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- Tragedy in the Spokane Excavations
A laborer is killed and his foreman injured after a delayed dynamite blast detonates during construction work on First Avenue.
- Merchants Win Trade Battle as 'Loo Sok' Docks in Seattle
A British steamer brings tea and silk to Schwabacher's wharf after Seattle merchants protest Tacoma-only landings.
- Miner Phillip Patsco Killed by Falling Rock in Wilkeson
A long-time miner is killed by a falling rock after warning his partner to safety, leaving behind a family and a devastated community.
- The Cougar Who Saved a Cyclist’s Life
A Tacoma engineer recounts his miraculous escape after a mountain lion knocked him upright on his bicycle during a terrifying encounter.
- The Tragedy of a Henry Rifle
A young boy's life is cut short in a quiet Seattle accident involving a rifle.
- A Fourth of July Disaster at the Iron Works
A celebratory cannon salute leaves a local foreman maimed during Seattle's Independence Day festivities.
- A Tragic End in the Wire
A well-known Seattle man is found dead in a field near the Orphan's Home, his body tangled in barbed wire.
- The Day the 'Bulldog' Came to Tacoma
A high-stakes, controversy-filled football match between Portland and Tacoma ends in a lopsided defeat and an injured player, all under the watchful gaze of a brindle mascot.
- The Frozen Journey: A Woman’s Fight Against the Railway
After contracting pneumonia on an unheated train, a 55-year-old passenger sues the Northern Pacific Railroad for $8,000, bringing a poignant case of corporate negligence to a Seattle federal courtroom.
- The Tragedy of the Park Policeman
A beloved Point Defiance figure succumbs to a delayed internal injury from a past encounter with an angry bull.
- The Tragic Shooting at the Washington National Bank
A past attempt at self-harm by a bank clerk resurfaces as his colleague faces charges of embezzlement.
- The $40 Forgery That Fooled Seattle’s Hardware Elite
A dashing stranger with a dark mustache and bare chest walks into W.P. Boyd & Co., flashes a forged check from the Seattle Hardware Company, and vanishes with $40 in cash—leaving behind only a single typo that saves the victim from total ruin.
- The Man Who Couldn't Sleep: A Murderer's Five-Year Nightmare Ends in Seattle
William Devitt, a fugitive from a Pennsylvania railroad murder, surrenders to Seattle police after five years of wandering the South, claiming his conscience has finally caught up with him.
- Tragic Horse-Kick Claims Life of Youth
Nineteen-year-old Hiram Hamilton is killed instantly in a freak accident while tending horses at his father’s barn.
- The Tragedy in the Smokalem Shanty
A witness to a brutal murder on the Puyallup Reservation recounts the final moments of a woman killed by her husband, a man known to his own community as 'cultus.'
- Jury Returns Second-Degree Verdict for Goldendale Murder
John Green, 21, narrowly avoids a first-degree murder conviction for the killing of William Dunn at a local hotel.
- Spokane Gamblers Raise a War Chest to Repeal Washington’s Gambling Law
In 1904, gamblers and liquor dealers pooled money for a statewide campaign to undo the anti-gambling statute—an early industry-funded push to rewrite the rules.
- The Rolling Barrel That Killed a Cauter
In the early days of Seattle, a worker’s death was blamed on bad luck and heavy barrels—but it was likely the result of dangerous labor conditions that went unreported.
- Tragedy on the Tracks: A Young Newsboy Crushed
A teenage news-agent is killed in a switching accident at the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern railway yard.
- South Seattle Laborer Stabbed Over a Nickel
A brickmaker at Lohse's brick yard was attacked by a vagrant after refusing to hand over money for transit.
- The Tragedy of Suzuki Kumakichi
A Japanese fisherman is discovered dead in his cabin at Holmes Harbor, the victim of accidental asphyxiation.
- A Ballard Tragedy
A three-year-old child dies after his dress catches fire from matches while his mother is away.
- A Body in the Ashes at Rolling Bay
An eyewitness to the coroner's inquest corrects the Post-Intelligencer's lurid account of a bullet-scarred, half-burned corpse found in a shack on Bainbridge Island — and lays out his own theory of an unsolved Kitsap County killing.
- Mining Camp Tragedy Near Carbonado
A target practice outing turns lethal when a accidental discharge claims the life of a 50-year-old miner.
- Tragedy in Ilwaco: A Hunting Accident
A 12-year-old boy accidentally kills his younger brother while showing off a gun after a day of hunting.