Dynamite Sabotage in Wenatchee
A ferry boat in Wenatchee was destroyed by explosives in the middle of the night, adding to a string of local criminal activity.
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In Wenatchee, the warehouse of Haskell Prowell was broken into Tuesday night, with $800 worth of cigars and liquors stolen. The goods were being held by Deputy Sheriff Arthur under an attachment against O'Leary Bros. In a separate incident, the ferry boat owned by the Wenatchee Trading Company, located on the Wenatchee River at Peshastin, was cut loose and blown up by dynamite about 2 o'clock Tuesday night. The perpetrators of these crimes remain unknown.
“The ferry boat owned by the Wenatchee Trading Company... was cut loose and blown up by dynamite.”
This act of industrial sabotage highlights the volatile, lawless nature of early townsite development in Washington, where property rights and business competition were often settled through violence rather than courts.
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