The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-25
ual Negligence Is Charged
Against Van de- Van.
cs1y. TOO. - INVOLVED.


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verd.eI 81 cf,nlnal - - sn. s. Asa.ns1
Gtonfd Van De van. owner OF the prem
- q Second avenue south and WASH
- street, Of contributory negligence
s@ss.st the city OF Seattle and OF censure
Fl ~ plumbing iirm Of couxhIsn Bros.
GnrA4utes the findings Of the cof0ners
M h the Inquest oysr me remains Of
81 ~. Jaeeshs and Alfsed 6aitiei. The
16eHet vas returned ~ - jury 1t noon
eeeday.
Doether proceedings On the art Of the
1nihofities viii be awaited N1A interest
{iueecufing Attorney J. "a g1roy. who
~.ensined the witnesses nf r. fn0s,es.. Ia
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ins sns 1ss11ssss - - AAsts uiS
eeosed az the m0uess. 1se No. not yet
4e&eds nor mas ne fus0 0k1efnned what
AnnGoe 10 pursue In - - The law
m Of BaJlin9er. Ronald = Battle has
hSan as1red 10 look out FOR the Inferenfs
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y 80 49,. 1es- 49,
49, 'a .A ana Hnnsin we're pfesent q
- inquiry and while they did not ex-
6mlp9 any Witnesses. they carefully made
1etee Of the evidence as u was given.
~ u said that IN due time an action
M 8 begun against the city for dam
Uem by the relatives Of the victims OF
explosion. also against Van de Nan.
- owner OF the premises a second ave-
- sOutn and Washington street. where
ne exps0sion occurred. van de- Van adj
40 az the INQUEST tnaf ns directed his
SptActor 10 move lhe Doster from the
esement OF me building 70 the space I'M
- Inc Sidewalk.
Was Not = Keller.
After the finding. made by t.,n ,urv YES.
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tHo -. tHe next NOS iMpoftaas feature
vac snQueW Was Inc IesuVony ~ city
Engineer Thomson and Superintendent
Younxs, Of the water Department. Mr..
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h.,sl.r ,ar swar.~.,,s, $50 ss.s~s.s..
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rsrn.a. III "a. atgss.n. asag". - p.ass
~ 49, -. AL Is.. .essH'e, thts h' pefHait
49, 49, 800 kassu " INT city ior tue
s =. * a. ~ ehs neA.sf rom .he easement
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11 oI 3, eo .n,osl.. MI. Ino'nson
..s,t,,., NE. s'on =; IN Issunmx tue stare.
.es.insd mat me responsibility Tor ne
ssxplusion lay with me man VINO set the
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- pvsiiu -. pIssSuIss Ally pressure IN ex-
=. ,hig puuhus VAS not safe. Inc
neNseI. ne saiu han pen eource OF
ss -. ~ - ~ na..psu sns pa
..s anu the aojuSsHeht OF tue safety
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soiu'ssa Wy she eoi"her Jury.
arts morgue, In the city Of Seattle. county
OF King, state of Washington. on the s3d
day OF March. 1859. before r. w. Sparkling.
coroner In and for the said county. Upon
the hodiers Of -. w. Jacobs and Alfred
6Alftei. there lying dead, the following
named iurymen. being sworn 10 inquire
into all OF the circumstances attending
inc dratn OF the said ID. w Jacobs and
Alfred Saitiei. find that the aforesaid u
w. Jaenhs and Alfred Saltfel were re-
specflxely natives Of Bonneville Ill. and
N~w York CRY. that ~ W. Jacoes was OF
tnc age OF "a years and Afred Ssltsei was
sa., ,h ~ a.. a.. NY came es1 se
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sas seaaa, s,s,,,, .s,,t - $3.50 ~
en,,,fy and sstd 49,. ~, ts,.s. 49,. shsa
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washington and Second avenue south ur-
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