Pete Burns
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- May 23, 1893Late-Night Blaze Threatens 'Whitechapel' RowA saloon fire in the early hours nearly consumed a row of wooden buildings, saved only by the quick work of local firefighters and a watchful dog.Seattle, WA
- Sep 5, 1893The Diamond Thief’s IndignationAfter being returned from Portland to face larceny charges, Elmer Mayberry takes issue with the press for linking him to a notorious saloon crowd.Seattle, WA
- Sep 17, 1893The Tale of the Leschi Park 'Baby Seal'A local newspaper mistakenly reports the birth of a sea lion pup at Leschi Park, but local fishermen reveal they actually caught a stray baby seal elsewhere and dropped it in the tank.Leschi Park, Seattle, WA
- Sep 4, 1894The Day Seattle Shut Down: Sailors, Longshoremen and the First Labor DayBanks, courts and public offices closed for the first time in the city's history, 2,500 people packed Pioneer Place for a 36-minute tug-of-war, and a labor orator told the crowd that good wages are the engine of everyone's prosperity.Seattle, WA
- Sep 4, 1894The Sheriff's Plot to Jail His Rivals Before the ConventionSeattle Republicans gathered at the Armory in 1894 amid rumors that Sheriff Woolery and John Considine planned to have First Ward leaders arrested before the county convention could organize.Seattle, WA