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- Jan 23, 1891The Last Walk of Charles KlndlundA local Tailors’ Union mourns their own, highlighting the strong ties of labor solidarity in 1890s Seattle.Seattle, WA
- Feb 20, 1891A Grim Discovery in the WoodsHunters find an unidentified, decomposing body in a secluded ravine near Smith's Cove with a razor in hand.Butler Block, Seattle, WA
- Feb 13, 1892The Tragedy at the Stetson-Post MillA three-week-old boy was discovered floating in Seattle’s waters, a stark and somber reminder of the hidden precarity and desperation in the city’s frontier industrial era.Seattle, WA
- Jul 25, 1892The Hero of the HarborA young man who gave his life to rescue a child from Seattle's harbor is laid to rest by a grieving community.Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, WA
- Aug 31, 1892The 'Corpse' Who Sat Up and Ran for the BayA wharf loafer mistaken for a corpse startled undertakers when he sat up in the receiving box, bolted for the water and fled uptown.Seattle, WA
- Apr 18, 1893Tragedy at the Queen City HotelA young rancher from Vashon Island, who traveled to Seattle to sell a shipment of shingle bolts, dies after being overcome by gas in his hotel room.Seattle, WA
- May 7, 1893The Brewery Worker Who Dreamed of Marrying Bismarck’s DaughterKnown only as “Bismarck,” a Bay View brewery employee was found drowned at the mouth of the Duwamish—still chasing a delusion that he was bound for Germany and an imperial marriage.Seattle, WA
- Jun 17, 1893A Tragedy of Grief in Pioneer SquareAfter his brother drowned at sea, a Seattle real estate agent died of a broken heart just days later.Second Street, Seattle, WA
- Oct 30, 1893A Soldier's Final QuietAfter surviving the perils of the Civil War, Col. J.W. Clark loses his life in a tragic Seattle streetcar accident.Seattle, WA
- Nov 12, 1893The Faithful Mourner of Front StreetA beloved local dog known for attending every funeral in the city passes away.Seattle, WA
- Dec 19, 1893A Section Foreman's Death at Gilman, and the $100 He Sent Home to IrelandJ. G. Caroian, a Lake Shore road foreman, was killed switching cars at Gilman. His Odd Fellows lodge will bury him at Marysville; his aged mother in Ireland will get no more Christmas money.Issaquah, WA
- Feb 12, 1894The Tragic End of a Town FounderA pioneer of Sedro-Woolley dies by heart failure in the wake of a family tragedy.Sedro-Woolley, WA
- Apr 17, 1894Death of a Pioneer SaloonkeeperA Seattle business figure, known for his pre-fire partnership, passes away at the age of 42.Seattle, WA
- Jul 11, 1894The Missing Penknife and the Body in Lake WashingtonCoroner Horton ruled Michael D. Warren drowned himself at Madrona Park, but the cuts on his body and his vanished penknife kept the case uneasy.Madrona Park, Lake Washington, Seattle, WA
- Aug 16, 1894A Tin Box of Gold Hidden in the RaftersSouth Seattle police say the hammer that killed a mother and her baby belonged to Henry Cramer — and the money taken from the dead woman's house was stashed in his shed. Now the neighbours are talking about a rope.South Seattle College, Seattle, WA
- Aug 22, 1894Two Conductors’ Last Ride Ends Near LatonaA Monday-night railroad accident leaves two families arranging funerals and a coroner calling it unavoidable.Latona, Seattle, WA
- Aug 26, 1894Thirty-Seven Miners Died 150 Feet From SafetyAn 1894 coroner's jury in Franklin, Washington, heard how a small fire in the Oregon Improvement Company's coal mine became a wall of smoke — and why the men who could have escaped stayed to fight it.Black Diamond, WA
- Aug 26, 1894Seattle Rallies for the Families of the Franklin Mine DeadAs donations begin arriving at the Post-Intelligencer, Seattle’s Black community organizes its own relief committee for the families of miners killed in the Franklin disaster.Madison Park, Seattle, WA
- Aug 27, 1894A Mountain of Coffins: Franklin Buries Its MinersAfter a mine fire killed 37 men, the coal town of Franklin held a day of funerals—five graves at Black Diamond, three Italian miners on a hillside, and widows whose grief doctors feared would kill them.Franklin Cemetery, Black Diamond, WA
- Jul 31, 1899The Tragedy of Jerry K.A young man, struggling with addiction and heartbreak, left a final note and a path to his loved ones after taking his own life in a quiet Seattle cemetery.Broadway, Seattle