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| 1883 | 2 |
| 1893 | 2 |
4 stories matching flang
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:flank, fla, flander, flannel, fang, flad
- The Price of a Shoddy Crossing
A railroad conductor is killed in a derailment caused by an improperly filled track crossing.
- A Near-Fatal Industrial Accident Near Everett
A laborer survives after being crushed by railroad cars during a logging operation.
- A Twelve-Ton Locomotive Rolled Down the Street to the Water
Seattle's Washington Iron Works spent months building a geared logging engine. When it was finished it drove itself through town on temporary track to the foot of Washington Street, to be lashed to a scow and floated north to the woods.
- Twenty Inches of Snow Bring Seattle to a Standstill
A February 1893 blizzard blocks streetcars, freezes water pipes and threatens a coal famine, forcing schools to close and residents to melt snow for drinking water.