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188 stories matching stove
- Apple Butter and Giant Powder: A Smokehouse Stove Explodes Near Spokane
A woman and a little girl lit a fire to make preserves — not knowing the stove was packed with sticks of blasting powder.
- The Narrow Escape of the Elma Hotel
A stove long left unused nearly claimed the town's hotel when it was fired up once too often.
- A Tragic Accident in the Solduck Valley
A mother and child were severely scalded after a household accident involving a stove and a boiling kettle.
- The Labor Movement's Hard-Won Victory Over the Buck's Stove Co.
After a five-year boycott, the labor press calls for a truce with a once-hostile manufacturer now under new management.
- Fire Hazards in the Farmhouse
The State Insurance Commissioner warns that cheap, non-standard chimneys and stove pipes are costing farmers their homes and their safety.
- The Stove Thief, the Opium Smoker, and the Crooked Colony
A red-haired plumber's slip of the tongue and a morphine-addicted burglar's hidden shack give Seattle police a busy day in court.
- White River Valley Riders Boycott the Interurban Over a Fare Hike
Residents between Seattle and Tacoma refuse to ride, picket stations, and invite the same 'conspiracy' charge that organized labor faced in the Buck's Stove boycott.
- Post Office Inferno Narrowly Avoided
A quick-thinking resident discovers a fire smoldering under the post office stove, saving the block from total destruction.
- A Glue Pot, a Pail of Water, and the Fire That Took Seattle
A painter, a cabinetmaker and a frightened workman recount how a glue pot and a bucket of water ignited the blaze that consumed Seattle.
- Waddell & Miles Stocked 50 Stove Styles in 1877
A look at the bustling specialized trades and supply chains that built a growing Washington Territory city in 1876.
- Tragedy Strikes a Tacoma Household
A fire sparked by an overheated stove claims the lives of two small children, leaving their grandmother gravely injured and a neighbor in the hospital.
- The Iron Heart of Industrial Seattle
A look at the expansive storefront of Waddell & Miles in 1876, a one-stop shop for the pipes, stoves, and industrial machinery that built the frontier.
- Tragic Accident Claims Life of Young Girl
A minor injury from a fall against a stove leads to a fatal case of blood poisoning for a child near Scotia.
- The Gilman Counterfeit Ring
Federal marshals catch two men in a Gilman boarding house, caught in the act of minting bogus coins by the light of a stove.
- The Washer Invention at the Snohomish Fair
A local demonstration of a new, lightweight washing machine promises to revolutionize labor for households across the Puget Sound country.
- A Close Call in the Kitchen
A man’s attempt to dry his dynamite in a kitchen oven ends in a deafening, structure-leveling blast.
- Exploding Oil Stove Levels Family Home at Hover
A visiting family loses their entire library and most of their possessions in a fast-moving house fire.
- A Kitchen Stove Fire Cost a Salmon Bay Family Their Home
A pre-dawn blaze in Salmon Bay Park destroyed John Rendleman's five-room house; the family escaped, but all their household belongings were lost.
- The Sad Procession of the Snohomish Bachelors
A local scene captures the quiet, threadbare dignity of three men moving house, offering a rare, human glimpse into the isolation of frontier bachelorhood.
- The Pugilist's Revenge
A Tacoma man finds a lawyer in his wife's rooms and responds by destroying the visitor's clothing in a stove.
- Narrow Escape from Fire for Two Girls
Prompt action by neighbors saved two young children after their clothing caught fire near a stove on the same afternoon.
- Seattle’s Salvation Army Shelter Fed 6,000 in a Single Month—and Needed Firewood Customers
In February 1893, the food and shelter department at Weller and South Second streets reported thousands of meals and lodgings, found work for 34 people, and appealed for stove-wood orders to keep its doors open.
- The Miser’s Missing $1,500 and the Farmer Who Paid for It
A hidden hoard vanished from a Rosalia stove hearth, a neighbor was arrested, and the case collapsed — leaving an 1894 cold case.
- Milton School Principal Faces Trial for Brutal Whipping
A fifteen-year-old student was reportedly struck with an iron stove poker, leading her father to press charges against the school administrator.
- Burning Oil, a Shattered Shanty, and a Logger Who Threw Two Men to Safety
Chester LaChapelle rescued his cousin and a roommate after a gasoline stove exploded near Kapowsin, sacrificing his own face and hands to the flames.