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  1. Great Northern Train Narrowly Escapes Destruction

    Passengers on a Great Northern train watched in horror as thousands of tons of earth wiped out a work site just feet from their tracks.

    Mar 5, 1904The Tacoma TimesMukilteo bluffs, Mukilteo, Snohomish CountyDisasters

  2. A Boiler Explosion Near Mukilteo Kills Two Railroad Men

    The Great Northern’s southbound “Owl” wrecked when its locomotive boiler burst, throwing the engineer into Puget Sound and leaving the fireman missing.

    Feb 10, 1909The Tacoma TimesMukilteo, Snohomish CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  3. Coroner Blames Corroded Boiler for the Explosion That Killed Two on the 'Owl'

    A coroner's jury near Mukilteo rules that the Great Northern locomotive that blew apart was destroyed by broken stay bolts and corrosion — an industrial failure, not an accident of fate.

    Feb 13, 1909The Tacoma TimesMukilteo, Snohomish CountyDisasters

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