Tragic Accident in Seattle's Southern Brickyards
An eight-year-old boy, the son of a prominent contractor, is severely injured after being struck by a wagon.
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Joseph, the eight-year-old son of Julio Huntington, the contractor, was run over by a wagon yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of the brick yard south of this city. Mr. Launsalter, of the firm of Launsalter & Todd, passed by soon after the accident and picked the little fellow up and took him to his home. He says he thinks a bone in the boy's leg was broken, but at the time he left the house the doctor had not arrived, and the exact injuries were not known.
“Mr. Launsalter, of the firm of Launsalter & Todd, passed by soon after the accident and picked the little fellow up and took him to his home.”
While Seattle’s landscape has transformed from industrial brickyards into dense urban neighborhoods, the city’s struggle to manage safe movement for children through commercial areas remains a constant civic tension. This incident reflects the era’s rapid, unregulated industrial expansion that often placed working sites directly in the path of residential life.
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