Seattle & Northern Railway
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- Mar 25, 1894The Hard Pan Tax DisputeA small-town legal battle in Anacortes reveals how railroad companies and local governments clashed over the definition of 'rock' to dodge municipal assessments.Anacortes, WA
- Jul 25, 1894Fire in the Skagit WoodsA fire in the Skagit Valley destroys Duncan's logging camp, dump and cedar logs, sending a smoke cloud over the valley.Sedro-Woolley, WA
- Jan 14, 1895Mount Vernon's Dikes Held—Barely—as the Skagit RoseThe Skagit River broke a dike near Fir, covered bottomlands, cut trains and mail, and left Mount Vernon watching its new levee seep.Mount Vernon, WA
- Apr 19, 1895A Fireman Died in a Flood-Swollen Culvert. Now His Widow Wants the Railroad to Pay.E. G. Cole left a widow and three daughters, including six-month-old twins. His estate is suing the Oregon Improvement Company for $12,480, alleging the company ran a train through a flooded, defective roadbed.Hamilton, WA