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5 stories matching trainmen

  1. The Jailbird Strikebreaker

    A man serving time in the county jail is identified as a former railroad worker who crossed a picket line.

    Dec 26, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyWork & Pay

  2. A Night at the Dance Costs Seven Their Jobs

    A drunken revelry among Northern Pacific crewmen at Yacolt leads to a locomotive wreck and mass termination.

    Nov 12, 1903The Evening StatesmanYacolt, Clark CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  3. Fatal Accidents Claim Two Railway Workers

    A local brakeman and an out-of-town conductor lose their lives in separate railroad incidents during a single weekend.

    Dec 21, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  4. A Peculiar Railroad Wreck Near Wallula

    A freight car piled high with lumber capsized on a sharp curve, leaving a local blacksmith seriously injured.

    Jul 3, 1903The Evening StatesmanWallula, Walla Walla CountyDisasters

  5. A Lamp Against the Express

    Mrs. A. McIlvain races down the Great Northern grade to warn an oncoming train of a fallen telegraph pole.

    Nov 23, 1903The Evening StatesmanMinnehaha Park, SpokaneDisasters

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