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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 |
1 story matching leadsman
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:headsman, leaman, lead, lean, landsman, leaden
- The tugboat blockade at Grays Harbor
A local editor exposes a corrupt tugboat manager for sabotaging a critical federal survey of the harbor bar.
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- A Premature Blast Tore Apart 'Lead' Long's Face Near Metaline
A miner known across the district was badly hurt at the Wake Up Jim prospect when a blast went off early, and details were slow to reach Newport.
- The Trusted Watchman’s Secret Life
After 16 years of loyal service, a Hoquiam mill watchman is caught red-handed with a secret kit of burglary tools.
- Violence at the South Tacoma Shops
An Italian laborer is taken into custody following a brutal altercation involving a lead pipe at the Northern Pacific facility.
- Miners Clash at a Wilkeson Roadhouse
A quarrel over a woman and drinks ends in a shooting, sparking a community uprising in the coal-mining town.
- A Deadly Night in Gilman
A senseless argument at a mining town boarding house turns into a homicide.
- The Midnight Feed Store Hold-Up
A Spokane night watchman is tied up by intruders using a sledgehammer and miner's drill in a tense room robbery.
- The Deadly Cost of Intervening in a Street Brawl
A Gilman man dies after a shooting during an altercation outside the Davis house, sparking a murder charge.
- The Pullman Fairgrounds Tragedy
A young man faces the gallows for a fatal shooting at the local fairgrounds, marking a dark chapter in the town's history.