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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 1 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 3 |
| 1872 | 7 |
| 1876 | 18 |
| 1877 | 19 |
| 1878 | 24 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 10 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 30 |
| 1884 | 14 |
| 1885 | 17 |
| 1886 | 21 |
| 1887 | 15 |
| 1888 | 11 |
| 1889 | 45 |
| 1890 | 8 |
| 1891 | 31 |
| 1892 | 133 |
| 1893 | 116 |
| 1894 | 96 |
| 1895 | 85 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1899 | 11 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1903 | 44 |
| 1904 | 37 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 13 |
| 1909 | 40 |
| 1910 | 11 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1914 | 9 |
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| 1916 | 12 |
| 1917 | 7 |
| 1923 | 7 |
| 1924 | 6 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1929 | 1 |
14 stories matching recov
- The Tragic End of a Local Broker
A well-known Seattle businessman ends his life at his office, leaving behind his wife and a community in shock.
- The Great Horse Heist of South Tacoma
A doctor's horse is snatched from a storefront and recovered miles away in the timber.
- The Ruins of a Bishop’s Household
After years in storage on the Seattle waterfront, Bishop Paddock's furniture was recovered in a state of 'shameful' decay, riddled with rats and broken glass.
- A Night Watchman's Final Request
A Port Madison worker predicts his own death and seeks to settle his affairs in a haunting, sudden passing.
- The Con Artist's Tearful Pitch
A traveler uses a tragic tale of fire and loss to test the hospitality of a Seattle resident.
- The Youthful Defendant's Surprise Courtroom Reveal
A man accused of owing wages reveals a hidden burden of family responsibility to sway the court.
- A Body in the Bay
A unidentified man is found dead in the waters near Yesler's wharf, bearing marks of a violent end.
- The Battle for Burke’s Second Addition
A legal dispute over property ownership pulls in dozens of local residents and sets the city's legal community against one another.
- Tragic Drowning at the Gas Works
A young immigrant from Illinois dies while attempting to move a raft of timber across the water.
- The Tax Protest on Madison Street
A Seattle property owner challenges the city's assessment for Madison Street improvements, calling the fees illegal and a cloud on the title.
- A Frontier Reckoning
A chance meeting at a wilderness camp forces a man to confront the guard who once brutalized him in a French prison.
- The Asylum's Quiet Harmony
A rare glimpse into the operations of Washington Territory’s only mental hospital, as reported by its superintendent in 1884.
- The Tragedy at the Soap Factory
A local businessman meets a horrific end after falling into a vat of boiling grease.
- An Arsonist's Fire in the Black Hawk Stable
A pre-dawn blaze in a Main Street livery kills four valuable horses and nearly takes the block — and the town is sure it was set on purpose.