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2 stories matching torch

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:torchlit, torchbear, storch, tor, torchlight, tore

  1. The Torch That Saved the Train: How a Fireman’s Light Scared Off Bandits in South Tacoma

    In a dark stretch of rail near Lakeview, engineer H.W. Burke faced down armed robbers until his fireman charged them with nothing but a lit torch.

    Dec 23, 1903The Tacoma TimesSouth Tacoma, Tacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  2. Proprietor of Rainier Valley Record dies after fiery explosion

    Richard Nash, a Seattle newspaper proprietor, succumbs to burns after a gasoline tank he was repairing exploded, igniting his office.

    May 6, 1909The Tacoma TimesColumbia City, Seattle, King CountyDisasters

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