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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 3 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1872 | 10 |
| 1876 | 42 |
| 1877 | 36 |
| 1878 | 16 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 9 |
| 1882 | 8 |
| 1883 | 48 |
| 1884 | 25 |
| 1885 | 55 |
| 1886 | 39 |
| 1887 | 39 |
| 1888 | 19 |
| 1889 | 60 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 54 |
| 1892 | 196 |
| 1893 | 171 |
| 1894 | 129 |
| 1895 | 164 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 9 |
| 1899 | 27 |
| 1900 | 4 |
| 1903 | 57 |
| 1904 | 61 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 14 |
| 1909 | 70 |
| 1910 | 23 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1914 | 11 |
| 1915 | 9 |
| 1916 | 17 |
| 1917 | 9 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 7 |
| 1924 | 6 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1929 | 1 |
9 stories matching dead
- A Deadly Shift in the Coal Mines
A tragic industrial accident at the Newcastle coal mines claims the life of a laborer.
- The Swan of the Cascades
A rare and haunting encounter near the mountain pass ends in an act of Victorian mercy.
- A Child's Fatal Duty
A land dispute in Snohomish turned deadly when a mother armed her eight-year-old son to defend their homestead.
- A Deadly Commute to the Newcastle Mines
A ship carpenter’s fatal attempt to board a moving coal train highlights the dangerous conditions of industrial life in 1880s Seattle.
- The Landlady’s Fourth of July Ultimatum
A boarding house owner demands that her tenant stop practicing his political speeches to keep the peace and the stair-rods intact.
- The Lonely End of a Skagit Prospector
After wandering the rugged wilderness for nearly a month, an elderly miner perished in the mountains near the U.S.-British border.
- The Steilacoom Bubble That Burst
A grand, failed railway scheme proves that even the most ambitious 'railroad kings' can't build an empire without a single cent in the bank.
- A Family Tragedy in the Whatcom Courtroom
A mother and her twelve-year-old son were convicted of manslaughter after a deadly land dispute, highlighting the violent risks of territorial-era frontier claims.
- The Secret Benefactor of a Struggling Seattle Teacher
A modest schoolteacher discovers that her late aunt, a wealthy woman she hardly knew, had been paying her bills in secret long before the surprising terms of her will were revealed.