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| Year | Stories |
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| 1888 | 4 |
| 1889 | 16 |
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| 1892 | 33 |
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| 1894 | 36 |
| 1895 | 45 |
181 stories matching storm
- A Chinook Wind Melted Seattle's Snow—and Nearly Swamped the Sound
A furious overnight blow downed telegraph wires, sent a 1,600-ton ship back out to sea, and left Seattle wondering what the storm had done in the Straits of Fuca.
- A Nighttime Tragedy at the Everett Brickyard
A storm-toppled tree crushes a worker's tent in the mud of Swaiwell Landing.
- Five Drown in Port Gardner Storm
An Everett boating party, including a local professor and his family, vanishes after attempting to cross the storm-tossed bay against warnings.
- Hail, Snow, Thunder and a Shock Down the Telephone Wire
For two and a half hours Seattle gets a storm almost no climate can produce — and a businessman on Second Street gets knocked against the door by lightning on the line.
- Puget Sound Pilots Consult Weather Maps
Masters and pilots embrace modern weather science to predict storms, with real estate agents also tracking data for property viewings.
- U.S. Cutter Seizes Poaching Schooners off Cape Flattery
Defying a violent storm, the U.S. revenue cutter 'Grant' hunts down two schooners accused of illegal seal hunting in forbidden waters.
- The Drowning of the Beachcombers
A capsized skiff found at Jacobson’s Point reveals the grim fate of two men who vanished during a severe storm on the Sound.
- The Great Storm of 1894
A violent cyclone-like windstorm tears through Western Washington, leveling buildings and trapping citizens in the debris.
- Seattle Gripped by Winter Storm
High winds and freezing temperatures disrupt transit and harbor life across the Puget Sound.
- A Rough Night on the Sound
A local yachting club's pleasure cruise turns into a harrowing battle with the equinoctial storm.
- Tragedy in the Woods: Storm Claims Lives at Crescent Bay
A young family seeking shelter from a gale-force windstorm in the woods meets a sudden, heartbreaking end when a falling tree strikes their home.
- The Whistling Buoy at Neah Bay Sinks
A storm-battered navigation hazard slips beneath the waves as coastal mariners report heavy gale damage.
- The Cabin Door That Killed: A Man-Trap, a Storm, and a Supreme Court Warning
A Whatcom County man rigged a gun to fire when his cabin door opened. A storm-driven traveler triggered it and died—and Washington's high court upheld the conviction, ruling property rights stop short of deadly traps.
- Two Seattle Shipmates and the Hurricane That Sank a Fleet
Capt. D. Mullan and cigar-store owner L. S. Borchers, survivors of the 1889 Samoan cyclone, met in Seattle and remembered the Nipsic's escape.
- Tornados and Vanishing Towns: The Floods of 1894
A voluntary weather observer describes an unprecedented summer of destruction in Okanogan County, where tornados flattened 'shacks' and the Columbia River rose to record heights.
- Tragic Fall on the Trail
A young telegraph lineman repairing a storm-damaged line loses his footing on a log and breaks his neck in the wilderness.
- A Ten-Inch Snowstorm Buries Seattle and Stalls the Cars
The city's streetcars, telegraph wires and outlying districts struggle under a heavy January snowfall as Portland reports three feet and the weather observer warns of more to come.
- Tragedy on the Mudflats
A search continues for five people lost from a yacht after a violent storm near Everett.
- The Unlucky Traveler of Snoqualmie Pass
A man’s attempt to cross the mountains turns into a desperate struggle against the elements.
- The Sudden 'White Squall' Hits Tacoma
A ferocious storm rips through the harbor with wind, rain, and snow, causing ships to drift and confusing local scientists.
- The Lonely Vigil of the Weather Man
Before satellite arrays and supercomputers, the Seattle Weather Bureau relied on the tireless, midnight labor of trained observers and a secret telegraphic cipher to predict the Pacific Northwest's volatile storms.
- Tragedy Strikes Gold-Seekers Bound for Alaska
A family and their guide are feared lost after their small boat is found capsized following a storm while attempting to reach Seattle to prepare for an Alaskan expedition.
- A Battered Coal Ship and a Ghostly White Boat Off Cape Flattery
The overdue J.B. Brown limps into San Francisco after a storm off the Columbia, while a swamped ship's boat sighted off Washington's coast deepens the mystery of missing steamers.
- Tragedy on the Quillayute Coast
The Chilean bark Leanor strikes rocks in a fierce storm, claiming the lives of the captain, his wife, and four crew members.
- The Makah Sealers’ Schooner Controversy
A bureaucratic fight over whether tribal sealers can legally use schooners as refuge during dangerous Bering Sea storms.