Tragedy at the Coal Bunkers
A tailor from a local ship was found dead on the railroad tracks in what authorities labeled an accidental death.
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Yesterday morning, about 4 o'clock, J. K. Pitts, night watchman at the coal bunkers, found the stiff body of a man lying upon the railroad track. The remains were removed to the mortuary, and at a coroner's inquest held later in the day, it was ascertained that the body was that of Charles Marshall, a tailor employed on the City of Brooklyn. After various parties were examined who had seen the deceased during the evening previous, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
“The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.”
Coal bunkers and industrial rail lines once defined the Seattle waterfront, creating dangerous environments for workers. This story reflects the grim reality of industrial mortality in a growing, labor-intensive port city.
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