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When the Washington Mill Company caught fire in 1886, a small mill town was leveled in just two hours, leaving over 100 men without work and a local entrepreneur's life's work in ashes.
“The burning of the mill throws fully 100 men out of employment, who depend on their daily labor for their bread.”
Walter Bywater was walking a Hood Canal trail with his wife and child when a seven-foot cougar crouched to spring. A Scotch terrier and a quick rifle shot changed the ending.
“Mrs. Bywater was ahead and the cougar instantly crouched to spring upon her, but her husband pulled her aside and sent a rifle bullet to meet the varmint.”
A February storm buries Mason and Kitsap counties under four and a half feet of snow — flattening Seabeck's finest schoolhouse and a Lilliwaup hotel while its owner was away in Seattle.
“The schoolhouse at Seabeck was crushed flat by the snow. It cost about $3,000 and was one of the best in Kitsap county. Four dollars' worth of work would probably have saved it.”
A new mill with advanced machinery is set to significantly increase timber capacity on the Sound.
“All the workmen on the Sound wish prosperity and long life to a firm whose investments secure bread and labor.”
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