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104 stories matching tangl
- The Sinking of the Underwriter
A tragic maritime accident in Port Townsend harbor leaves a local captain’s schooner at the bottom of the channel.
- The Tragedy of a Log in Lake Washington
After a day of fruitless searching, a grappling hook snagged a log that held a secret—the body of a missing 11-year-old boy.
- Pushing the Northern Pacific Through the Cascades
Contractors overcome swamp and tangled brush to advance the critical rail link between Puget Sound and the East.
- The Great Telephone Switchboard Fire
A tangled mess of high-voltage arc light wires sends fireworks cascading through the central telephone exchange, nearly incinerating the entire plant.
- A Tangle Over Tacoma Land
A legal dispute emerges in the southern part of Tacoma over the alleged 'unlawful' development and obstruction of property.
- The Maze of the Snake River Hills
Early road surveys were so poorly planned that settlers were forced to build their own paths, leading to a tangled web of private property and impassable public routes.
- When Wires Crossed: Seattle's Great Electrical Tangle of 1895
A freak accident at 11 p.m. mixed electric light, fire alarm, and telephone lines, cutting off 50 subscribers and burning out equipment across downtown Seattle.
- A Legislator, a $20,000 Seduction Suit, and Two Women
A wealthy Pullman Democrat and state representative is accused in Spokane of seducing Helen M. Bierman—a charge tangled with his wife’s divorce case.
- The Unluckiest Ranch Hand in White Bluffs
After surviving four freak accidents, one local worker finally decided his employer's ranch was cursed.
- The Stakes That Hold a Town Together
A county surveyor re-marks Newport's original corners on Washington Avenue, untangling property lines and unblocking a hotel project.
- The Unlucky Conductor's Double Trouble
A Seattle streetcar conductor finds himself unemployed and facing a lawsuit from his mother-in-law.
- Auto Stage Plunges into Gulch
Seventeen passengers survive a terrifying tumble after a mechanical failure on a stage route.
- The Ghost of the Battlefield
An old veteran mistakes the sound of land clearing for the roar of cannon fire.
- The Legislative Tangle in Olympia
Washington's 1923 legislative session is paralyzed by competing agendas from farmers, labor unions, and corporate lobbyists.
- Matrimonial Tangle at West Seattle
A physical altercation erupts in West Seattle when two men, a Tulalip man and a Vancouver miner, both claim the same woman as their wife.
- A Tragic End in the Wire
A well-known Seattle man is found dead in a field near the Orphan's Home, his body tangled in barbed wire.
- Clallam County's Books Are So Tangled the Schools Can't Tell What They Have
A Seattle accountant has been hired to untangle ex-Treasurer Clump's records in Port Angeles — and the school districts are footing the bill themselves while an injunction threatens to stop them.
- The Last Embrace on the Precipice
A Shoshone hunter discovers the remains of a man and a grizzly bear locked in a final, lethal tangle in the Washington wilderness.
- Daring Aeronaut Plunges into Puget Sound
After his balloon failed during a Seattle carnival, an aeronaut was rescued from the cold waters of the Sound by a British ship crew.
- Tragic Fall at the Pomeroy Stock Fair
A novice assistant was dragged into the sky by a tethered balloon, falling fifty feet to the earth in front of a crowd.
- The Tears of the Courtroom
A three-week embezzlement trial in Everett ended in acquittal after an emotional defense moved jurors to tears.
- The Morning After: A Local Scandal Retraction
The Press-Times finds itself in an awkward tangle, celebrating its own bold reporting of a poisoning plot before immediately disavowing the accusations as 'too absurd for belief.'
- The Case of the Missing Boarder
A Steilacoom landlady finds herself in a tangle of confusion when a new arrival is mistaken for a long-lost acquaintance.
- A Carriage Disaster on the Yakima River
A satirical, vivid account of a carriage accident involving local power brokers, detailing a chaotic plunge into the river and the comical loss of a macintosh.
- The Diamond Stud Caught Between Two Wives
A tangle of divorce, debt, and pawnbroking ends up in court as two wives fight over the same piece of jewelry.