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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 5 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 118 |
| 1877 | 76 |
| 1878 | 48 |
| 1879 | 7 |
| 1880 | 11 |
| 1882 | 11 |
| 1883 | 91 |
| 1884 | 35 |
| 1885 | 77 |
| 1886 | 34 |
| 1887 | 44 |
| 1888 | 36 |
| 1889 | 72 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 69 |
| 1892 | 143 |
| 1893 | 162 |
| 1894 | 115 |
| 1895 | 116 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 29 |
| 1900 | 10 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 98 |
| 1904 | 51 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 44 |
| 1909 | 92 |
| 1910 | 28 |
| 1911 | 9 |
| 1912 | 10 |
| 1914 | 9 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 15 |
| 1917 | 4 |
| 1918 | 3 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1929 | 1 |
1,730 stories matching mill
- The River Consumes the Mill
High waters on the Skykomish River threaten to swallow a Sultan mill, forcing workers to race against the current to save their machinery.
- 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.
- Ballard Poised to Become the 'Shingle Capital of the World'
With the construction of a new, high-capacity mill, Ballard solidifies its reputation as the epicenter of Puget Sound's timber industry.
- Ballard's Shingle Mills Fire Back Up—But the Owners See Thin Margins
After a two-month shutdown, nearly every shingle mill in Ballard is running again. The smokestacks are busy, but low prices and a rail-car crunch keep the revival uneasy.
- The Industrial Evolution of the Port Discovery Mill
A look at the transformation of a pioneer-era lumber mill into a massive industrial enterprise.
- The Watchman Fought the Flames, but the Clipper Mill Was Gone
A spark from the slab pile was all it took to destroy J. P. Armstrong's shingle mill at Bothell, despite Alfred Johnson's hose and pumps.
- A Forty-Foot Iron Rod Bursts Through the Jurgens Mill Wall
A broken carriage rod sends a piston head and forty feet of heavy iron flying through the mill; workers and a lady visitor escape unhurt.
- A Bad Day at the Ballard Shingle Mill
A fire in Ed A. Auld's shingle mill is stopped by a neighboring company's apparatus, then two workers are maimed in separate accidents.
- Judge Chambers’s New Mill Turns New Dungeness Wheat Into ‘Superb’ Flour
A newspaper tour of the just-finished grist mill found machinery ‘complete in every particular’ and a cleaning apparatus that astonished the visitors.
- Heroic Efforts Save Mill from Raging Forest Fire
A forest fire in the mountains above Dayton decimated one mill, while employees fought flames with water and back-firing techniques to save a second property.
- The Ticket Taker's Midnight Mugging
A L'Allegro Club treasurer was lured from the dance floor into a trap, ending in a gagging and a $55 robbery.
- Mill Owners Dismiss Japanese Workers for 'Language Barrier'
A local mill owner says he will stick to white labor exclusively after deciding that hiring non-English speaking workers was bad for business.
- The Dam That Shut Down Ballard
Fremont millers raised a timber barrier at Lake Union’s outlet. When Ballard’s mills lost their water, the fight went to court—after some talked of tearing it out by hand.
- Hoquiam Mill Workers Strike for Living Wage
Employees walk out at the Northwestern lumber mill after management refuses a raise from $1.75 to $2.00 per day.
- Colville Agency Seeks Mills for Indigenous Service
The U.S. Indian Service is putting out a call for contractors to build a flour mill and sawmill on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation.
- The Litigation Hatchet is Buried at the West Mill
After months of legal gridlock, a debt settlement paves the way for the idle West mill to resume production in Aberdeen.
- The Lumber Price-Fixing Scandal
A Tacoma lumber mill combine has been caught artificially inflating the price of city contracts.
- The Postmaster’s Morality Purge
A Port Townsend postmaster suspends a Methodist minister and mail carrier, citing the moral tone of the department—while his own divorce scandal simmers.
- Fire Shuts Down Hadlock Mill
A boiler room fire on a gravel foundation halts production at the Washington Mill Company, idling 100 men.
- Two Million Shingles and a Mill Go Up in Smoke
A fire that started in a waste pile destroyed Philo Rutherford's shingle mill on Tokul Creek—and an uninsured season's work with it.
- A Fall in the Kennedy Mill
Floyd More was repairing machinery at the Kennedy mill in Dalkena when he fell and shattered his leg — a routine catastrophe in a trade with no safety net.
- A Mount Vernon Mill Folds
A cedar mill succumbs to the dual pressures of economic flooding and a string of creditor lawsuits.
- The Queen City’s Timber Heart: Inside Seattle’s Lumber Boom
A detailed look at the seven sawmills powering Seattle’s growth, the wages of the men who cut them, and a massive waterfront land deal that signals the city's future.
- Fire Threatens Major Snohomish Mill
Workers and citizens labor through the afternoon to save a prominent local lumber mill after its dry kiln catches fire.
- Fatal Mill Accident at Alder
A Japanese mill worker is killed instantly after an accidental encounter with a spinning circular saw.