NORTH BEND MILL
Coos County - North Bend
November 8, 1879: “Resumed Work.---The North Bend mill resumed work last Monday, after having been shut down for a week or more to place the new boilers which were brought up some time since.” (The Coast Mail)
May 8, 1880: “The North Bend mill shut down Friday for two days, to enable the mill hands to work out their road tax.” (The Coast Mail)
November 27, 1880: “The Gotama is taking a cargo of lumber at the North Bend mill.” (The Coast Mail)
January 3, 1884: “We were told a few days ago that John Kruse had received instructions from below to run the North Bend mill on three-quarter time after the 1st inst. And reduce wages accordingly. Kruse said the wages were already low enough, and the inference is that the mill is on three-quarter time at the old wages. There must be too much lumber at San Francisco, for there is not any great glut at North Bend.” (The Coast Mail)
January 10, 1884: “The North Bend mill came down to three-quarter time on the 1st inst., but after a run of two days on that time orders were received to resume full time, at least until after the Gotama and some other vessels now due there have been loaded.” (The Coast Mail)
August 7, 1884: “The North Bend mill shut down last Saturday and is at present undergoing some needed repairs, preparatory to cutting the lumber that will be the Newport coal company in raising their wharf and railway track and in building their new bunker. These improvements will absorb nearly 300,000 feet of lumber. Whether the North Bend mill will again shut down after filling this order is not known to the public, but there is a suspicion that it will.” (The Coast Mail)
August 21, 1884: “The North Bend mill again commenced running Monday, but a break in some of the machinery stopped it yesterday. It will be all right and running again by this afternoon or tomorrow morning.” (The Coast Mail)
January 29, 1885: “The North Bend mill has not shut down, as was reported here last week, and we are informed that there is no probability of its being shut down soon.” (The Coast Mail)
April 23, 1885: “There has been a report that the North Bend mill is also on full time, but this is not true. That mill is still on three-quarter time.” (The Coast Mail)
May 7, 1885: “M. P. Pendergrass, head sawyer at the North Bend mill, is on the sick list and is taking a vacation, while Frank Gamble runs the big saw.” (The Coast Mail)
May 7, 1885: “A. Cory, late filer at the North Bend mill, took a similar situation at the stave mill in this place a few days ago, but he is now under engagement to return to North Bend and take the foremanship of the mill there on the 15th inst., A. S. Wadleigh having tendered his resignation, to take effect at that time.” (The Coast Mail)
October 15, 1885: “There was quite an accident at the North Bend mill last Thursday. The cylinder head of the engine blew out and the mill was filled so quickly with steam that none of the employes could see or understand what to do; consequently the engines thumped away until the steam exhausted itself, and the engines are reported as being almost ruined. The only person hurt was Jas. Rolandsen, the fireman, who was struck on the head by something that inflicted a large scalp wound. Rolandsen came to Marshfield and had his injuries attended to by Dr. Tower.” (The Coast Mail)
October 22, 1885: “The North Bend mill has been shut down since the accident to the machinery a few days ago, and parts of the engines have been sent to San Francisco for repairs, and the mill will not run until the return of these parts of the engines, which, of course, will be as soon as possible.” (The Coast Mail)
November 5, 1885: “The Arcata brought up the cylinder for the engine at the North Bend mill, and if the the mill is not running it soon will be.” (The Coast Mail)