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2 stories matching wireman

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  1. Tacoma’s Whitewash That Wasn’t

    A public-works president accuses a newly appointed superintendent of dishonesty—then refuses to put the charges in writing.

    Jul 17, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Scandal

  2. The Lonely Life of a Government Wireman

    Operating the seventy-six-mile telegraph line to the tip of the Olympic Peninsula was a grueling, low-paying job that pitted the weather bureau against the raw Washington wilderness.

    May 28, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyWork & Pay · Strange But True

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  1. The Copper Wire Bandits

    Two ex-linemen were arrested in Tacoma for stealing 5,000 pounds of copper wire from dead poles and selling it.

    Nov 13, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  2. A High-Wire Act Above Fourth Street

    A building mover narrowly escapes death after being swept off a roof and left dangling from telegraph wires.

    Jan 27, 1910The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport

  3. The Trusted Watchman’s Secret Life

    After 16 years of loyal service, a Hoquiam mill watchman is caught red-handed with a secret kit of burglary tools.

    Jul 21, 1905The Kennewick CourierHoquiam

  4. The Electrocution of a Lineman

    A routine day for a Seattle Electric company worker ended in a harrowing, public death that left his body suspended over the city's Sixth Avenue for fifteen minutes.

    Jun 4, 1903The Evening Statesman6th Avenue & Stewart Street, Seattle

  5. A Wet Rope, a Live Wire, and a Boy on a Bricklaying Crew

    Reed Crews was coming down from a tin roof when a wet rope touched a power line. The accident left him dying and exposed the everyday lethality of 1909 work.

    Oct 28, 1909The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentWalla Walla

  6. The Wire War: Railroad vs. Telegraph

    A legal standoff erupts between the Postal Telegraph Company and the Northern Pacific Railroad along the tracks between Tacoma and Kalama.

    Oct 30, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  7. The Copper Wire Heist

    Four laborers are taken into custody after allegedly stealing 50 pounds of copper wire from local transit facilities.

    Apr 23, 1904The Tacoma TimesA Street, Tacoma

  8. 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.

    Oct 24, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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