Tragedy at the N.P. Depot
An unidentified man is struck and killed by a dirt-hauling freight engine near the Northern Pacific depot.
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Intoxicated and unconscious of impending danger, an unknown man walked in front of freight engine No. 671 at 9:30 last night near Fifteenth and Dock streets, and was instantly killed. The man had been seen earlier in the evening by Patrolman Jurisch and by Tony Pappi and J. Murray, workmen engaged at the N. P. depot excavations. Although the man was mangled horribly, his features are distinguishable, and it is thought that he is a foreigner. The remains were taken to Mellinger's undertaking parlors.
“Intoxicated and unconscious of impending danger, an unknown man walked in front of freight engine No. 671.”
Railroad and industrial fatalities were common in Tacoma's bustling industrial district at the turn of the century. The intersection of 15th and Dock remains a site of heavy industrial and transit activity.
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