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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 34 |
| 1877 | 22 |
| 1878 | 9 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 7 |
| 1882 | 4 |
| 1883 | 38 |
| 1884 | 16 |
| 1885 | 23 |
| 1886 | 8 |
| 1887 | 15 |
| 1888 | 16 |
| 1889 | 39 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 30 |
| 1892 | 91 |
| 1893 | 62 |
| 1894 | 67 |
| 1895 | 114 |
| 1897 | 2 |
| 1898 | 12 |
| 1899 | 27 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 42 |
| 1904 | 29 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 7 |
| 1908 | 37 |
| 1909 | 41 |
| 1910 | 11 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 6 |
| 1915 | 13 |
| 1916 | 23 |
| 1917 | 10 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 7 |
| 1924 | 9 |
| 1925 | 1 |
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- Puyallup Commuters Organize for Cheaper Rail Fares
Local residents in Puyallup form a committee to challenge railway pricing on the new, shorter line to Tacoma.
- Four Days on Miserable Roads: A Doctor Carries Relief to River Camps
With twenty patients back at the emergency hospital and winter camps strung along the Pend Oreille River, Dr. Walker spent four days reaching Ione and leaving the first relief supplies.
- Drugged on the Waterfront, Shipped to Australia—and Back
J. W. Ellsworth vanished from Everett last September. His family gave him up for dead. His explanation: a shanghaied voyage aboard a lumber schooner.
- Steamer Vashon Disabled in Puget Sound Accident
A faulty boiler plate leaves a fireman injured and passengers stranded off Manzanita Beach.
- The Last Colony of Snohomish Departs
A mother chooses her family over a religious sect’s move to California, pulling her children from the train at the final moment.
- Six Pleasure-Seekers Leap From a Burning Launch Into the Lewis River
A Friday-night outing turned into an hour in neck-deep water before lumbermen built a raft and brought everyone back alive.
- 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.
- The Million-Dollar Timber Grab
A newly formed corporation has consolidated massive timber holdings on the Tacoma Eastern line, signaling a shift in regional resource ownership.
- A Runaway Wife Returns to View the Husband Who Died Searching for Her
Anna M. Nelson had hidden herself from an unhappy marriage. When Andrew P. Nelson died looking for her, she came back to Tacoma—exhausted, unmoved, and willing to explain.
- The Steamer Ruth Ties Up as the Railroad Takes Her Passengers
Owner Woldson orders the Ruth out of service at Newport's Stevens dock, pays off the crew, and sends Capt. Evans looking for a new Columbia River run.
- Electrician Lost in Narrows During Gale
A Seattle man is presumed dead after attempting a perilous rowboat crossing of the Narrows during a storm.
- Icy Rescue on the Columbia River
Two men survived a harrowing five-hour drift in freezing temperatures after their scow broke loose near Stevenson.
- He Kept a $5,000 Reward Posted for His Missing Wife. Then He Drank Himself to Death.
Christine Nelson stepped into a New York hotel room in October and was never seen again. Her husband spent a fortune and two trips East searching — and died this morning at St. Joseph's.
- Alone in the Tunnel: A Mine Superintendent Is Overcome by Gas and Not Found Until Morning
James Pecola, longtime superintendent of the Edison and Washington-Iowa mines, went back underground after supper to check two misfire holes. The gas got him first, and the crew did not miss him until Sunday.
- University of Puget Sound Students Rescued from The Narrows
A sudden squall capsized a row-boat carrying six students, leading to a harrowing rescue in the dangerous channel waters.
- The Launch Nancy Lost Her Engine and Rode the Canyon
A dead gasoline engine put a Newport launch into the current below the canyon. Two miles later, four passengers and a crew were hauled ashore by a man in a rowboat — soaked, shaken, and alive.
- A Snowbound Road That Would End at Newport's Doorstep
State Road No. 2 — a $25,000 legislative appropriation — is about to go to bid, but contractors must first wait for the Calispel Mountains to thaw before they can walk the line.
- The Great Tacoma Auto Heist
A mechanic attempts a high-speed repossession of a Winton touring car, triggering a cross-city chase between Tacoma and Seattle.
- Two Deaths at Port Blakely, and a Killer's Surrender
A newly arrived blacksmith was shot in the back at the Port Blakely mill; a child was killed in the same attack, and the assailant gave himself up after days in the woods.
- Lost at Sea in the Narrows
An electrician vanishes while attempting a dangerous crossing during a windstorm, leaving little hope for rescue.
- A Newport Barber Walks Free After a Seattle Manslaughter Trial
Frank Poquette's six-hour jury deliberation ended in acquittal, with the defense insisting William King fell drunk on the pavement.
- The Great Tacoma Brick Famine
A supply chain crisis at a Renton monopoly grinds Tacoma’s infrastructure projects to a halt.
- 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.
- Newport Makes Its Case for a Court of Its Own
Five hundred signatures back a push to carve a new judicial district out of the east side, with Newport as the place to hold court.
- A Whiskey Flask on the Pend Oreille: Laborer Drowns at Usk Landing
Fred Campbell fell from the Steamer Spokane while intoxicated; his body was brought to Newport as officials searched for anyone who knew him.