The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-07
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BY YOUTHS
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Are in Constant Danger.

Several contractors and builders
got 10 talking the other day about
peculiar accidents and remarkable
escapes from death or injury which
they had observed ia their work
zone os the most singular acei-
dents ! ever Witnessed said an old
contractor. Occurred on a piece Of
work | was doing couple Of years
aso, had the contract Tor laylps
a large water main. and had the
street opened un Tor several blocks.
We had laid the ripe. which was
"A large one. and had begun Go nii AZ
the trench. The pipe ala not rest
upon the bottom ~ the trench. but
each Joint was placed upon a brick
and cement foundation. and under
the pipe. between Joints. there was
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twccn u ard tho bottom of the
trench About no O'Clock la the
morning | went O. drug ttarr
few blocks down the street 90 Eut q
clEar ~ I entered the drug rlarc
saw a ii,tie boy about aiz yeata
old running upon the pile uf dirt
alongside the trench lie was =
bright little fellow. well dressed.
with Ions naxcn eurla about his
head. aud was having q Ra1d time
kicking the dirt and stones Into the
trench. I auatc 20 him and caution.
81 him about the danger 81 failing
la the trench and Getting hurt lie
stepped an Instant. laughed. and ran
ON. lie had gene emily Few feet
when he stumbled ana ROLLED down
he pile ~ dirt into the trench.
was provoked that he should be
there. and. fully expecting hlm 70
scramble up again. went into the
drug store.
I remained In the drug store about
ten minutes. and. coming cut wa
going 90 the trench "a see Y the
boy was there. but before ! reached
IL / saw. as ! supposed. the same
little hoy brushing or his clothes
about hair a block away. dis
missed the matter from my mind
and went up the street - where she
men were fiillng tn, In a short time
though Of the incident again. and
try as 1 would. I could not dismiss
h. though I Nan SURE ! had seen tbs
boy brushing OF hia clothes uns
harmed The men were rapidly
niilnr In the trench and had reach.
81 fhA spot v here the little boy had
fallen. After they had partly COW
erred the pipe. I could not feet easy
about the bnS's fstu. ani spoke q
the foreman about ~ We only
laughed At ms aud assured me that
the Kid was not there.
In order u satisfy myself De.
termiusd to have the Dirt removed
20 zee n BY any remote possibility
had hncu mistaken about seeing
him brushing on his clothes when
left the druE store.
4 ordered the niiinS IN stopped
and told the men % remove The dtrt
from tho pipe az thla point. Tbey
hadn't been az work ten minutes
when one Of them uusarthri a Nttls
white hand and a tiaNrn curl Or halt
In a few moments wn had all The
dirt removed. and there the boy lay
teusthwiss under the pipc. inBrn.
s,blc. and almost dead We carried
him 20 the drug store. where a ply.
ulctaD restored MIN tu cuuNc innHurnaz
We lhGFtiHh"i ufa1 NH"H ~ 49,
gained consciousness. and he told uz
that when he fell into the trench he
hi, his head on the pipe and rcmer m
bersA nothing afterward Here vas
a case where there came very nearly
being a mysterious diaappcaranre
We learned Aftorwnrd that he had
run away from home AMI when lass
seen NY any one who knew him.
was several blocks from where the
accident occurred. Nobody saw him
fall but myself.