Fatal Bridge Accident Claims Hog Rancher

Nakamura Umekuau, a Japanese rancher, died at Providence hospital yesterday afternoon of injuries received in a runaway accident on the Grant Street bridge about 11:30 o'clock in the morning. Umekuau owned a hog ranch in company with some of his people south of the city and was in the habit of coming into the city frequently for the purpose of collecting the food thrown away by inhabitants. When he had finished his rounds yesterday morning, he started back home over the Grant Street bridge. Near the Clanacca & Sweeney bottling works, his horses became frightened and commenced to prance. Umekuau at first tried to control them from the wagon, but as they grew more restive and tugged harder on the reins, he lost confidence in himself as a horseman and jumped out of the wagon, thinking that he could hold them better by the bridle. As soon as he took hold of the head of one of the horses, things grew worse instead of better. The animals plunged and jumped until Umekuau lost his hold and was thrown to the ground directly in front of the animal he was trying to hold. The animal in going over him struck him with his hoof, and the wheels of the wagon also crossed his head, leaving him lying in the dust apparently dead. Nakamura Umekuau was about 30 years old and had lived in Seattle since 1880. He has a brother, Bakemura Kamekuea, who keeps a lodging house at 501 Main street.