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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1892 | 5 |
| 1893 | 2 |
| 1894 | 5 |
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- Railroad Strike Paralyzes Grays Harbor Industry
As the Pullman strike spreads across the nation, 500 local workers are left jobless, and Ocosta residents joke about a diet of clams as shipping comes to a standstill.
- Five Sailors Perish in Grays Harbor Surf
A survey crew's small boat capsizes in the dangerous entrance to the harbor, sparking a frantic search along the beach.
- Five Men Lost in the Surf Near Ocosta
A fourteen-mile beach patrol finds no trace of Lieut. Crosby or four others believed drowned off the Washington coast.
- The Mayor and the Editor: A Libel Feud in Ocosta
A small-town mayor charges an editor with criminal libel after a series of scathing public criticisms.
- Striking Gold in the Black Sand of the Beach
A Tacoma visitor reports a machine at Ocosta that pulls a dollar of gold from every ton of beach sand — and a local banker has already bought it.