The Blasting Accident That Halted the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway

A terrible casualty occurred Wednesday at the Falls, resulting in the death of three men. From a traveler who arrived from Snohomish last evening, the following particulars were learned: A gang of men in the employ of Messrs. Haas & Barnes, contractors on the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern road, were engaged in grading midway along the bluff at the Falls on Wednesday afternoon. A blast had been fired, loosening a large bank above, and the foreman, thinking the blast had missed fire, went up to investigate. He cautioned the laborers to keep well back, but while he was making his examination, the foreman was only bruised slightly, but the mass of rock which had been loosened came sliding down the mountainside, carrying three men and killing them instantly. Mr. Haas said, 'Before leaving home I used every effort in my power to ascertain the names of the killed, but did not succeed. They were comparative strangers. One was a broad-shouldered man who arrived from the East about a week ago and had been at my place on the way to the front, but I have forgotten his name.'