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| Year | Stories |
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| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 4 |
| 1892 | 6 |
| 1893 | 11 |
| 1894 | 2 |
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- The Logging Technicality
A man caught cutting timber on government land walks free after a dispute over his Northern Pacific contract.
- Mill Tragedy in Cosmopolis
A local worker faces permanent injury after a horrific accident at the saw.
- The High Cost of Poaching
A local hunting club claims exclusive rights to a South Bay ranch and threatens legal action against those hunting their game.
- A Fatal Mistake on North River
A settler dies a slow, agonizing death after a horse-riding accident miles from help.
- Telephone Justice for a Livery Thief
A would-be thief who fleeces his benefactor is caught after an early use of long-distance communication stops him on the boat to Westport.
- The Teacher Who Saved the Schoolhouse
A quick-thinking teacher organized students into a bucket brigade to save a burning schoolhouse at Hughes' mill.
- The Perilous Midnight Row Across the Harbor
Two mill workers, caught in a fierce gale while attempting to row across the Aberdeen harbor, spent hours fighting for their lives against the wind and tide.
- A Terrifying Buggy Ride in Elma
A quiet Sunday excursion turned into a medical emergency when a runaway horse left a local man severely injured.
- Tragic Drowning of a Sailor off Point Wilson
A young sailor is lost at sea during a sudden squall while the schooner J. M. Weatherwax was under tow.
- The Great Gate City Sawmill Heist
A rival mill proprietor orchestrates a midnight raid to steal his competition's machinery, only to get caught red-handed.
- The Opium Raid at Hoquiam
Four men were arrested and fined for smoking opium as federal officials clamped down on the practice in the Harbor.
- Brutal Workplace Injuries at Local Mills
Three workers in Aberdeen and Hoquiam are left broken and maimed after harrowing industrial accidents in a single week.
- The Halibut Bank Misadventure
An ambitious fishing excursion turns into a comedy of errors, leaving local thrill-seekers more acquainted with seasickness than with their quarry.
- Sixteen-Year-Old Karl Thompson Drowns in Chehalis River
A boat capsizes near an old brewery, leaving a sixteen-year-old boy dead.
- Horrific Sawmill Accident Leaves Worker Fighting for His Life
A logger is maimed in a catastrophic carriage accident at the Stetson Manufacturing Company mill in Montesano.
- The Curious Case of the Jailbird Burglar
An enterprising thief escaped jail, went on a suburban burglary spree, and was promptly caught while trying to swipe silverware.
- The Marshal's Staged Room Inspection
A Seattle detective relies on the local marshal to nab a mail thief hiding out in a Cosmopolis hotel.
- The Great Aberdeen Schoolhouse Schism
A bitter public dispute erupts over where to build the city's new school, pitting local business titans and school board members against one another in a war of open letters.
- The Ill-Fated Final Voyage of the J.C. Ford
After battling leaks and heavy seas for days, a lumber schooner goes down at the mouth of Grays Harbor as a passing collier ignores its distress signals.
- The Peeping Toms of H and Second Streets
A string of late-night window-peeping incidents has left Aberdeen residents on edge and arming themselves for a confrontation.
- City Council Caught in Railroad’s Pocket
Aberdeen’s local officials are handing over the city’s future by letting railroad attorneys draft their own franchise terms during council meetings.
- The Weather Bureau's Secret Weapon
An Aberdeen inventor was caught with a bizarre, Gattling-gun-style contraption designed to blast the clouds away and control the rain.
- Firefighters Fail as Rotten Hoses Fail to Save Homes
A residential fire on Eleventh Street in Aberdeen spirals into a local crisis when faulty equipment and a lack of unified command prevent the fire department from saving two houses.
- The Witch Doctor’s Bullet: A Love Triangle in Hoquiam
When a local Indian doctor claimed a young woman was bewitched to death, her grieving father took justice into his own hands, leaving a victim with a bullet in the shoulder and a story that captivated Aberdeen.
- The Salmon Wars of Grays Harbor: How Indigenous Engineers Built a River-Scale Machine
Long before the white man’s mills choked the harbor, Native communities along the Quinault and Grays Harbor rivers operated sophisticated hydraulic traps that captured thousands of salmon—a feat of engineering described in 1890 as 'thrilling sport' yet vital to survival.