John Foster
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- Nov 25, 1876The Floor Gives Way: Panic and Death at Seattle’s Morris Opera HouseA grand opening night turns into a nightmare when the second-story floor of the newly converted theater collapses into the stables below, killing several and injuring dozens in one of the city's earliest major disasters.Opera House, Seattle
- Jul 13, 1894Bushwhackers in the Puyallup Woods: How the Pullman Strike Became a Criminal ManhuntA federal grand jury indicts a Northern Pacific clerk for threatening to draw locomotive fires, while Sheriff Matthews finds rifles and a shotgun used to ambush passenger trains near the Puyallup reservation.Puyallup reservation, Tacoma, WA