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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1904 | 5 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1909 | 1 |
7 stories matching limb
- Lockwood Hansen, 18, Faces Amputation After Launch Propeller Accident
A young worker faces the loss of his limb after a horrific accident involving a naphtha launch propeller.
- The Wood Yard Hurt Him Three Years Ago. This Morning It Killed Him.
William Hackett, 68, never left the hospital after an injury at Cleveland's wood yard — and his body now waits at the undertaker's until friends back East can be found.
- Shocking Lawsuit Filed Over Faulty Electrical Socket
A local mother sues for $20,045 after her six-year-old son was paralyzed by an electrical jolt from a home light fixture.
- Horrific Industrial Accident Near 15th and Dock Street
A man is struck by a Northern Pacific engine and suffers a severed leg while watching a separate engine approach.
- The Price of a Lost Limb
A teenager files suit after a gruesome factory accident left him permanently disabled while working on machinery.
- The Unsinkable Seaman
After losing his leg in a shipboard accident, an American sailor invents a wooden limb that keeps him working the high seas.
- The Science of 'Degeneracy' in the Courtroom
Tacoma experts describe the dubious medical pseudoscience used to argue insanity and 'degeneracy' in high-stakes murder trials.