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| Year | Stories |
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| 1862 | 11 |
| 1872 | 4 |
| 1876 | 13 |
| 1877 | 13 |
| 1878 | 5 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 16 |
| 1884 | 5 |
| 1885 | 9 |
| 1886 | 5 |
| 1887 | 10 |
| 1888 | 8 |
| 1889 | 11 |
| 1890 | 6 |
| 1891 | 11 |
| 1892 | 42 |
| 1893 | 28 |
| 1894 | 41 |
| 1895 | 64 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 15 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 12 |
| 1904 | 11 |
| 1908 | 5 |
| 1909 | 9 |
| 1910 | 3 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1912 | 1 |
| 1914 | 4 |
| 1915 | 3 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1917 | 3 |
| 1923 | 3 |
| 1924 | 4 |
| 1929 | 1 |
9 stories matching grave
- Industrial Tragedy Claims Everett Lineman
W. S. Hardy, a well-known local electrician, died following a fatal workplace accident while stringing high-tension wires in Spokane.
- Four Drown at Wild Goose Bill Ferry
A ferry accident on the Columbia River leaves four men dead as their wives watch helplessly from the shore.
- Mystery Garage Fire Consumes Maxwell Runabout
A North O Street garage fire claims a $1,000 automobile, leaving owners without insurance and investigators without a cause.
- The Price of a Life: Labor Fights Back Against Dangerous Legislation
Organized labor in Everett rallies against a proposed senate bill that would cap death and injury payouts for workers at $5,000.
- The Millionaire Who Came Back: A Wife, Two Husbands and a Double Divorce
Margaret Broderick thought Frank Berwert was murdered. Four years into a new marriage, he appeared at her door—alive, wealthy, and legally still her husband.
- The Mysterious Burial on South O Street
A workman clearing land in Tacoma stumbled upon a bizarre scene: a well-dressed young man on a bicycle burying an infant in a shallow grave.
- Eight Days, $7 Million in Requests, and a Labor Agenda Left to Die
Washington's 1909 legislature entered its final week with appropriations far outrunning revenue, more than 30 liquor bills pending, and nearly every labor measure quietly sidetracked.
- Governor Hay Wants to Appoint, Not Elect, Washington's Officers—This Labor Editor Says No
A proposal to make state offices appointive sparks a fierce defense of the direct primary and the people's right to choose their own officials.
- Olympia Moves to Outlaw the Insanity Defense — and Gag the Press on Murders
With the 1909 session half gone, Washington's legislature advances local option and an anti-racetrack gambling bill, while a sweeping new criminal code would strip juries of the insanity plea and bar newspapers from covering homicides before trial.