General Relief Committee
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- Jun 12, 1889Seattle Rebuilds After the Great FireOne week after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, the city pivots from emergency relief to a massive, coordinated reconstruction of the downtown core.Seattle, WA
- Jun 12, 1889After the Great Fire: Seattle’s Hard-Won ResilienceDays after the fire of 1889 decimated the city, the community faces mass homelessness and a desperate need for labor while relying on neighboring cities for support.Seattle, WA
- Jul 24, 1889Seattle’s Tent City: The Great Fire’s Temporary HousingA detailed census of the makeshift wooden and canvas structures housing the city in the weeks after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.Eighth Street, Seattle, WA
- Aug 7, 1889A Carpenter Walks to the Hospital to See His Sick Wife and VanishesAfter the fire, Gordon had cared for four children with typhoid while his wife lay in the hospital. On Sunday he left to visit her, said he was going straight home — and was never seen again.Fremont, Seattle, WA
- Jan 13, 1895The Man Who Robbed Seattle's Fire Relief Fund Walked Out of Prison on FridayFive years after the great fire of 1889 turned Seattle to ash, the secretary trusted to hand out relief money — an inspector who forged checks to invented men — finished his sentence and went free, his full take never known.Seattle, WA