Local Contractor Dies Following Bridge Fall
H. G. Horn perished after falling into a gulch near the Tacoma Eastern depot in the dark.
H. G. Horn, a Tacoma contractor, died at St. Joseph's hospital yesterday afternoon as a result of injuries received by a fall from a bridge near the Tacoma Eastern depot Sunday evening. Mr. Horn was walking home, and in the dark walked off the bridge and fell into the gulch. Here he was found by Policeman Smith in a semiconscious condition, and was taken to the police station, and afterwards removed to the hospital. Deceased was 53 years of age and was well known and highly esteemed throughout the city. He was a prominent member of the local Red Men, who will conduct the funeral services at Mellinger's chapel on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Horn leaves three sisters and two brothers, all but one of whom are residents of this state.
“Mr. Horn was walking home, and in the dark walked off the bridge and fell into the gulch.”
This accident highlights the physical hazards inherent in the rapidly growing, poorly lit topography of early 20th-century Tacoma. Many of the 'gulches' described here have since been modified or filled, but the city's rugged terrain remains a defining, if sometimes dangerous, feature of the landscape.
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