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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1903
Page
4
Heavy rains and rapid snowmelt flood rivers on both sides of the Cascades. Damages reported from all directions include railroad washouts on the OBR and N, a passenger train wreck with three lives lost, and Willamette River levels feared to reach 15 feet above high water. Livestock and sawmills suffer, with ranches in the Montana area inundated.
A two week period will see a record fleet of large steamships arriving at Unie port to load cargoes for worldwide destinations. New vessels include Ning Chow and Texan on maiden voyages, with other liners Hyades Fremont and Shi nano Maru due in soon. The Ramees and J Lacken bach also in transit or arriving, signaling competition among carriers.
Victoria B C January 14 The Beaty Seamer Glad ich was the craft in which Rev Crosby a Methodist was being towed to Victoria when she sprang a leak in Queen Charlotte Sound and ran ashore. owners went north to assess damage.
The Goo Goo Eye saloon seeks city council repayment of license money claiming police actions closed the venue while similar establishments operated nearby. A petition filed by the defunct resort’s corporation asserts gates were closed since last summer and since January 17, 2004 no offense was charged against the owner. The filing argues the council should not allow license fees to fund inoperative licenses.
A coal mine two miles west of Haut reports a fire started by a stove overturning. Three men are dead and fourteen miners are trapped or dead as flames and smoke cut off the shaft, with little hope of rescue.
Canton Ohio January report states Judge Day said he had been offered the supreme bench and would consider the appointment.
Wreck near Meacham Creek causes three fatalities as two in the car with Maxwell and Milligan die instantly. Engineer reverses lever. part of the train remains on rails. Portland report notes Port Blakeley steamer Sarah M Kenton and a death at Port Makeley. age 61, longtime mill town resident buried at Lake View. Senatorial fight in Olympia stirs King county caucus over Gordon Hat.
Dennis Finnigan a freight brakeman on the Cohuenbia Puget Sound railroad was killed in a morning accident near the Tack Diamond coal mines. His body was found mangled on the railway near Jack Barend after the train began moving again. Coroner Hoyewen reported, and no witness was located. Finnigan, 86 and unmarried, is presumed to have fallen from a car during switching.
Market update notes subdued demand for dates from Arabia and a new fruit crop arrival easing sales. Wholesale price listings show slight increases for items like beef and mutton and varied meat cuts with prose indicating markets remain slow for certain fruits and provisions.
C W Ide, collector of customs, departs for Puget Sound District seeking additional deputies to bolster enforcement and revenue collection on the coast.
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