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  1. A Confessed Killer, a Small-Town Jail, and a Mob Talked Down

    Robert Day, held for murder near Woodland, is spared a lynching by 'cooler heads' at a Kerns mass meeting — but Cowlitz County's anger is barely contained.

    Oct 19, 1891The Olympia TribuneKalama, Cowlitz CountyTrue Crime

  2. The Worst Storm on the Sound: A Train Wreck, a Drifting Ship, and Dead Wires

    A landslide derails a Northern Pacific freight near Castle Rock, a British ship is blown across Tacoma bay, and the telegraph goes dead from Seattle south.

    Dec 23, 1891The Olympia TribuneCastle Rock, Cowlitz CountyBoom & Bust · Disasters

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