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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1872 | 3 |
| 1876 | 18 |
| 1877 | 10 |
| 1878 | 6 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 6 |
| 1882 | 4 |
| 1883 | 29 |
| 1884 | 9 |
| 1885 | 14 |
| 1886 | 9 |
| 1887 | 7 |
| 1888 | 8 |
| 1889 | 33 |
| 1890 | 4 |
| 1891 | 10 |
| 1892 | 56 |
| 1893 | 31 |
| 1894 | 43 |
| 1895 | 36 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 7 |
| 1899 | 11 |
| 1902 | 1 |
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| 1904 | 13 |
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- Suspicious Deaths Aboard the Princess Louise
Health officials examine the bodies of three Chinese men found dead on a steamer arriving from Victoria.
- Waterfront Mattress Factory Destroyed by Fire
A late-night blaze gutted the George S. Lenders Bedding Company plant, causing $6,000 in damages.
- Firefighters battle stubborn blaze in North Seattle block
A basement fire under a millinery shop creates a late-night hazard for North Seattle responders.
- Seattle's First Real Street Paving
A specimen half-block is laid on Commercial Street as a test to end the era of plank roads and mud.
- The Town Bucket Brigade
When a major mill fire broke out in Montesano, the local water system failed, forcing the townspeople—including the women—to form a desperate bucket line to save the surrounding buildings.
- Smallpox Outbreak Hits McNeil Island Penitentiary
An outbreak of smallpox has reached the federal penitentiary at McNeil Island, sparking a vaccination drive and fears of wider contagion.
- Anacortes Landmark Reduced to Ash
A mysterious morning fire consumes the Keystone Block, leaving behind only charred timber.
- The Blazing Omaha Lodging House
A fire breaks out in a South Main Street boarding house, leaving residents to flee as firefighters narrowly prevent the flames from spreading to nearby structures.
- Fire Claims the St. James Hotel
A late-night lamp fire traps families and destroys a prominent Chehalis building.
- The Secret 'Property Protective Association' Emerges
A secretive organization has formed in King County, allegedly to intimidate laborers and enforce property rights.
- Infrastructure Failure Ruins Ballard Home
A house on Wilber Street burns to the ground when the city's water mains fail to provide pressure, a repeat of a recent industrial disaster.
- Seven Hundred Odd Fellows Parade in Tacoma
Seattle and state lodges celebrate the order's 74th anniversary with a massive parade and theater exercises.
- The Bear That Burned Down the Neighborhood
A Spokane resident’s attempt to treat a sick horse with home remedies went up in flames when his pet bear caused a catastrophe.
- The Midnight Blaze at Slaughter
A suspicious fire destroys a downtown block in the town of Slaughter, leaving citizens to form a bucket brigade to save the town's remaining structures.
- The Waterfront Fire That Outpaced the Firefighters
A historic Seattle row of buildings is gutted by fire as a mismanaged department struggles to contain the flames.
- Smallpox Outbreak Hits Seattle Lodging Houses
City health officers scramble to contain a sudden spike in cases as the disease spreads through the southern district.
- The Bakeman Block Consumed in Snohomish
A pre-dawn inferno destroys the downtown commercial core, barely sparing city records from the collapse.
- The Great Deluge of 1891
Heavy winter rains transform Seattle’s rivers into raging torrents, washing away rail lines, bridges, and barns across the region.
- Ballard Businesses Devastated by Early Morning Fire
A grocery store and adjacent saloons were lost in a significant blaze, with one family narrowly escaping the flames.
- The Fanny Lake Burns to the Waterline
A Seattle jobbing steamer meets a mysterious end in Sullivan's Slough, marking the third local boat lost to fire in two months.
- Vigilante Fury Follows Oakesdale Arson
After a suspicious fire destroys a row of businesses, Oakesdale residents threaten to lynch a Chinese resident previously evicted from the property.
- A Lamp, a Kitchen, and a Lake Union Fire
A domestic accident leaves a family homeless after a runaway kitchen lamp destroys a house on the shores of Lake Union.
- Trapped in the Wreckage
A gas explosion in Spokane turns a bookstore into a furnace, leaving a woman to face her final moments in front of a helpless crowd.
- Late-Night Blaze Consumes Squire Avenue Grocery
A two-story building near Lake Street is destroyed by fire, while a neighboring residence occupied by an engineer for the Seattle Steam Heat and Power Company is saved from destruction.
- The Devil's Range
A drunken seaman's terrifying hallucination on a Port Townsend stove.