag4y in9arua as wefl AID wss uanon-
srsosss froen she hessnninx. IsT. MckscA-