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5 stories matching lost
- The Current Took Three Rafts Through Box Canyon
A crew tried to beach three loaded timber rafts near Ione, but the Pend Oreille River swept them into Box Canyon. The men escaped in a rowboat; the iron cargo was lost and most of the timbers were recovered below the canyon.
- The Ione Mill Dam Gave Way, Taking Half a Million Feet of Logs With It
A Tuesday afternoon break at the Panhandle Lumber Co. dam sent a 35-foot head of water through the canyon and delayed the mill for months.
- The Deckhand Who Went Overboard in Box Canyon
Painting the steamer Metaline, Frank Spaulding missed a grip rail and plunged into the cold, swift Pend Oreille River—then nearly cramped before a crewman fished him out with a pole.
- Steel on the Grade: Railroad Nears Ione, Newport Mail Speeds Up
The Idaho & Washington Northern pushes to within ten miles of Ione, moves its steamboat terminus to Jared's, and the Great Northern's fast mail cuts hours off Newport's eastern post.
- The Cry That Came Too Late on the Pend Oreille
A deck hand fell from the steamer Ione near Locke Landing while trying to catch a wind-blown parcel. His crew heard the cry but could not reach him in time.