The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-08-21

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spseiai saF earrytus ; picnic party
ta Csessa Lake nom Ballard yumped
the tr1aek an . sharp carve AZ tar
foas II : FaEheH steep EFuae en-
hIaNrtt avenue and plunged heed
taGR aaNu an efFhankanant - feet
hiaa lnta an eFehaFa Al The nattafn
of the hAI
Luckily the car waa mat avsrteHn-
- aud though the na s#s HsHFa. HgsIns
Hss{a3 between - and 10 mostly
uaHaen ard children. were thfe@u
xtaI~4fiY INTO 3 heap - The front u
fha aeach u her II STOPPED. buried 10
~. axisa 81 the wheels IN the mnft
pafta uahasY saa killed and ua 0ue
was fatally Injured Had me ear
taksn any other course after leaving
the rails many lives Wo1Il newt
sbly hHv. been heat
The car ass under charter g the
Norwegian Baptist sunday school
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lakeside Henie grounds Al about
5 j q efuek The Neeisient aefHf-
red At te = n.efeek. and. areuFds
Ing O. the geuaFt made 20 ths orr
rtafa ~ the Seattle Electric Ca. NaE
due 10 peculiar combination q
circumstance. wholly unforeseen ~
the tra4nmeu.
the car YES In charge 81 Motor
fHan Duncan Graham an sfnpiaye
~ long experience in railroad work
and Conductor Harry Mills. Graham
states that the controller handle. .
which the electricity IL turned on
and of. became locked white the
car waa ascending the grade, fusf
before the Incident neruffent. ard
that wheu he reached the crest Of
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eat eff the current
s.s4Aasss - essA thNas The uNer-
Head emergency switch #hlEh cuts
the aieefafeltV eff from the motors.
and applied the hand brake hist
vas uaeisia 10 check the speed %
tire car. which dashed down the In
cline af = suaedgf between eight and
re miles an hau4r ieff the fall ~ the
eerVe. md after running 80 feet IN
the sandy street lea ped over me
efubanEmsnt
For few minutes there vas q
cNane ~ understandable confusion.
There was standing ruum only In
ire little closed car. and when the
crash came the passengers were
thrown fieasifdhE rs nj ttfest f5fsH
Fortunately most Of them were shot
forwassa. and only 4 few we're cut
~ broken glass from the front and
rear windows
The side windows we're open. and
many ~ the panic. stricken women
and children we're severely bruised
n climbing through them after the
car had stopped
There were many witnesses 70
ire Hfnaah-up. and the screams Of
she terror stricken women and chill
dfen aHirkiV attracted p big crowd.
witch speedily rendered assistance
to tire imprisoned pHaseHHaf#l The
severely injured were nude aH CONF
Portable - possible n residences
naHf the aaane 81 the accident. pend
Ing the arrival 81 physicians.
ur cae and Or Wits the com
panyw surgeons we're quickly On
che ground. accompanied by Or.
Edison. and 4 feW minutes later the
Eeatfie General heaplfal ambulance
arrived with Or Perry aud bis as
fistanfs Those ~ the injured who
were a able 10 return - their own
homes we're removed e the Seattle
General hospital
The taH. which Maa wrecked. is
ere ~ those formerly owned ~ the
Seattle Central Railway Co. which
was absorbed by the Seattle Electric
rn. and waa built specially for use
~ tha Main street hfli being ur9-
vffed with n powerful emergency