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3 stories matching oiler
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- Caught in the Shaft: A Tacoma Oiler's Death Nobody Saw
Fred Smith went to work at three in the morning at the St. Paul Tacoma Lumber mill. Two and a half hours later his workmates noticed he was missing — and found him beside the shaft he had been oiling.
- The Night a Streetcar Powerhouse Fire Left Half of Seattle Dark
A pre-dawn blaze at Fifth and Pine gutted the Consolidated Street Railway plant, destroyed nearly all its cars and dynamos, crippled three lines, and blacked out everything north of Pike Street.
- The Water Pump's Final Gasp
Seattle's water supply system faces a crisis as pumps fail under the strain of an overtaxed city during an unusually cold winter.
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- The End of Coal: Tacoma’s Tugboats Eye Oil
Local steamboat captains and major industrial concerns move to replace coal with oil, signaling a shift in the region's energy dependence.
- The King of Oil Comes to Call: Standard’s Rockefeller Eyes Seattle's Future
John D. Rockefeller arrives in the Pacific Northwest, promising to train local workers for his new refinery and dominate the regional fuel market.
- The Perils of the Oiled Road
A disastrously bumpy trip by local boosters to Attalia results in wrecked cars and a debate over infrastructure priorities.
- The Oil Fever Hits Grant County
Local boosters are placing their bets on a new drilling operation, hoping to strike it rich just outside of town.
- The Oil That Bought a Port: How New York Tycoons Turned Aberdeen into a Petroleum Hub
While the town buzzes with lumber and politics, a quiet deal is reshaping Grays Harbor’s economy. Ex-Mayor Grace of New York has secured exclusive rights to ship timber from Aberdeen to his oil fields in Peru, proving that local resources are now tied to global capital.
- A Gasser, a Picnic, and a Promise: Kennewick Bets on Oil and Gas
Drillers pause to case off 400 feet of water, 85 people picnic at the well, and a Yakima promoter promises a franchise — and maybe oil — by summer.
- Industrial Accident at the Power-House
A worker is severely injured while oiling equipment at the Union Trunk lines power-house, resulting in the loss of fingers.
- The Octopus Comes to Seattle: Standard Oil Raises the Price of Light
Coal oil and benzine prices jumped in Seattle after Standard Oil was reported to have crushed its last Pacific Coast rival, W. P. Fuller & Co.