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4 stories matching millwork
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:mill, milli, metalwork, millag, millan, millar
- Millworker Killed by Planer Blade
A young sawmill worker loses his life after attempting to clear a board in a hazardous industrial accident.
- The Patent-Leather Fugitive
A suspected post-office burglar was tracked from Seattle to the Grays Harbor woods, only to be found asleep in millworker's clothes—and incongruous footwear.
- A Ballard Tragedy
A three-year-old child dies after his dress catches fire from matches while his mother is away.
- The Lumber Mills Can't Find Skilled Men — Because the Pay Won't Keep Them
A Grays Harbor publicity man blames 'ambition' for the shortage of skilled millworkers. A labor columnist fires back: ambition is exactly why men leave, because common labor in the mills buys only the bare necessities of life.
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- The Mill That Rose From Sunday's Ashes
Within days of a devastating fire, Whitehouse-Crimmins set 50 men to clearing debris and laid plans for a brick plant that would be running by December.
- The Dream of the Flameless Mill
A bold industrial scheme in Olympia to run a lumber mill via the power of the tides—and the quiet, resourceful spirit behind the invention.