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114 stories matching bolt
- The Man Who Walked With a Bolt Through His Foot
John Moore, Seattle's most noted diver, recounts the harrowing moment he was impaled by a railroad bolt in the Mississippi River—and how his tender saved him.
- Fatal Industrial Failure at Toutle River
A logger is struck and killed by a runaway shingle bolt, highlighting the extreme dangers of manual timber work.
- A Bolt Out of a Clear Sky Passes Inches From a Sleeping Man
Lightning hits the flagpole of the Walla Walla Athletic Club on West Alder at seven in the morning, tears a hole in the roof, rips an American flag down through the building — and leaves manager S. S. Bettman untouched in his bed.
- Industrial Horror at the Shingle Mill
A worker suffers a horrific injury after a bolt falls from an elevator, pinning him against the saw.
- Seven Tons of Banking Disaster
A construction accident at the Dr. Horton & Co. bank building left a heavy stone facade in ruins on the sidewalk after a derrick bolt sheared off.
- Tragedy at the Queen City Hotel
A young rancher from Vashon Island, who traveled to Seattle to sell a shipment of shingle bolts, dies after being overcome by gas in his hotel room.
- The Silk in Her Bustle: A Port Townsend Smuggling Arrest
A customs inspector grows suspicious of Mrs. M. E. Collins’s unusually pronounced bustle aboard the City of Kingston—and finds a bolt of contraband silk.
- Two Convicts Escape Thurston County Jail
A pair of prisoners utilized a stolen bolt to force their cell door open and escape custody Saturday night.
- The Battle for Lake Union's Waters
As water levels drop, the rivalry between two companies turns into a legal and physical brawl over the future of the Lake Union outlet.
- A Fatal Flood in the Power House
A toddler drowns after a massive water main bursts inside her family's living quarters at the local utility plant.
- Tragic Industrial Accident at Freeport Mill
A worker suffers severe injuries in a mill accident, sparking a desperate plea for his recovery.
- The Perilous Mudholes of Early Seattle
A wagon spill involving a local judge exposes the treacherous, unpaved state of Seattle’s streets in 1876.
- A Fourth of July Tragedy in Snohomish
A spirited colt runs away during the holiday celebration, resulting in the death of a 20-year-old rider.
- Tragedy on the Skagit
A young worker loses his life in a whirlpool while attempting to transport shingle bolts downriver.
- Three Years Under a Fallen Tree: The Skeleton at Quartermaster Harbor
A Seattle man went to Vashon Island for shingle bolts and vanished. Boys found his bones this week, pinned beneath a trunk — and the coroner may never know whether the tree killed him or simply held him there.
- The Newspaper Feud That Rocked 1880s Seattle
An editorial from the Intelligencer exposes the bitter, vitriolic infighting between two local publishing factions during a pivotal municipal and general election season.
- The Bolters: Disappointed Office-Seekers Tried to Hand King County to the Populists
An editorial savages the Republican 'insurgents' of King County — a slate of men who wanted nominations, didn't get them, and now threaten to bolt the ticket and throw the county to the Democrats and Populists. It names names.
- A Violent Runaway on Ninth Street
A routine day of driving turns into a medical emergency when a team of horses bolts through the streets of Walla Walla.
- Two Hundred Lives, One Closed Door: The Pacific Inquiry
Witnesses swore in Port Townsend that the steamer Pacific was rotten when she sailed. Now the very inspectors who certified her seaworthy are investigating her loss — in secret.
- A Circular Saw Opened His Skull—and He Stayed Conscious
At the Stetson Post Mill on Commercial Street, engineer Horatio Stetson crawled under a rip-saw table to fix a belt. The saw caught his head, cutting through bone and into his brain, yet he never lost consciousness.
- The Great Jailbreak of 1886
After being convicted of a sensational local murder, a Seattle man pulled off a daring escape from the county jail by using clever DIY tools.
- The Secret Game Under the Sidewalk
A reporter uncovers a network of hidden gambling dens and 'wire-puller' locks operating with total impunity under the city's reform administration.
- Fifteen Minutes to Confess: The Morphine Trial of Port Townsend's Captain De Lion
A former mayor, Chilean consul and dry-dock promoter worth half a million dollars sits in superior court while his emaciated wife describes a year of morphine, delusion and a pocket watch set on the table between them.
- A Revolver at the Polls: Seattle’s Republican Primary Erupts
Seattle’s Republican primaries collapsed into shouting, challenged voters, fake tickets and a police chief drawing his revolver to declare the polls open.
- The Warden Fights Back: Prison Labor, Jute Sacks and a Seattle Newspaper Scandal
Accused of selling prison-made sacks to middlemen and brutalizing convicts, Walla Walla’s warden answers his critics with a detailed defense—and a challenge to inspect the prison.