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10 stories matching crash
- Kennewick Bowlers Best the Highlanders
A tight-knit local rivalry sees the town team secure their first victory in a high-stakes pin-crashing showdown.
- A Circus Train Wrecked on the Grade Near Newport
A switch engine pushing a loaded boxcar crashed head-on into the Campbell Brothers' circus train between Ione and Grange City, wrecking three cars and killing the show's horses.
- Tragedy at the Sumner Crossing
A weekend outing turned to mourning after a fatal collision between an automobile and a passenger train.
- Prison Sentence for Fatal Automobile Accident
In a stern sentencing, a Tacoma man was sent to the state penitentiary for manslaughter following a highway crash that claimed the life of Mrs. Minnie Hogue.
- The Great Train Wreck of 1907
A look back at a dramatic freight derailment that sent twenty-one cars into a Kennewick gully.
- Sunset Highway Collision
A Spokane dentist crashes into a local carriage, leaving passengers shaken but mostly unhurt.
- The Death of John Barleycorn: Kennewick Goes Dry
As Washington state's prohibition laws took effect in 1916, the local paper penned a mock-obituary for the liquor trade.
- A Terrifying Double Runaway at White Bluffs
Two schoolgirls survive a harrowing cart crash after a frightened mare triggers a chaotic chain reaction on the road to town.
- An Aerial Bust at the Snohomish Ball Game
A much-anticipated airplane exhibition turns into a mud-caked failure, but the local baseball game saves the day for the fans.
- The Engineer Who Stayed at the Brakes
A Burlington passenger train hit an open switch outside Selah at 30 miles an hour. Engineer William Gordon and fireman Meyers died; the passengers lived because Gordon never let go.