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20 stories matching seafar
- The Sailor Who Sold the Editor
A seafaring impostor weaves a tale of tragedy and shipwreck to con a meal out of local journalists, exposing the desperate vulnerability of the early Seattle news beat.
- A Call for a Waterfront Mission
Chaplain Stubbs makes a plea to the First Presbyterian Church to move the Seamen's Friend Society closer to the busy Eleventh Street bridge.
- The Maritime Runaways of Puget Sound
A survey of seafaring history where captains would 'elope' with their own ships to evade the law, including recent incidents in Tacoma.
- The Captain's Feud on the Neah Bay Frontier
A seafarer and trade negotiator publicly spars with a rival over the treatment of Indigenous laborers and local business ethics.
- The Gyroscope Miracle from Tracyton
A local invention aims to revolutionize seafaring by creating an artificial horizon, allowing ships to navigate through dense fog.
- Deep Harbor, Shallow Anchors
A legal battle breaks out between two ships after a collision in Tacoma harbor reveals the dangers of local seafaring infrastructure.
- Seattle Celebrates Norwegian Independence
Over 600 people gathered at the Armory to honor the 17th of May with music, patriotic speeches, and a call for democratic solidarity.
- The Unwitting Accomplice in the Potato Heist
A waterfront yarn about a man tricked into 'stealing' two sacks of potatoes to thwart a pair of actual thieves.
- The Sea Serpent of Puget Sound
A skeptical mariner claims to have spotted a 60-foot serpent off the coast of Marrowstone Point, leaving local sailors shaken.
- The Great Canal Dream
Proponents argue that connecting Lake Washington to the Sound would revolutionize Seattle's shipping and spare iron hulls from the ravages of salt water.
- The Midnight Escape from the War Hawk
A maritime labor dispute turns into a dramatic midnight jailbreak from a leaky ship at the Seattle waterfront.
- The Struggle for American Seafaring
A local captain laments the decline of U.S. merchant shipping as foreign vessels dominate Puget Sound coal routes.
- The Pirates of the Pacific: When Salvage Means Plunder
A biting critique from 1886 argues that maritime 'salvage' laws in the Pacific Northwest have transformed honest sailors into modern-day pirates who hold ships hostage for ransom.
- The Useless Life-Saving Station at Neah Bay
An 1885 editorial criticizes the federal government for failing to staff the Neah Bay station with capable crews, warning that stranded sailors would find themselves abandoned in a crisis.
- A Steamboat Inspector on Trial, and the Men Who Kicked
A Seattle courtroom hears masters and pilots defend Capt. Bryant against charges of favoritism—and admit that the men who complain are often the incompetent ones.
- Seattle's Labor Council Moves to Shut the Coast to Filipino Workers
In January 1929 the Seattle Central Labor Council opened a drive to bar Filipinos from the mills, fields and steamships — and a Filipino correspondent made sure the insult was answered in the next morning's paper.
- The Inspector and the 'Kickers': Sea Captains Rally to Bryant
A Puget Sound steamboat inspector fights charges in a Seattle hearing as captains line up to praise his reputation—and his accusers hint at old grudges.
- Two Coal Colliers Vanished With Seattle Men Aboard
The Keweenaw and the Matanzas, both familiar in Seattle harbor, were given up for lost between British Columbia and San Francisco—taking a crew that included the Keweenaw's captain, his son, and a Seattle engineer.
- Old Bill Davis, Bare-Knuckle Champion, Arrives to Open Seattle Gym
A 63-year-old former world champion shares a life spanning the Mexican War, the California Gold Rush, and consular posts in Japan and China—and picks the winners for the Sullivan-Corbett fight.
- The Filipino Answer to a Labor Organizer’s Exclusion Demand
In 1929, Seattle’s Filipino Forum took on the Central Labor Council’s campaign to bar Filipino workers—and dismantled the racist case line by line.