A Slip and a Dip at Yesler Dock
A hurried passenger learns the hard way that the gangplank of the City of Seattle is no place for a clumsy dash.
Considerable excitement was caused at the Yesler dock Saturday afternoon before the steamer City of Seattle sailed, by the mishap to a belated passenger. He went down the gangplank rapidly, but not with that speed with which his feet went from under him and he plunged into the water, satchel and all. A rope was thrown down and the rescue effected in a manner creditable to all parties. The unfortunate bather's name was lost in the confusion.
“He went down the gangplank rapidly, but not with that speed with which his feet went from under him.”
Accidents at the waterfront were a staple of early Seattle journalism, where the line between travel and tragedy was often thin. The old Yesler Wharf, once the center of the city's commercial life, has long since vanished under the modern waterfront redevelopment.
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