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16 stories matching sled
- The Wild Madison Street Sled Crash
A group of young men took a bob-sled on a high-speed, downhill run in winter, ending in a violent collision with a telegraph pole.
- The Perils of 'Coasting' in Downtown Seattle
A winter evening of sledding on the city's steep hills resulted in multiple injuries, leaving one young man unconscious.
- The Reverend's Midnight Sledding Run
A Norwegian minister finds himself in the city jail after a late-night bob-sled arrest on the streets of Tacoma.
- The Perilous Seventh and Pine Coasting Crash
A dozen youths riding a 'double-header' sled collided with a laundry wagon, resulting in injuries during a winter snowstorm.
- The Perilous Slopes of Columbia Street
A teenage student’s sledding accident sparks a local warning about the dangers of winter recreation on Seattle’s steepest hills.
- The River That Swallowed a Steamboat: A Brave Attempt to Reach Snohomish Falls
Twenty-five passengers and tons of freight battled the treacherous Snoqualmie River on the steamer *Columbia*, only to be stopped by a massive landslide just miles from their destination.
- A Deadly Winter Afternoon on Seattle's Unfenced Sidewalks
While the city celebrated a rare snowfall with coasting, a teenager's death and multiple injuries on elevated, railing-less sidewalks turned the joy into a tragedy.
- Federal Crackdown on Alcohol Sales in Indian Country
New legislation expands enforcement powers to seize wagons, teams, and goods used in the illegal spirit trade on tribal lands.
- The Perils of Coasting: A Sidewalk Smash-up
Two local boys narrowly escape tragedy after a high-speed sledding accident on a steep Seattle street.
- Trapped in the Snowy Labyrinth of the North Cascades
A Seattle prospecting party seeking a Skagit River mine nearly perishes in a brutal trek through Whatcom County’s mountain wilderness.
- Fatal Logging Accident at Sultan Junction
A worker for the Sultan Logging Company was killed in a gruesome industrial accident involving a donkey engine cable.
- Snowed In: The California Mail Famine of 1872
For thirteen days, the telegraph was the only connection to the outside world, leaving businesses and citizens reeling from the silence of the snow-blocked passes.
- The Preacher Who Turned 170 Acres of Wilderness Into a Home
When Port Townsend could not pay its Methodist minister enough to live on, Rev. Laubach moved to Discovery Bay and built a farm — house, fences, orchard and skiff — with his own hands.
- A Sleigh-Ride Saloon Roams Tacoma
A snowy Sunday in Tacoma brings out a uniquely rowdy mobile drinking establishment, shocking local citizens.
- Winter Skating Perils on Lake Union
A mild thaw turns dangerous for skaters on Lake Union, leading to a series of rescue operations.
- Beat Cop Suspended After Being Beaten by Coasting Teens
A Tacoma patrolman was disciplined after rowdy youths he caught sledding in a restricted area rolled him in the snow and beat him.
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- The Seneca Street Sludge
A persistent drainage issue on a downtown sidewalk sparks frustration among Seattle pedestrians, highlighting the lack of basic civic maintenance in the growing city.
- The Tall Tale of the Olympic Mountain Silver Mine
A notorious character in Los Angeles claims a skeleton, a secret diary, and a map have led him to a mountain of solid silver near Lake Cushman.
- The Midnight Scavenger of Old Seattle
A modest advertisement for a 'night worker' reveals the grim, necessary sanitation infrastructure of 1880s Seattle.
- Commuter Struck by Streetcar in South Tacoma
A Spanaway man was sent flying into a snowdrift after attempting to flag down an outbound trolley.
- Dragging Through the Storm
A stage driver survives a 48-hour ordeal in the snow by clinging to his horse's tail for survival.
- The Boomtown in the Clouds
A rugged, unreachable mining camp in the Cascades races to build a railway and town before the winter snows.
- The Monster on the Tracks: Klondike Gold Seeker Crushed by Great Northern Freight
Peter McDonald, a wealthy prospector from the Yukon, lost his leg after attempting to walk between coupling train cars at Seattle’s White River dock.
- The Price of a Snowless Winter
A mild, open winter in the Palouse has left mill operator William Codd unable to transport thousands of feet of timber to his Colfax mill.