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Eight of them were dead almost as soon as the earth beneath their feet began to lurch. Falling bricks or masonry killed an eleven-year-old schoolboy in Tacoma, an 18-year-old student in Castle Rock, a 70-year-old man in Centralia and a 62-year-old steamfitter in Olympia. Three old men and a woman died of heart attacks. Dozens of others suffered broken bones, bruises or wounds from flying glass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON: Forty Seconds of Fear | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...their heyday in the '305, Ed and Jim Scripps had eleven links in their Western newspaper chain. By 1947, when the Scripps-owned Seattle Star folded up, only four links were left in the Scripps League. Last week, death came to the Tacoma (Wash.) Times, and there were only three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Business Is Business | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...RAUSCHER Tacoma, Wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1949 | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...pistol-brandishing robber held up the Seaboard Finance Co. in Tacoma, Wash., found there was only $100 in the till, muttered: "It isn't worth it," and stalked out emptyhanded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS .& MORALS: Americana, Jan. 24, 1949 | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...Brother Murray (Muzz) Patrick is manager-coach of the Tacoma Rockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Boss's Son | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

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