The Perilous Seventh and Pine Coasting Crash
A dozen youths riding a 'double-header' sled collided with a laundry wagon, resulting in injuries during a winter snowstorm.
The serious coasting accident of the season occurred Saturday at 10 o'clock at the corner of Seventh and Pine streets. A double-header loaded with twelve persons collided with the Seattle Steam Laundry wagon, throwing the driver out, smashing the sled and injuring five of the twelve who were on it. The double-header started from the corner of Seneca and Seventh. Cecil Langston was guiding the forward sled. At the corner of Pine, the laundry wagon was intercepted. The crash came, and an indiscriminate mass of humanity went rolling and plowing through the snow.
“Hold on, I've got some salve, and I guess that will fix my head all right.”
In 1893, Seattle's steep downtown hills were a literal playground during winter. Today, the intersection of 7th and Pine is a high-traffic corridor near the Convention Center, a stark transformation from the snowy slopes where children once risked life and limb on sleds.
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