The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 14, 1907, Page 1

© - -. THE SEATTLE STAR |. WEATHER FORECAST—SHOWERS, WARMER; BUNDAY SHOWERS; LIGHT SOUTH WINDS. * ee tof am * denencecmnsetieiereth SEATTLE, WASH,, SATURDAY, SE ONE CENT MBER 14, 1907. VOL. 9. NO. 74 PRICE 25¢ PER MONTH. ANOTHER FE ALL BOY KNOCKED DOWN AND KILLED BY STREET CAR AGGED DOWN BY FENDER HERE'S A SAMPLE OF THE D IN USE ON STREET CA AND IS CRUSHED TO DEATH = EATH-TRAP FENDERS THE CITY OF SEATTLE a bia Lad Passes Beneath Alleged Safeguard and Is Fatally Injured by => > > of First Avenue Car---Dies After Being Taken to Hospital—Something About Fenders That Prevent Fatal Accidents in Other Cities. eo ee ®@ a an Indian boy from Bremerton, was caught and rolled under MR. CORONER ween Anne ear No. 319 and after being actually scalped, was fatally crushed, dying | ‘ | t ‘The Seattle, Blectric company's “best that money can buy” street car fenders claimed HOW ABOUT IT “gear Emergency hospital a few hours later. The accident occurred on First av the alleged fender fulfilled its purpose, the little victim would have escaped with “ists and scratches. But instead of preventing the tragedy, the fender first knocked the | ar) Witle fellow down, then passed entirely over his body, allowing him to be crushed to death pthe heavy trucks. - So far as can be learned, Motorman E. F. Gammon did not even see the boy, and the first suite be had of the accideot was when he heard a scream. Immediately the emergency | ts Coroner Carroll a servant of Qe the public or the sonal repre were applied, but the fer jer and front trucks had already passed entirely over the | oneative of the Seattle Electric Se ly b car company? he was picked up directly beneath and almost at the center of the ca . re dl suing tne aeduah Miraculous way the wheels did not touch the boy, but his entire scalp was taken wvidence did Coroner Carroll, de trucks, as cleanly as if it had been severed with a surgeon's knife. The little fellow’s | cide an inquest in the Westberg was unnecessary? was broken and his body was badly mashed. He was hurried to the hospital as quick- | Ie @ public service corperation , but expired immediately after being taken from the operating table. weeps es Ms ag a "Officer Olmstead was on the scen¢ a few moments after the accident and talked with | rectiy due to defective equipment . n t , a 7 or the lack of proper safeguerde? Gammon. The motorman’s story in brief was that he was watching three other Mey A cca Magi Aes re playing in the street, fearful that they would get in the way of the car, and did not see¢ | protect public service corporations i | j.| from damage suite and criminal Tadian boy. When he heard the scream he stopped the car as quickly as possi Se sadinalt fot in time to prevent the accident. Why did Coroner Carrel decide | oebig' shnciedetat une 1 Seesen of Jims Sam, who exw the accident. With a party of other hop-pickers the | Soe oe an : anor ‘ohen Be pet te Blectric company are the on that would prove to be an improve safety. The | aph produced are dozens of other fenders in us@ q The boy n » h S5eNell’ a lnaawhoremed, If | eet in eftice to (2! 2n¥ fenders that are made. * | ment on the kind we have in use.” bere is furt noe of the poor in Seattle just as bad as this one % fanily was camped on the filled-in land near First av. sout J cNeil, a longsho: " boon the custom “ p.. 3 —_ 12 | * In equipping our care with —Statement ly Jacob Furth, presi: | fen: and the ridiculous: and none of the style in use here “ing at 1204 First av. south, also claimed to be an eye witness, but he refused to talk. old ar “we jfanders we examined the varieties dent of the Seattle Klectric com-| ness of Mr. Purth's lamentable de is effective. ; the past | in use in Kaneas City, Chicago and pany feuse of his company. It was tak-| Mr. Furth says that he would a glad at any time to find a fender here are no protection to public | ter ft has knocked him down. There was southbound from the city and was not going at a very great rate of speed. | The action of Coroner Carroll in |’ number of easter cities” Our os en this morning fn front of the very giad to find a fender tha jannouncing that no inquest Would | stsention was calied to the Kansas The above stater King Street : T ove sts f reet passenger station. It! would prove to be an improvemen| be held to inquire inte the cause | City fender that Arnett referete by Furth, president of ‘ Z . @ shows one side of the delapidated on the kind in use. The Star ca & Criminal death rate from street car accidents can of Rone fons later b van | the inventor himeaeif. We satisfied Electric company, is too a d to | menace to public safety at least six furnish him with all the necessary 4 . shined ta as 4 CME SURI we | qurevives that It was no better than be taken an a serio: 1 inches higher tuan the other side information concerning such § ‘ciniinated by the adoption of the Liverpool fende } | Union car on Becond av. last Wed-| the fender we have. Our