A Fatal Accident at the Port Gamble Mill

Mr. James Sharp, who for twenty-nine years was a resident of Port Gamble, met a tragic end last Saturday. Mr. Sharp and his wife arrived on Puget Sound twenty-nine years ago and located at Port Gamble, where they have since resided. After working about the mill a few days, Mr. Sharp was placed in charge of the planer and had had charge of that department of the mill ever since. The logs are placed on the lower floor and deck, and other timber to be planed is sent down to the planer room below. Last Saturday, the planer jammed, and in attempting to clear it, a dealt plank fell on top of the timber he had hold of and struck him in the stomach with great force, inflicting an injury from which he realized from the very start he could not recover. He had made up his mind to quit the mill work within the next few weeks. He had intended to go over to Port Ludlow as soon as the weather cleared and superintend the construction of Cyrus Walker's new residence, after which he proposed to build a home for himself and wife in Seattle. 'Man proposes but God disposes,' rarely proved truer in his case.