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4 stories matching cab
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:cabl, cabal, cabbi, cabey, cabin, cabana
- Steam Shovel Plunges Down Embankment
An engineer is hospitalized after a massive steam shovel collapses off a temporary track near the Northern Pacific depot.
- The Monroe Wreck: Two Railway Men Perish in Midnight Crash
A westbound Great Northern overland train slams into a siding near Monroe, claiming the lives of a head brakeman and a fireman.
- Abandoned on the Sidewalk
A woman injured in a cable car accident is left unattended on a street corner, sparking public outcry.
- The Street Swindler's Bad Day
A carnival-style street hawker is mobbed and arrested after selling worthless watch chains to an angry Tacoma crowd.