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1 story matching handsaw

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  1. The Church Burglars of Seattle

    Two young boys were caught breaking into the Plymouth Congregational Church to steal tools, leading to their committal to the reform school.

    May 6, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPlymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, King County

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  1. A Circular Saw, a Jammed Board, and a Mill Hand's Narrow Escape

    L. C. Grimmel lost a finger and nearly his whole hand at Johnson & Co.'s mill when a stuck board freed the saw without warning.

    Sep 29, 1883Spokane Falls ReviewSpokane

  2. The Man Who Cut His Hand to Save It: A Snohomish Logging Camp Tragedy

    In the sweltering heat of July 1877, a laborer at Hollert’s logging camp suffered a gruesome accident that required immediate surgical intervention in town.

    Jul 21, 1877The Northern StarSnohomish

  3. A Saw Blade, a Slipped Foot, and a Surgeon's Race to Save a Worker's Arm

    A worker's foot slipped against a circular saw, severing the artery and nerve in his right arm; doctors ligated the artery and stitched the nerve.

    Nov 28, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia

  4. The Saw That Conquered the Snohomish Timber Frontier

    Before high-tech machinery, local loggers relied on the 'Silver Steel' saw, a tool marketed as the most efficient way to fell the giants of Washington Territory.

    Mar 17, 1877The Northern StarSnohomish

  5. The Unluckiest Woodcutter in Mason County

    A miraculous survival story from the backwoods of Washington Territory, where a saw blade took a shortcut through a man's face.

    Feb 3, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerMason County

  6. Razor Attack at Lynn's Sawmill

    A studious sawmill worker turned on his coworkers, slashing a man in a dispute over a poker game.

    Jan 15, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  7. A Community Responds to a Mill Worker's Tragedy

    When a worker lost his arm in a gruesome sawmill accident, his coworkers passed the hat to ensure he was cared for.

    Jan 12, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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