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- Tacoma High School Edges Out Ellensburg in Thrilling Basketball Finale
A last-minute shot from Cook secures a narrow 35-34 victory on the local floor.
- The First Annual Tacoma High School Cross-Country Run
High school athletes brave snowy conditions to set new records in the city's first cross-country race.
- Six Pleasure-Seekers Leap From a Burning Launch Into the Lewis River
A Friday-night outing turned into an hour in neck-deep water before lumbermen built a raft and brought everyone back alive.
- The Sailor Who Hung by His Own Neck
A seaman aboard the English ship Halewood survives a sixty-foot fall after a piece of rigging snags his throat in mid-air.
- A Midnight Mystery at the Tacoma Opera House
A man is discovered near death with a broken neck in front of the theater, leaving police with nothing but a frantic, garbled message.
- A Wharf Foreman Tied an Iron Bar to His Neck and Stepped Into the Bay
James Mobley, foreman for the Port Blakely Mill Company, left his hat on the wharf as the only clue — a private collapse in a company mill town.
- The Tragedy at the Dog Show
A blue-ribbon collie is found strangled to death in her stall following an accidental slip-noose on her chain.
- Laundry Worker Falls into the Dark Mud of the Bay
A late-night misstep behind a waterfront laundry lands an employee in the treacherous, tide-stripped mudflats.
- A Heroic Rescue from the Mill Race
A local man risks his own health to save a drowning boy near the Pacific Coast elevator.
- A Drunken Saloon Quarrel Ends in Gunfire at Wilkeson
John Rolog shot fellow miner Mike Metro in the neck at Sam Evans' saloon, then fled to the hills before a posse brought him back to a makeshift cell in a boxcar.
- The Knife in the Carriage
A young woman’s train ride turns into a life-or-death encounter with an escaped asylum patient.
- The Jailhouse Stabbing that Shocked Seattle
After a violent attempt to escape custody, a prisoner is left to suffer in a cell without his customary opium, as the city’s law enforcement cleans house.
- Tragic Fall on the Trail
A young telegraph lineman repairing a storm-damaged line loses his footing on a log and breaks his neck in the wilderness.
- The Mysterious Death of Peter Stanup
Speculation and suspicion swirl in Tulalip after the discovery of a body with a fractured neck.
- The Strange Death of Peter Stanup
A Puyallup man is found dead in the river, but a medical examiner’s autopsy suggests a violent neck injury rather than drowning, fueling rumors of a political conspiracy.
- A Political Uproar at City Hall
Fairhaven Democrats storm City Hall to protest a federal appointment, signaling deep fractures within the county machine.
- The Great Spokane Telephone Strike
Telephone operators revolt against a new manager's 'Puritan' dress code and demand union recognition.
- The Death-Trap at Front and Seneca
A dangerous, makeshift bridge over a Seattle construction site is leaving pedestrians scrambling for their lives as the city struggles with incomplete grading.
- A Tumultuous Marriage Ends in Courtroom Drama
After neighbors are roused by screams and a bed is broken in a domestic scuffle, a Walla Walla man is acquitted of assault charges against his wife.
- The Firebug's Last Exit: A Tacoma Lodging-House Owner Hangs Himself
After firemen foiled his attempt to burn his own lodging house for insurance, Carl Haesbseche walked out before breakfast, rigged a twine noose, and stepped off a platform.
- The Bullet That Vanished in the Hospital
A loaded .22 goes off in a Newport hospital room, and the bullet disappears—X-rays suggest Mrs. France swallowed it.
- The Tragedy of August Peters
A laborer, driven to despair, takes his own life in the Kent town jail after a series of failed attempts to find peace.
- A Deadly Boundary Dispute at 'Hickory Hollow'
A long-standing neighborhood conflict over a fence and water rights erupts into a double homicide in the woods north of Seattle.
- A Close Call at the Favorite Mine
A worker is nearly killed at the Favorite mine when a piece of waste quartz thrown from the dump strikes him in the throat.
- The Steam Came Through the Firebox
Fred Hutchinson was feeding wood into the Monticello's boiler when a loose pipe cap gave way. Scalded across his face, neck, chest and hands, he was rushed to Port Townsend while the steamer was towed in.