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4 stories matching lou
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- The Crackdown on Seattle’s Red Light District
Chief Butterfield continues his campaign against 'houses of ill-fame,' arresting operators and patrons as the city forces illicit businesses to vanish from the streets.
- Police Raid the 'Whitechapel' District
Justice Miller fines two dozen women in the wake of a citywide vice sweep.
- The Tragedy at Trent: A Deadly Railroad Collision
A passenger train and a freight train collide in a fatal error, killing a brakeman and prompting a rare condemnation of corporate negligence.
- The City That Vanished: Seattle’s First Real Estate Bubble and the Ghosts of Terry’s Addition
A look back at January 1890, when Seattle’s land boom was in full swing, prices were soaring, and developers like George Dorffel were selling lots in new subdivisions to speculators eager for a quick profit.