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A worker dies after becoming entangled in industrial machinery, highlighting the extreme dangers faced by laborers in the Puget Sound timber industry.
“A man named Peter Harring was caught in a belt and carried around the shaft in the mill at Port Discovery yesterday.”
A look at the transformation of a pioneer-era lumber mill into a massive industrial enterprise.
“The large new mill building dwarfs its ancestor into comparative insignificance.”
A complex maritime engineering feat underway at Port Discovery to salvage a sunken vessel.
“These 'camels' are huge, air-tight tanks, which are filled with water and sunk at low tide and then lashed to the object.”
A visiting ship caught fire at Port Discovery, forcing the crew to scuttle the vessel to save her.
“Every effort was made to subdue the flames, but as they continued to gain headway the ship was scuttled and sank.”
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