The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-03
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After eelss hurled feom ne sesa
OF his hack and alighting on the
fender Of Yesler way cable car.
which was beyond control. H.
Clancy. an employe Of the Seattle
Transfer Co. was carried four
blocks. miracuionElY escaping death.
shortly after O'Clock this morn.
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The accident was one Of the most
peculiar Ia the history OF the Seat.
tie Electric Co The mishap was
not the fault Of the carmen.
few minutes past o'clock
cable car No was standing at
the junction Of Jefferson ". and
fesler way Just below Second av.
Ia fesier way stood inbound car
No. ! waiting for outbound car No.
: to start up Yesler way.
Cars RAN Wild.
snddcalY no ierked forward
with terrific force. The brakes
we're applied. but we're Of no use
No. crashed into the rear end Of
No. l. smashing both Tenders. A
few passengers seated on both cars
suffered a severe shake-up. but no
serious injuries were sustained. A
few seconds after the crash. out
bound car No. ! gave a lurch and
started ap Yesler way az full speed
The tralumen applied the emergency
brakes. but no effect on the cars
speed Was noticeable.
just "a outbound car No. 7 elai.
tered across Second av. from west
10 east. q hack driven by Clancy
started 10 cross iesler way from
the south. With a crash. which
tore off one wheel of the hack and
smashed the glass windows. the
car dragged the vehicle fully rs
feet up lesler way before Il was
tossed 10 one side In the hack
were Mrs. J. W. Schuent and her
young daughter. Of Spokane. BE.
yond shaking up neither mother
nor child suffered injury.
Falls on Fender.
Clancy stuck 70 his post and just
as the hack was brushed aside by
the unmanageable street car. he
was hurled toward the ground.
Scores OF persons who heard the
crash shuddered as Clancy fel a..
rectly on the fender OF the onrush-
ing car. painfully bruising his right
leg and left arm.
With difficulty Clancy kept him
self from rolling off the fender.
Block after block was reeled off by
the street car. The yells Of spec
tators and street car men. warning
pedestrians and vehicles TO keep
clear VI the track, attracted hun.
dreds OF persons along Yesler way.
who wondered why the car did not
stop with a man on the fender who
was In imminent danger of falling
under the wheels TO his death.
The spectacle OF a street car run
ming away up hin puzzled everyone
until street car man telephoned 70
the power house 90 shut down the
cable.
cauolv ey Anotaed Cable.
II was thee that the secret OF
the peculiar accident became
known. A strand OF cable had burst
and foroeo big knot AS the
hare knot struck the grip OF car
No. 2 il carried the car forward
until IL crashed into No. /. Tear
ing loose from che grip OF both
cars. the knotted cable made the
turn OF the winding table without
accident and then caught the grip
OF the outbound car, which crashed
into Ciancy's hack by the time
the runaway car reached Sixth av.
the power was Reut off
Both srs 9coant 400 Aer dough.
ter were ti0leO TO t0e DO, N 0ntol
where toOy are roo lae from tooir
strenuous Slsst recS % Ton o Sent
tie. CoaOy y0sDss0B Gues o0gO TO
view the rsInSfas o. OILS eeseeke0
hack wf1AOvs loaEBO aOan0.
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Co. are M Ses 10 e. OlJ0o tae DO
fartive cabfe. oe d 9as DINc tseaJsv
new, HAVING been i0s1bSle0 during
last May.