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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1883 | 1 |
1 story matching sebeck
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:seabeck, sebe, debeck, selleck, zeebeck, beck
- Sound Steamer Nearly Cut in Two
A mechanical failure leads to a collision near Point-No-Point, forcing the crew to beach the sinking steamer Colfax.
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- A Massive Expansion at Seabeck
A new mill with advanced machinery is set to significantly increase timber capacity on the Sound.
- The Man Who Sold Olympia's Eastside Like Hot Cakes
W. E. Sebree platted a tract on the Eastside, cleared nearly $40,000, toured Alaska and Europe — and came home to a town he hardly recognized.
- The Day Seabeck Burned
When the Washington Mill Company caught fire in 1886, a small mill town was leveled in just two hours, leaving over 100 men without work and a local entrepreneur's life's work in ashes.
- The Great Log Boom Break at Ebey Slough
A river disaster threatens the livelihoods of local loggers as timber worth thousands breaks free from the Snohomish County river system.
- The Snow That Crushed a Schoolhouse Flat
A February storm buries Mason and Kitsap counties under four and a half feet of snow — flattening Seabeck's finest schoolhouse and a Lilliwaup hotel while its owner was away in Seattle.
- John C. Hornbeck, Pioneer Steamboat Man
A gold-miner and engineer who built early Puget Sound steamboats dies in Kitsap County.
- A Local Intellectual Heads to Ancient Lands
Dr. John C. Sandberg, once a fixture of Seattle’s literary and medical scene, is appointed U.S. Consul to Baghdad.
- A Brutal Encounter on C Street
A prominent cashier is left bleeding on a Tacoma sidewalk after an altercation with his former lodger.