A. Anderson
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- Nov 25, 1880A Call to Harmony at the Territorial UniversityA visiting lecturer proposes a city-wide fundraiser to gift a Steinway grand piano to the University of Washington, arguing that music education is a moral imperative for a frontier territory.University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Mar 8, 1892The Ghost Ship of Gray's HarborA schooner overdue by nine weeks is discovered wrecked on Peterson's Point, leaving no survivors from its five-man crew.Hoquiam, WA
- Mar 8, 1892The Big River Never Came BackA tug captain spots a wreck on the Grays Harbor bar and identifies it as the overdue schooner Big River, lost with five hands.Hoquiam, WA
- Sep 5, 1892A Labor Day Skirmish at the Salvation ArmyA reveler celebrating Labor Day early finds himself in a brawl after a nap at the Salvation Army barracks.Jackson Street, Seattle, WA
- Jul 11, 1893Governor Grants Pardon to SailorAfter serving time in the state penitentiary, a sailor convicted of robbery is released following a petition for innocence.Seattle, WA
- Jun 22, 1895A Streetcar, a Dark Curve, and Four Feet of WaterA brewery worker fell from a Grant Street car into the Seattle tide flats. Rescuers reached him too late—even though the water was shallow.Seattle, WA