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| Year | Stories |
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| 1916 | 12 |
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 14 |
| 1924 | 15 |
| 1925 | 2 |
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- Winter House Fire Destroys Family Home
Community efforts save neighboring barn and garage after house fire likely caused by defective flue in White Bluffs.
- Tacoma Man Loses Life Savings in Box Swindle
A Tacoma man loses his life savings in a classic confidence game involving a mysterious box.
- Stopping the Smut Explosions
Innovation in threshing technology saved Washington farmers from fire and financial ruin.
- Schoolhouse Fire Averted by Students
Swift action by pupils and Principal Kirkpatrick saves the White Bluffs grade school from an accidental chimney fire.
- Bank Failure Leaves Local Families Penniless
Seattle bank collapse hits White Bluffs residents, wiping out savings of local depositors.
- An Unusual Early Warning Saves a Ranch Barn
When a midnight fire threatened a local ranch, it wasn't a smoke alarm, but the persistent cries of farm animals that alerted the sleeping family.
- The Mail Stage Goes Up in Smoke
A local mail carrier avoids disaster by saving the packages from his burning Reo sedan.
- County Saves Money by Re-bidding Road Contract
After rejecting initial high bids, local commissioners secure a $10,600 contract for the highway from Grant’s Corner to White Bluffs.
- Midnight Fire Consumes Richmond Beach Landmark
A dog's frantic barking saved the lives of hotel guests as a $10,000 blaze swept through a Richmond Beach hotel in the early morning hours.
- Judge Hanford's Concrete Landmark Lost to Fire
A vacant ranch house near the town of Hanford, built of concrete and valued at $5,000, is reduced to ruins by a suspected electrical fire.
- A Heroic Rescue on the Slough
When a 14-year-old girl suddenly lost the ability to swim in the middle of the slough, her peer's quick thinking and bravery saved her life.
- Benton County Committee Calls for Conscription of Labor
With food scarcity looming in 1917, local authorities propose closing schools early and conscripting the unemployed to save the harvest.
- The Price of Power: Benton County’s 1916 Election Scuffle
Candidates in the 1916 election face off over county spending, with one challenger promising a tax-payer-funded bond to slash office costs.
- The Community Build-out of 1923
Citizens rally to level the high school grounds, saving taxpayers an estimated $600 in local labor.
- River Rescue at Pasco
Captain Brown of the Hanford Flyer saves a drowning child from the Columbia River.
- Goldendale Mill Reduced to Ash
A morning blaze destroyed the Beckett planing mill in Goldendale, causing thousands in damages.
- S.S. Astorian Sinks in Puget Sound Fog
A collision with a Union Oil barge results in the loss of a vessel carrying cargo from the San Juan Islands.
- Major Business District Blaze in Vancouver
Firefighters battled throughout the night to save the local military reservation as flames consumed business properties.
- Tragedy Strikes a Tacoma Household
A fire sparked by an overheated stove claims the lives of two small children, leaving their grandmother gravely injured and a neighbor in the hospital.
- Fire Claims a Veteran's Souvenirs
A local veteran loses his home and irreplaceable mementos from his overseas military service to an accidental fire.
- 200-Year-Old Flintlock Unearthed from the Cowlitz
A rare brass pistol, dredged from the riverbed near Longview, is sent to London in search of its origins.
- The Stolen Baby of Tacoma
A grieving woman confesses to kidnaping an infant, claiming she needed a child to save her marriage.
- Spokane Taxpayers Stage Telephone Strike
Thousands of residents have joined a coordinated refusal to pay increased utility rates following legal advice that the jump is not backed by state law.
- The Ghost Gold of the Columbia
An amateur inventor claims to have solved the age-old problem of harvesting microscopic gold dust from the banks of the Columbia River.
- Emergency at the River: How Two Children Saved the Pump
As ice jams threatened to destroy the family ranch on the Columbia, two young boys took initiative to dismantle the machinery before the floodwaters could claim it.