fenders crimi: religenc of and at no point ts the fender near- | fender J | together with the statistics ieharacter and work of this fender ought to be familiar | pean pd to egeheeg Stel ~~. those in sible officials, FE er than a foot to ails of the small death roll during ite fy sirect railway manager in the United States. Articles |eaused much unfaver any event, man. p and child in & Possibly Mr th can explain use and great saving in damag med by photoyraphs of the fender in operation and con ‘ | Getcriptions of it have been printed in the trade and | : [the matter of expense would net with eyer to see and brains to per- what possible chance there is of | te companies which have install Mmagasines. Statistics showing its effectiveness as a life the action he has taken if this case ee * | |he should explain. The public MF devine have been p 1 (By United Press.) Jentitied te protection. Sut how. cecal bale italia comment | Count with us, for we would be very | ceive knows that the fenders in use this fender picking a victim up af-| them, ee —~———=ae hb tence of this fende dd ite work can- | povGLas pt | will auch protection be secured if eal . since ssi sdpomahe sch es LAS, Aris, Sept. 14! the public officiate allow the ceim-| peaied by the officials responsible for the slaughter | Word haa been received here from | ingi siaughter te continue without | ‘toati aE “ae rai Hermostilo, Sonors, Mexico, that any attempt to force the stre F Pye Seattle as well as many other American | io cnet of the sotorious Lopes railway company to equip ite care) . f band of Mexican bandits, together | with modern safety appliances. ‘ Rader — ame oe P with three of his men, have been| The decision of Coroner Carrell Liverpoo! tence 4 nuse in London, . killed om the Yaqui river by Mexi|in the Westberg case was reached | tr British cities « last six years. Figures at |can soldiers. | without proper or due consideration, = * the first five f € show that of the of the evicenen, Pd.” ne ree | ee : vho fe front this fende ot on as killed ons ¥ rm «oC! OF thie tender, not one wast taken by the coroner at alle “He A. T. Vandevanter aid Dr. Ferguson Are Perhaps Reduced to a Minimum. jsimply rushed bet yo teat . ° 5 " + RE iscsi ticsieath the Wheels, the death rate from ce hians ‘comer car ae Fatally Injured—-Lincoln Davis and Fred Eidemiller Sapa os it Oy Si 9 : ~ o~ Sooners te howe ba tne direct re:| Seriously Hurt 4 ' ogee tothe min tin able fatalities | a leult of the failure of the company | | 7 . ova . - construction, ih fee ooge a be t- (By United Press lto equip ite pple yoy ] , B | ey eee ae eration ¢ wheels < SPRINGS. W ds, such * . ve ‘he g ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Sept, 14 } erinnd a / Former State Senators A. T. Van] serious condition, Mr. Wilson {@ “hath +e of the meeting in rounc ea points Coal dust set on fire by the | ure of protection to t Will H. Thompson, special ma it in genera though he}. m * ¢}at the Seattle al in rs pee Font anc re ‘ These points are cushioned | ames on the lamps of the minerw tenin-chancery nied by Fed-' 4 te le mar the de “Vanter and Dr. Ferguson, of |4 Seat 2 4 rr il - rubtcr | trips of belting are placed on | hats, caused an explosion in the lerél Judge Hanford to file, hea punt allowed by the sant ae ii n Davis and|*" wnconscious state, and Mx e euges of t ‘ : third entry of the Union Pacific | pal reven the | and dete t sims of Alask® tiserme Al : “ mn sok dee 'ad Gu is ¢, it is impossible | mine No. 10, and 46 men were in-| United Sta ed to not | miners against gov ont, as |b culty tn iners t at Ww i Fred Bide e a It t ble for a |Jured@, 20 of them perhaps fatally. | let up on a vigorous search for vi the result of the peculations of file clatt It is thought tha A . ft " 2 front of a car | MA&a¥ Were burned frightfull lators loka) assay office, | P==e DISCARDED WIFE (Secs 'ce see cse- = c-=.=. 08 TRAM OF oxt largest was tha c aN of the Fairbanks Banking ( < a will be v haffe elow atte . (By United Press.) nterest all over the world wa o 2° 1 he ca sien Mi likely that ‘ i : ira, Emilie Eerie, whose mat of what | a . . he ¢ jera I i 1 av. when the y M nmaailer ¢ e he « he N Hespect thax i Hinand Pi Karle, the ‘ erable amar aaa ore in a ew York artist, cast her for n @ ola , - Th Julia Kuttne h| realis could no longer : : t he Sa rich BA s, |t 1 son, Harold the » parted A es . 7 probed. eae ee . MORE PLAGUE CASES Gre to meet his siste », not jealouw she replied } a al « him with but of e there was unhappt (By United Press.) pane vO ere, f er endang Great |the t t eas in it ull of us—for Mine AN FRANCISCO, § 1 by fire wh t 000 faced baby | r Kuttner, for Ferdinand and for m ‘ 4 és or . tuome 1 elf. Hut that, too, will all pase The t t © on ¥ : 5 ey it who had come to tak away with time. My philosophy | (By United Press t (By United Press.) Great Brite duce ‘Naetie tae Gb han ; oon < tha CHICAGO, Sept. 14.—M n/t ary I he \ OISE, Idahé t . 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