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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 18 |
| 1889 | 31 |
| 1891 | 10 |
| 1892 | 48 |
| 1893 | 56 |
| 1894 | 69 |
| 1895 | 74 |
306 stories matching bound
- The Ghost Map of 1889: Seattle's Lost Electoral Boundaries
When the city commissioners abruptly sliced Seattle into eight voting precincts, they left thousands of residents in the dark about where—or if—they could vote.
- The Day the Bridge Fell: A Tramp’s Fatal Ride and a Railroad’s Collapse
A westbound freight train on the Northern Pacific line was derailed when a stowaway fell under a car, triggering a chain reaction that plunged nine cars into Hangman's Creek. One man died; the rest were spared.
- A School Superintendent's Fall from Grace
J. C. Phelps of Anacortes is bound over to superior court on charges that he embezzled money from a wharf company and Western Union.
- Horror on the Great Northern Rails
A head-on collision near Edwall leaves two trainmen dead and locomotives in flames, marking a deadly period for the railroad expansion.
- The Cedar Shingle Bottleneck
A transportation crisis hits the Pacific Northwest as railroads fail to provide enough empty cars to meet the soaring Eastern demand for Washington timber products.
- Fatal Prize Fight Leads to Manslaughter Charges
A prizefighter died after a brutal seventh-round beating, and the theater owners hosting the spectacle were bound over for abetting.
- Tragedy off the Coast of Camano Island
A party of loggers discovered the bound body of a Chinese man near the southern end of Camano Island, pointing to a brutal crime.
- The Industrial Army vs. The Marshals
Federal authorities in Seattle are intercepting freight trains to prevent 'Commonwealers' from riding the rails toward Washington, D.C.
- A Cow on the Track, a Freight Train in the Air, and Two Dead Railroad Men
A wandering cow derailed a freight train near Latona in 1894, killing two railroad workers and scattering thirteen cars while crewmen ran ahead to flag the passenger trains.
- The Tragic Shooting of Edward Minach
Frank Minach is bound over for trial after shooting his brother in a local incident that stunned witnesses.
- Opium Hidden on the Great Northern
Inspectors arrest two Toronto jewelers on a southbound train at Whatcom and seize 95 half-pint cans of prepared opium.
- A Rough Week in Chehalis
A local train wreck and a string of mishaps keep the town busy.
- A Death Oath in the Silver Federation—and a Man Who Vanished
The Spokane press called the Farmers' Protective Silver Federation secret, oath-bound, and rifle-armed, then linked it to the disappearance of Gloystein.
- Two Boys, Two Open Switches, and a Train Barely Saved
Jimmy Francis and Johnnie Harrier, ages 11 and 12, were sent to reform school after opening railroad switches near Snohomish and nearly wrecking a passenger train.
- A Narrow Escape on the Lake Shore Tracks
An evening train nearly derailed near Latona after striking a cow, mangling the animal and providing a terrifying ride for the passengers.
- The Mud-Bound Stash
After stealing hundreds of dollars from a mess house in Cosmopolis, a thief uses a clever ruse involving a fake fall to bury his loot.
- The Trial of Ursula Unfug
The woman accused of murdering Olympia editor Thomas Henderson Boyd is bound over for trial in a scene of somber gravity.
- A Railroad Detective’s Inside Man Foils a Cle Elum Train Robbery
Two men were bound over in Ellensburg for an attempted holdup near Cle Elum after an informant exposed their plans.
- The Great Northern Strike Hits the Seattle Waterfront
A massive railway strike brings the Great Northern line to a standstill, leaving passengers and freight stranded while management and the union lock horns.
- A Deadly Nap by the Tracks
A store clerk near Mount Vernon meets a tragic end after falling asleep on a rail platform.
- An Unwitting Race on the High Seas: Seattle-Bound Ships Battle Without Knowing It
The ship Spartan beats the bark Nith by three hours in a San Francisco-to-Seattle dash that neither captain knew was a competition.
- Great Northern Strike Concludes After 18-Day Standstill
Striking workers return to the rails as the business arbitration board restores 75 percent of recent wage cuts.
- A Five-Year-Old Boy Killed on the Railroad Bridge — Weeks After His Father Died the Same Way
Little Napoleon Whatcom was playing on the Puyallup reservation bridge when an eastbound train struck him; his father had been killed by a freight train only weeks before.
- A Freight Train Runs Into a Bluff of Rock—and Into the Yakima
An eastbound Northern Pacific freight hits a rockfall ten miles north of Ellensburg, throwing the engine and five cars into the river and leaving a first-run fireman missing.
- The Great Northern's Rate War and the Seattle Boom
A fierce transcontinental rate war brings economic turbulence but potential windfall for Seattle wholesalers.