Superintendent McCabe
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- Dec 29, 1891The Night the Wind Shook OlympiaA gale worse than any since 1882 tore through Olympia, sinking the steamer Colby at Horr's dock, blocking the Northern Pacific, and bringing trees down across the city.Columbia Street, Olympia, WA
- Jul 19, 1892Renton Vigilantes Tear Up Railroad TracksAfter failing to secure an injunction against the Oregon Improvement Company, fed-up citizens of Renton took matters into their own hands and destroyed a controversial spur track overnight.Renton, WA
- Oct 15, 1892The Great Northern's Monopoly on the WaterfrontRailroad superintendent McCabe warns that the city's waterfront is being handed over to James J. Hill, effectively cutting off public access.Yesler Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Jan 15, 1894The Tragedy on the Chehalis RiverA work train plunges into a flooded ravine, claiming the life of an engineer as the waters of the Newaukum River rise to historic levels.Newaukum River, Chehalis, WA
- Aug 28, 1894Blacklisted on the Waterfront: Northern Pacific Punishes Strike LeadersAfter the 1894 railroad strike, a Northern Pacific superintendent admits the company will not rehire “strike leaders or agitators” — and one ex-switchman says the boycott follows him even to a steamship wharf.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 28, 1895Five Masked Men, a $50,000 Payroll, and a Train Robbery That Fell ApartA planned holdup of the Northern Pacific's No. 2 near Cle Elum unraveled when the train stopped 500 feet too far ahead, leaving two would-be robbers to run straight into a waiting posse.Cle Elum, WA