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2 stories matching blockad

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:block, blockhead, blocker, bloc, bloch, blockhous

  1. The Fern Hill Streetcar Siege

    Residents of a Tacoma suburb blockade streetcar tracks for nearly 24 hours to protest a fare hike.

    Dec 23, 1909The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentFern Hill, Tacoma, Pierce CountyFollow the Money · City Hall

  2. The Wellington Disaster

    A massive snowslide buries two Great Northern trains in the Cascades, marking one of the deadliest rail disasters in Washington history.

    Mar 3, 1910The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentWellington, Chelan CountyDisasters

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