Tragedy on the Monte Cristo Road
Two more immigrant laborers succumb to injuries from a dynamite blast, bringing the death toll to seven.
Tacoma, June 12.—Henry Hewitt learned today that two more of the Italians injured by last week's blast on the Monte Cristo road had died, making seven deaths in all.
“Two more of the Italians injured by last week's blast on the Monte Cristo road had died, making seven deaths in all.”
Then · 1892134 years apartNow · 2026
The Monte Cristo railway was a perilous feat of engineering that relied on the dangerous labor of immigrant crews. This story highlights the high human cost of the rapid infrastructure expansion that defined Washington's statehood era.
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