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631 stories matching capt
- A Foggy Night on the Sound
A collision between two steamships leads to a libel lawsuit and the suspension of a captain.
- The Makah Mariners Who Returned from the Spirit Land
Two sailors picked up 600 miles out at sea by the bark Buena Vista were thought dead, only to reappear at Neah Bay to a hero's welcome.
- The Passing of a Maritime Patriarch
Capt. F. C. Pendleton, 66, part owner of the brig Virgil T. Price, died of inflammatory rheumatism in Seattle.
- A Captain's Alaska Liquor Case Comes to Port Townsend
A federal warrant for importing liquor into Alaska and selling it to Native people sends Capt. Thomas Butler to Portland to answer the charge.
- The Peril of the Deep
Divers and engineers battle immense pressure to raise a sunken tugboat from the depths of the bay.
- A Waterfront Captain's Sudden Death, and the Suicide Rumor That Didn't Hold
Capt. J. H. O'Hara died at his wharf office in Tacoma; a post-mortem found no truth to talk of suicide, while friends remembered a hard-drinking but well-liked waterfront figure.
- The Price of Target Practice
A local captain faces bureaucratic hurdles and pointless costs when requesting simple supplies for his militia unit.
- A Captain's Fortune and the Daughters Who Couldn't Prove They Were Family
Washington's supreme court threw out a contest over the $500,000 estate of Port Blakely mill man William Renton because the claimants could not show they were adopted.
- The Sad Fate of the Umatilla
A survey of the shipwrecked vessel confirms the total loss, with underwriters bracing for the salvage auction.
- Two Seattle Shipmates and the Hurricane That Sank a Fleet
Capt. D. Mullan and cigar-store owner L. S. Borchers, survivors of the 1889 Samoan cyclone, met in Seattle and remembered the Nipsic's escape.
- The Steamboat Betrayal
A local captain accuses Ottawa officials of reneging on a mail contract after he already invested in the route.
- The $100,000 Tugboat Dispute
A steamship's distress call near Port Townsend has triggered a massive legal battle over salvage rights and the true peril of the Pacific.
- Firefighters Trapped Under Collapsing Barn Roof
A dangerous late-night blaze at the stable of E. P. Whittler leaves two firemen severely injured when a windmill crashes through the burning roof.
- Gold Fever Lands at Bellingham Bay
Mail-steamer dispatches report 1,400 argonauts bound for the new mines, Victoria land prices climbing to a 'dizzy elevation,' and rumors of a fresh townsite at Semiahmoo Bay.
- The Ghost That Wasn't There
A nervous homeowner fires a shotgun at his own shadow, hospitalizing his son-in-law in the chaos.
- A Kitchen Fire on the Hill — and a Town Saves the House
Capt. Willoughby's kitchen burned with $800 in utensils and stores, but quick-acting citizens kept the blaze from taking the main building.
- The Mail Must Go Through: A Fatal Storm on the Coast
A dedicated mail carrier and his father lost their lives in a treacherous storm off the Washington coast while attempting to deliver the mail from Montesano to Chehalis Point.
- The Forgotten Captain of the Duwamish
After surviving a near-drowning last spring, a local schooner captain is finally hospitalized for exhaustion and neglect.
- The Tragedy at the Salvation Army Barracks
A dedicated Salvation Army captain is murdered in Spokane by a rejected suitor who then takes his own life.
- Eighty Artillerymen Bound for the Spokane War
A San Francisco dispatch reports Company K of the 3d Artillery heading north to reinforce Col. Steptoe, with a new commander for the company lost when Lt. Gunn was killed by Spokanes.
- Masters and Pilots Revolt Against Port Inspector
A powerful local maritime union files formal charges against U.S. Inspector W. J. Bryant, alleging systemic corruption, bullying, and insurance kickbacks.
- Old Town Residents Organize for Electric Rail Connection
A determined group of citizens in the original Yakima site is grading a new side-track, hoping to lure a company into connecting their district to North Yakima via electric rail.
- A Port Townsend Lawyer Vanishes Without a Trace
Capt. George H. Jones, a constitutional convention delegate and Republican county leader, had been missing for days when his family's Puget Sound search came up empty.
- Steamer Cascade Lost Near Edmonds
A stern-wheeler meets a watery end after a labor dispute leaves it stranded on the beach during a windstorm.
- Police Power Struggle at City Hall
A failed political maneuver to purge a strict police captain reveals the deep fractures within Seattle's municipal government.