The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-17
M'INNIS
SURVIVES
Recovery From the Accident
OF Saturday Is Likely

is believed now that Capt. p. n.
MeinniH wlll recover. IN spite II his
terrible injuries suffered IN the col
liHion Saturday evening between his
hose wagon and Third avenue car.
pr Horton says the chances are In
HE favor. All the other injured men
VIII be well IN short time Father
Jendreau. the Dawson priest who
- az N the overturned hack. VAS
badly cut BY the smashing - his
FlasNes against his eyes, and the lids
are now closed. but the eyes are not
thought 20 be permanently injured.
~ first chronicied IN a Star extra
on Saturday evening. several men
were seriously injured ia "A friEhtful
collision between hoHe wagon No.
~ the Seattle fire department and "a
University car at the corner ~ Third
avenue and Columbia street. shortly
after y. m. ~ that day.
Both az High speed
Tire wagon Wa coming rapidly
down Columbia street On response to
n fire alarm from the Pacific hotel
IN the south part Of the city. A
tnlverHity car. No. ia which was
going TO the barn. approached the
crosnlnF az the same time The mot
orman. Pred Kieete. claims he did
not hear the Forg
A. lcRrt hair dozen persons near
the corner 81 Columbia street. who
saw a collision imminent ran to-
wards the car shouting and Restlcu-
laiinE Wildly, but Kieete paid no at
tsntlon. He was sure he know hts
business. and u q claimed. increased
the speed ~ his car when the car
reached Columbia street the fircmen
sighted o.. and Driver VIM. Kent
turned his horses up Third avenue.
but the weight and speed Of the way
on made Il impossible 10 turn u. and
II collided heavily with the car
Kent and Capt Daniel n McInnis
who were on the seat. were thrown
between the wagon and the car
trucks ChaH. Gillian. who was rid
ing on the step on the side away
from the street cnr. was thrown up
on some heavy iron pipe which lay
IN the street Fred Gilman, who wne
ridlnr behind, Jumped just before the
collision. and was unhurt.
DraFrse BY Car
McInnis was pushed along by the
car trucks for 70 feet before the car
stopped. Tie was found 20 be pinned
down by tho brakchenm. It was
necessary 90 UT the car 10 Ket him
out Tho police were quickly on the
scene and managed affairs with
great skill Aided By the hyHtnnd-
ere. they lifted the car. and McInnis
was taken out and carried into Kin
sells drugstore.
From there he was taken 90 Provi-
denoe hospital His injuries were at
first thought 20 be- fatal. II was sup
posed that his skull was fractured.
but that proved 90 be an error. Two
ribs and his right arm were broken,
and his right shoulder dlslocated.
Charles Gilman and Kent were
badly bruised and were also taken
10 the hosnital They will soon be
out The horses We're cut loose from
the wagon bv the collision and ran
down columbia street 60 Second NV
enuc, where one ~ them plunged
into the hack Of william Wet. conn
p'etely wrecking &c. West was un-
hurt. but hts passenger. Father Jeu-
dreau. n priest Just down from Daw-
son, was badly cut and bruised. lie
was also taken TO Providence hos-
pital.
Motofman at Fault
The circumstances point 20 Motor
man Klcttc nH the person RESPONSE
bic for the accident II ~ asserted
BY numerous bystanders that the
car was running nj least II miles an
hour and that the frantic warnings
Klette received would have stopped
anybody but mailman or fool.
Conductor q. w Burr was inside
the car.