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| Year | Stories |
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| 1888 | 3 |
| 1889 | 13 |
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| 1893 | 12 |
| 1894 | 21 |
| 1895 | 2 |
| 1898 | 1 |
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- After the Roslyn Mine Disaster, Widows and Children Get Their Settlement
Nearly all lawsuits from the Roslyn mine explosion were settled, with each widow offered $1,000 and each child $100 in exchange for releasing the company from further liability.
- Fifty-Four Dead in a Year: The 1894 Reckoning of Washington's Coal Mines
The state mine inspectors' annual report tallies 1.16 million tons of coal, 1,159 miners — and 54 lives lost to accidents, with the toll heaviest at Franklin.