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A foreman is buried alive after returning to a construction site to retrieve his coat as the earth gives way.
“The surface of the land on the adjacent slope was sliding... Johnson, however, rushed back to get his coat.”
A laborer dies on a brutal journey from the woods to a Seattle hospital after a tree-felling accident at a Richmond Beach grading camp.
“I can't live. I'm dying now.”
Police stopped an Everett boxing match; at Richmond Beach, Morrisey knocked out Barbour in two rounds.
“There on the beach the stakes were driven and the ropes put up.”
A dog's frantic barking saved the lives of hotel guests as a $10,000 blaze swept through a Richmond Beach hotel in the early morning hours.
“Guests were obliged to rush from their rooms in scanty attire, saving practically nothing.”
Three valuable animals, including a prize Jersey and two Holsteins, were spirited away under the cover of darkness.
“The animals were tracked a short distance down the county road toward Seattle, but owing to by-paths and other roads the trail was lost.”
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