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18 stories matching frozen
- Frozen Ground Crushes a Railroad Worker
A steam-shovel man on the Idaho & Washington Northern is struck by a collapsing bank of frozen gravel and brought to Newport with a broken nose and severe bruises.
- Tragedy on the Hunt: Brothers Lost in the Cold
A winter hunting expedition near Chehalis ends in the death of a sixteen-year-old boy and the severe injury of his older brother.
- A Hundred Feet of Great Northern Trestle Slips Toward the River
Wet, frozen clay undermines the fill east of Newport, forcing railroad crews to wait for a pile driver before they can rebuild.
- Bellingham Homes Shattered by Icy Blast
Frozen pipes trigger violent explosions across the city, leaving one woman injured and houses in ruins.
- Mystery Man Found Frozen in Freight Car
An unidentified man, dead for weeks, was discovered in a Northern Pacific freight car carrying poison and cash.
- The River Froze Shut and Left a Steamboat Stranded at Cusick
An ice gorge on the Pend d'Oreille backs the water up two feet, maroons the ferry 200 feet from shore, and idles every river hand in Newport while the steamer Newport waits for open water.
- An Oar Snaps, a Boat Drifts, and a Rancher Nearly Freezes to Death
Henry Schultzie left Cusick by boat, but a broken oar left him helpless in the current. The Brown brothers spotted him hours later, lying in the bottom of the boat with both feet already frozen.
- The City's Frozen Pipe Crackdown
Tacoma water inspectors issue fines to hundreds of residents who left taps running to prevent freezing, raising $400 for city coffers.
- Ice Brings the River Fleet to a Standstill
A brutal early cold snap froze the Pend Oreille, halting steamboats, forcing mail onto sleighs, and stranding crews and freight.
- The River Wakes Up—and Newport's Steamboats Go Adrift
After three weeks frozen, Pend Oreille navigation resumes, but a broken boom and an ice floe send the Metaline and Fram downstream and leave the Ruth without a dock.
- Kennewick Claims Horticultural Superiority
Local boosters defend Kennewick's early fruit season against claims of supremacy from the wetter coastal regions.
- A Special Train, 130 Stalled Homesteads, and a Vote That Didn't Count
The Interior Department has frozen some 130 homestead entries in the Walla Walla land district — and men who rode a chartered train to Franklin County to vote last year now find their residency there questioned. The ticket they backed lost anyway.
- Tacoma Recalls the Great 'Wharf-Destroying' Blizzard of 1902
As a new winter storm hits the Sound, residents look back with dread on a 1902 weather event that claimed wharves, machinery, and lumber.
- The Frontier Has Closed: A Warning to Labor
Raymond Robbins, a seasoned labor organizer, speaks to Everett workers about the vanishing frontier and the coming industrial struggle.
- A Father’s Frozen Grief on the Puyallup River
A four-year-old boy slips from the bank into the river while fishing, leaving his family in a state of shock as he drifts away.
- Eighty Men, a Night Crew, and a Forest of Logs: Newport's Timber Boom in Full Swing
New rail spurs and new mills put scores of men to work across the Pend Oreille country — until the cold snap and the frozen lake threaten to slow the saws.
- Seattle's Milk Supply Caught in a Secret Trust
A quiet combination of milk dealers and a new condensed milk company threatens to control prices, squeeze out independents, and lock Skagit farmers into low-paying contracts.
- A Rancher Found on the Riverbank—and a Family That Suspected Murder
Thomas Johnston was found dead near Blueslide in December 1908. A justice's inquest blamed exposure; his relatives demanded a second look, and a postmortem found no broken neck.