Capt. LeClerc
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- Apr 2, 1908Five Minutes Through Box CanyonThe launch Nancy sets a river record while the Metaline returns with a new boiler and Newport's waterfront hums with new boats and schedules.Newport, WA
- Jul 23, 1908Fire in the White Pine: Blaze Runs from Blue Slide Toward Calispel MountainLumber companies rush crews to protect one of the Pend Oreille's finest white-pine districts as a forest fire spreads near Ruby Creek.Newport, WA
- Oct 8, 1908The Cry That Came Too Late on the Pend OreilleA deck hand fell from the steamer Ione near Locke Landing while trying to catch a wind-blown parcel. His crew heard the cry but could not reach him in time.Ione, WA
- Nov 19, 1908The Tug That Sank at Her Own MooringsThe Defender goes down in ten feet of water off the Pend Oreille landing while low water ties up log barges on the bars and fog strands a sixty-passenger steamer below Boundary Island.Newport, WA
- Feb 4, 1909When the Ice Broke: Newport's Steamboats Reconnect the Pend OreilleWith the river finally open to Box Canyon, two navigation companies coordinated schedules at Newport, linking trains, mail and lumber camps to the upper Pend Oreille.Newport, WA
- Feb 11, 1909A River Pact Collapses, but the Metaline Returns to ServiceA signed steamboat connection between the Ruth and the Pend Oreille River Navigation Company fell through within days, even as Newport’s river fleet shifted schedules and put the Metaline back to work.Newport, WA