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103 stories matching bucket
- The Open Secret of Seattle Gambling
Despite a state felony act, city officials and police watch silently as saloons pivot to poker and rigged 'bucket-shop' stock tickers.
- The Teacher Who Saved the Schoolhouse
A quick-thinking teacher organized students into a bucket brigade to save a burning schoolhouse at Hughes' mill.
- The Great Seattle Bread Strike of 1891
After decades of grueling night shifts and labor-intensive production, Seattle’s unionized bakers walk off the job to demand an eight-bucket limit and daylight hours.
- The Town Bucket Brigade
When a major mill fire broke out in Montesano, the local water system failed, forcing the townspeople—including the women—to form a desperate bucket line to save the surrounding buildings.
- Tragedy in the West End: A Double Loss in Tacoma
A well-digger is crushed by a falling bucket, and his neighbor dies of shock upon hearing the news.
- Fire Narrowly Averted at Taylor Orchard
A quick-thinking bucket brigade saves a residence after an attic electrical fire ignites.
- Tallow Fire Destroys Slaughterhouse
A kitchen accident at a tallow rendering plant ruins the Dircksen slaughterhouse; bucket brigade saves nearby property.
- The Bucket Brigade That Saved a Block
Two brothers woke to smoke and falling embers in a Third Street lodging house, then doused the roof fire before the department could even join the fight.
- Heroic Bucket Brigade Battles Stanwood Inferno
A devastating fire ravages the business district of Stanwood, leaving the community to fight flames with nothing but ladders and willpower.
- A Bucket Brigade Saves the Barn, but the Gleichman Ranch House Is Gone
An early-evening blaze of unknown origin destroyed one of the finest houses on the Highlands Fruit Company ranch — a $4,000 loss that neighbors could only stand and watch.
- The Midnight Blaze at Slaughter
A suspicious fire destroys a downtown block in the town of Slaughter, leaving citizens to form a bucket brigade to save the town's remaining structures.
- The Hatchet-Faced Forger of the Palouse
A dapper swindler left a trail of bad checks and discarded lard across eastern Washington, fooling local business owners with a bank punch and a smile.
- A Terrifying Night at Sea
After battling a violent southeaster off the Columbia River bar, the crew and passengers of the steamer Point Loma narrowly survived a waterlogged, freezing disaster by forming a bucket brigade.
- Fire Devastates Downtown Stanwood
A late-night blaze destroys two city blocks, leaving the community to battle the flames with a bucket brigade after water supply infrastructure fails.
- Fairhaven Organizes for Fire
Twenty-five citizens meet to fund hose, carts, and a bucket brigade ahead of the city's formal incorporation.
- The Great Strawberry Heist: A Town’s Sweetest Mystery
When a local dignitary donated an overflowing bucket of cherries and strawberries to the Snohomish newspaper office, they vanished by nightfall—leaving behind only gratitude and a very full belly.
- Arson and Betrayal at the 'Bucket of Blood'
A notorious King Street saloon is at the center of a criminal conspiracy involving insurance fraud and a fractured family business.
- The Electrified Watchman
When the Seattle Electric Railway’s infrastructure turned the city into a hazard, a local watchman learned the hard way that his job required handling more than just time.
- The Seattle Fire That Almost Burned the Town
An incendiary blaze at the old Coffee and Elbow Saloon nearly consumed downtown Seattle in a narrow escape that left hundreds of men standing by with buckets.
- An Electrifying Encounter at the Drug Store
A Seattlite's bonnet catches fire, leading to a rather unconventional rescue by an observant clerk.
- The Tragedy on the Duwamish
A young life cut short at the river's edge, highlighting the precarious nature of life for Seattle's riverfront residents.
- Fatal Accident in Wilbur Well
A farmer is killed after falling eighty feet while cleaning a well.
- The Great Pigeon Whiskey Heist
A Seattle police officer's bungled attempt to intoxicate local church pigeons ends in his own humiliation.
- The Foundation of Prosperity in Roslyn
A report on the coal mining boom town of Roslyn, where the labor of the 'tin bucket brigade' powers the regional economy.
- The Judge and the 'Toad' in the Bed
A late-night marital misunderstanding at a Seattle residence leaves a judge embarrassed and a pocket watch destroyed.