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23 stories matching electrician
- Fatal Currents: City Under Fire for Electrocution
Electricians question the city's management after two men died from a high-tension wire grounding failure.
- The Dual Life of Bremerton’s Mayor
A federal inquiry into whether an electrician-turned-mayor could serve two masters while policing the local saloon trade.
- Lost at Sea in the Narrows
An electrician vanishes while attempting a dangerous crossing during a windstorm, leaving little hope for rescue.
- The Moonlit Streets of Tacoma
Electrician Laaton pushes to replace wooden utility poles with ornamental iron lighting throughout the downtown core.
- A Desperate Act at the St. Elmo
A Seattle electrician is hospitalized in Vancouver after a suicide attempt follows significant gambling losses.
- Electrician Lost in Narrows During Gale
A Seattle man is presumed dead after attempting a perilous rowboat crossing of the Narrows during a storm.
- Industrial Tragedy Claims Everett Lineman
W. S. Hardy, a well-known local electrician, died following a fatal workplace accident while stringing high-tension wires in Spokane.
- Everett Labor Leaders Organize Bellingham Trades
Local union activists Jim Ballew and Dave Watt travel to Bellingham to help workers there establish their own Building Trades Council.
- The Daytime Light Mystery
Citizens flood city hall with calls wondering why electric lights are burning in broad daylight.
- Tacoma’s Great White Way: Tungsten Streetlights Arrive
A new electrical experiment on Pacific Avenue aims to slash power consumption while brightening the path to the city docks.
- City Hall Scrambles to Power Tacoma
As the power trust exerts pressure, Tacoma’s leadership struggles to staff the Nisqually plant.
- Fatal Surge on Pacific Avenue
High-voltage electricity crosses wires at a construction site, claiming the lives of two local workers and endangering several others.
- City Hall Card Game Ends in Firing
Public works linemen are caught playing cards on the clock in a city hall office, prompting a crackdown on workplace loitering.
- Tacoma Power Trust Abandons Monopoly Stand
After fighting the city's municipal power initiative, the private power trust suddenly offers to furnish all electricity needed for the coming winter.
- Tragedy at the Lynden Light Plant
A dedicated engineer is killed while volunteering his time to maintain local machinery.
- The City Moves Dirt: Tacoma’s Infrastructure Expansion
Crews begin work on a significant new sluicing line to clear debris from the U.P. tunnel, doubling down on civil works to connect the city grid.
- City Faces Lawsuit After Fatal Electrocution
Lawyers prepare to sue the city over the deaths of two men who were killed while turning on electric lights.
- South Tacoma’s Quest for Clean Water
City officials prepare to test new artesian wells, aiming to replace a water supply plagued by 'foul drainage' and contamination.
- The High Stakes of City Power Contracts
As the city seeks additional power to meet winter demand, critics warn of corporate influence on municipal leadership.
- The Battle for the Great Northern Depot
Everett union workers clash with Seattle tradesmen over strike-breaking at a local railway site.
- The Wireless Miracle at City Hall
Curious citizens gather to witness a demonstration of the mysterious 'wireless telephone' inside police headquarters.
- Violent Windstorm Shreds Walla Walla County Infrastructure
A sudden, shifting gale rips roofs from elevators and destroys miles of railroad sand fencing across the valley.
- A Battery Factory in the Pines: Newport Bets Its Future on Dry Cells
One of only two dry-cell battery plants west of the Mississippi opens in Newport, promising 25 jobs by September and a thousand cells a day by fall.