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3 stories matching raze

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  1. Tragedy at the Old County Hospital

    An elderly woman is trapped and killed when a kerosene lamp sparks a blaze in the abandoned county hospital building.

    Mar 23, 1909The Tacoma TimesPacific Ave, Tacoma, Pierce CountyHousing & Rent · Disasters

  2. The Health Board Targets Opera Alley's Squalor

    City officials inspect disease-breeding housing conditions occupied by foreign laborers.

    Mar 10, 1909The Tacoma TimesOpera Alley, Tacoma, Pierce CountyHousing & Rent

  3. The Fire That Killed a Hotel

    A disastrous downtown blaze consumed the Star Theater, inadvertently scuttling a major quarter-million-dollar property deal.

    May 10, 1909The Tacoma TimesPacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust · Disasters

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