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A historic freeze and heavy snows devastate livestock across the region, while Seattle's own marginalized residents struggle to survive the record-breaking cold.
“Wolves and coyotes, made desperate by the weather, are more ravenous than for years.”
A desperate plea for intervention as a young ward is subjected to unrelenting abuse by his guardian in King County.
“I have only tickled him so far, but when I get him home I'll lick him half to death.”
While loading his shotgun on Lake Sammamish, a local steamboat captain suffered a devastating injury that threatens his life.
“He had just loaded one barrel of the gun, which was an old muzzle-loader, and was in the act of loading the other barrel when the first barrel went off.”
A rural schoolhouse on the east side of Lake Sammamish is lost to a fire that trustees suspect was deliberately set.
“Some circumstances connected with the fire have given rise to the suspicion that it was of incendiary origin.”
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