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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 3 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1872 | 2 |
| 1876 | 21 |
| 1877 | 21 |
| 1878 | 7 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 4 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 25 |
| 1884 | 7 |
| 1885 | 16 |
| 1886 | 15 |
| 1887 | 9 |
| 1888 | 11 |
| 1889 | 33 |
| 1890 | 8 |
| 1891 | 17 |
| 1892 | 58 |
| 1893 | 53 |
| 1894 | 66 |
| 1895 | 67 |
| 1898 | 5 |
| 1899 | 18 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1903 | 19 |
| 1904 | 25 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 10 |
| 1909 | 28 |
| 1910 | 6 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 8 |
| 1915 | 3 |
| 1916 | 11 |
| 1917 | 4 |
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| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1929 | 1 |
66 stories matching quick
- The Teacher Who Saved the Schoolhouse
A quick-thinking teacher organized students into a bucket brigade to save a burning schoolhouse at Hughes' mill.
- The Tomale Peddler and the Hen Roost
A South Seattle widow loses her flock to a hungry vendor who is quickly caught and sentenced to jail.
- The Mayor's Quick Cash Scheme
A satirical look at a Western town's mayor who used the city marshal to arrest citizens solely to collect court fines and fund his poker game.
- The Unhappy Home of a Board of Public Works Official
After years of alleged cruelty, infidelity, and bitter public strife, Candace Van Brocklin secures a divorce and a significant property settlement from her husband, J. W. Van Brocklin.
- The Laundry Cashier Who Outsmarted the Bunko Gang
Laundry cashier Julia Folsom foiled four men's short-change scam, snatching back the money before they could take it.
- Worker Plunges into Spokane Falls
A carpenter at work on the new Post Street bridge loses his footing and is swept to his death before a crowd of witnesses.
- Scalded at the Black Diamond Mine
A foreman investigating a steam plume slipped into near-boiling water, a reminder of how quickly industrial work could turn.
- Fire at 222 Lexter Street
A suspicious, quickly contained blaze breaks out in a North Seattle home.
- The Midnight Raid at the Butler Cafe
Police break up an impromptu faro game, but the dealer’s quick bail payment ensures the 'flyer' will soon resume.
- A Heroic Sacrifice in the Woods
A 12-year-old boy in Yagar dies while saving his sister from a falling fir tree during a windstorm.
- A Stable Fire Claims Three Horses
A failure in the fire alarm system leads to the tragic loss of three horses in a downtown stable.
- A Green Lake Home Lost to Flames
A handsome residence near Green Lake is destroyed by fire while the family is away, leaving behind only the memory of a swing in the backyard.
- A Frontier Settling of Scores on the Seattle Waterfront
A known 'tumble fighter' and gambler named Black guns down McKinney over a gambling debt, adding to the violent reputation of the regional sporting fraternity.
- A Near-Drowning at the Seattle Waterfront
A passenger taking a shortcut through a crowded dock ends up in the bay, saved by the quick thinking of a hotel bus driver.
- The Hunt for Seattle’s Teenage Outlaw
A young robbery suspect leads police on a chase through the woods near Lake View Cemetery.
- The Great Northern Hotel Burned to the Ground in Mount Vernon
A three-story frame hotel near the depot was gone within minutes, and twenty-five lodgers barely escaped with their lives.
- Seattle’s 'Industrial Army' Mobilizes for Washington, D.C.
Unemployed workers organize under strict military discipline to march across the country to protest economic conditions during the Panic of 1893.
- The Strange 'Chicken Oath' in a Seattle Courtroom
A local robbery trial takes a surreal turn as witnesses perform a traditional ritual before testifying.
- Wild West Chaos in Black Diamond
A gambling dispute at an unlicensed saloon in Black Diamond spirals into a shootout, narrowly missing local schoolchildren.
- Attempted Suicide on Fourth Street
A local woman survives an attempted act of self-harm following domestic troubles.
- A Life Undermined by the Vault Explosion
After years of struggling with the physical and nervous aftermath of a horrific gas blast in the sheriff’s office, a prominent Seattle Republican has passed away at age 30.
- A Great Pacific Sealing Race
Two schooners racing from Cape Flattery to the Bonin Islands set what might be the longest, closest race on record for the sealing fleet.
- A Backyard Tragedy in Ballard
A young girl is severely burned while playing near a rubbish fire during spring cleaning.
- The Judge Takes the Stand
A trial in the superior court becomes heated when a Seattle judge takes over the cross-examination of a land agent.
- The Collapse of the Merchants' National
Tacoma bank officials indicted on charges of false entry and 'straw paper' schemes amid a brutal city-wide financial rivalry.