Captain Greene
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- Aug 16, 1887The Steamer Collision That Divided the WaterfrontAfter two rival steamers collided in the Tacoma harbor, an official inquiry revealed a comedy of errors and stubborn seamanship.Tacoma, WA
- May 3, 1889The Ferryboat War of Elliott BayA high-stakes territorial dispute over a commercial shipping slip leads to a dangerous maritime game of chicken between two competing steamships.West Seattle, Seattle, WA
- Dec 2, 1891The Eastern Oregon Burned at Percival’s WharfA repair crew’s paint store caught fire aboard the steamship Eastern Oregon, forcing men to jump forty feet to the mudflats and killing one cook; the blaze threatened Percival’s Wharf before rain helped firefighters.Olympia, WA