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| Year | Stories |
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| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 6 |
| 1877 | 4 |
| 1878 | 5 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 14 |
| 1884 | 2 |
| 1885 | 7 |
| 1886 | 3 |
| 1887 | 1 |
| 1888 | 5 |
| 1889 | 7 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 10 |
| 1892 | 29 |
| 1893 | 16 |
| 1894 | 6 |
| 1895 | 19 |
| 1898 | 4 |
| 1899 | 1 |
| 1903 | 7 |
| 1904 | 5 |
| 1905 | 4 |
| 1908 | 2 |
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| 1910 | 1 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 6 |
| 1916 | 10 |
| 1917 | 2 |
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| 1923 | 3 |
| 1925 | 2 |
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- The Miracle at the Bend
An engineer’s harrowing account of a toddler playing on the tracks, the desperate silence of the brakes, and an inexplicable survival.
- The River Pirates of Pine Street
Two young men were caught in the act of trying to break into a safe stolen from the wreck of a burned steamboat on the Seattle waterfront.
- The Waterworks War: Engineering the Future of West Seattle
While the rest of the city struggled with water, West Seattle turned to subterranean springs to build a booming suburban dream.
- The Buried Forest Beneath Denny Hill
Excavations for a new industrial facility in Seattle reveal a startling subterranean history: an ancient, preserved forest resting 22 feet beneath the city's surface.
- A Train Derails in the Smoky Woods
A Satsop Railroad locomotive plunges off the tracks after hitting a fallen tree in the fire-choked timberlands near Shelton.
- Gold Fever Hits the Sound
As residents of Tacoma and Port Townsend scramble to stake claims in city streets, the sudden discovery of gold in urban gravel pits sparks a brief, chaotic rush.
- The Man Who Walked With a Bolt Through His Foot
John Moore, Seattle's most noted diver, recounts the harrowing moment he was impaled by a railroad bolt in the Mississippi River—and how his tender saved him.