The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-11
One of Skagway'S Foremost
 Men Killed by Accident.
HE DROPS INTO THE BAY
FataI Moment Comes While At- tempting Io cross GanEpIanK From the steamer faraIIon.

Thomas Whluen, proprietor or Ine Golden North hotsi, and one of the fore most citizens of Skagway. was killed at 8 o'clock yesterday morning by falling from a frosty gaOgplank leading from the steamer Fara!lon 10 Moore's wharf, where the ship was moored. There are no bruises on the body. and the doctor says the man was not drowned, but died from the effects of the shock of falling
 He fell IS feet or more straight into the water, and SO far ss known, without strik- ing a pile or the side of the steamer in his descent. Several men of the ship and others who were on the vessel or standing on the wharf were aware of the fact he was overboard the moment he fell, and hastily went to his rescue. He as in the water not more than two to four minutes, and did not sink, but when lifted to the ship lie was extinct. It was thought probably he could be resuselt ted, and the crew of the vessel and others did all in their power to revive the man. He was taken into the cabin and for an hour put through all lhe customary practices of re- suscitatlng a man who has been nearly drowned. All work on the ship was abandoned during this excited hour, and when the doctor arrived and told the men life was extinct there were sad hearts in the little cabin.
 It was scarcely daylight, and MrWhit- ten had been aboard the Shlo to look after other matters in connection with getting tuiness for the hotel. The large gang plank regularly used by the ship for lhe accommodation Of passengers was ut from the hurricane deck. Mr. Whtten was forward on the main deck when he desired to come ashore, and started of on a smaller plank, simply a board with cleais. The tide was well in and the small plank reached from the inaln deck to the wharf almost on a level.
 The stories of witnesses as to the actual circumstances in det lil differ some.
 w. B Morgan, driver and runner for the Occidental hotel, was aboard the ship in company with Mr. Whliien, and stepped across the plank, he sivs, just ahead of him. and barely had time to turn around when he saw Whittvn fall. Mir. Morgan says:
 "We had been on the ship together, and started off in company. 1 stepped across the plank safely, but it seems thu as he stepped on the board it tipped 10 one side' and threw hlm off his balance. One side of the board was md, fast with a rope but not SD secure but what it allowed the plank to tip. The pliuk did moi go down. ! Mr. Whtlen did mol utter cry or a worj' WIS on board the ship aga'n In minute, and down on the ships auird, but could not reach the body. lt had gone in undeI the wharf little way. got on board that braces the piles and there reached the body with my hlnds. The man was or his face and his arms were spread out. drew him up and helI him over the board on which l stood until rope was handed down, and the men above drew him up | No water ran out of his mouth when lifted him from the bay, but there was froth at ihe mouth. II: was in the wate not more than two minutes"
 First Mate J. B. McIntire, who was or the wharf watching the discharge of th' cargo, says
 "Mr. Whitten and another man were oI the ship and wanted to go ashore, and th men working on the main deck gave then the small plank. Mr. Whtten stepped oI the plank, his foot slipped, and down h went. He was too far out to be reaehe' from the ships side, and the men wer down with lines. and drawing the body Il with a boat hook. put rope around tn
 body and drew t up. He was on his fac
 in the water. but the face was probabl
 not under 10 seconds. But, 1t was four
 ii.e minutes tlll he was rescued"
 C, D. Shaw. employed on ihe wharl
 says Mr. Whiitsn was face up in tn water. He says further:
 ! "lt was not quite daylight, and l'Ta
 down to the boat, got on the guard an saw MT. Whltten in the water fate up." ' Dr. Searl, who was called shortly aii'
 the accident, and arrived on the scene nea | ly sn hour after the unfortunate oeeuranc
 made an examination of the body an
 gives 1t as his opinion that the shock
 entering the water :and fright eauS'
 parAlysis of the heart and instantaneo'