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343 stories matching occup
- Fire at 222 Lexter Street
A suspicious, quickly contained blaze breaks out in a North Seattle home.
- City Council Targets 'Disorderly' Tenements
A new ordinance aims to clear out homes deemed a public nuisance based on the 'customs and habits' of residents.
- The Sanitary Crisis of 1885
Dr. J. M. W. Hedges demands immediate action on open cesspools, raw sewage, and the 'lodging house' filth threatening the health of early Seattle.
- The Yakima Census Shortfall
A census taker quits early, leaving the city's official population count significantly underrepresented.
- A Violent Arrest on Yesler Avenue
A streetcar operator's rapid descent into crisis culminates in a dramatic struggle with police.
- A Romantic Tragedy at the Ravenna Ravine
A couple from Illinois, caught in a horse-drawn carriage accident, met a fatal end in Seattle's wilder outskirts.
- Suspicious Blaze Destroys Inglewood Schoolhouse
A rural schoolhouse on the east side of Lake Sammamish is lost to a fire that trustees suspect was deliberately set.
- Tragedy at the Stoecke Home
A peaceful household is shattered when a violent dispute ends in a fatal shooting.
- City Orders Halt to Blasting Near West Coast Wagon Factory
A contractor’s use of dynamite to excavate an addition to the West Coast wagon factory triggered alarm and complaints of structural damage from neighbors.
- The County Courthouse That Wasn't: King County Sells Its Own Home
In a bizarre twist of civic bureaucracy in January 1891, King County is forced to auction off the very building housing its courts because the new one isn't finished yet.
- Gunfire at the Windsor Hotel
A high-stakes dice game at a local hotel turns violent after allegations of cheating.
- The Shame of the Wharf: Child Labor on Seattle’s Waterfront
A local paper condemns the sight of young girls selling apples among 'hard cases' and criminals at the O.R. & N. dock, demanding police intervention.
- The Governor’s Ultimatum on Indigenous Land
Governor Isaac I. Stevens issues a public warning regarding unauthorized settlement on lands reserved for Indigenous use.
- The Tragedy of Suzuki Kumakichi
A Japanese fisherman is discovered dead in his cabin at Holmes Harbor, the victim of accidental asphyxiation.
- The Annual Migration to the Hop Fields
With harvest season underway in the Puyallup and Yakima valleys, 10,000 workers descend on the fields for a grueling, seasonal labor rush.
- A Deadly Struggle in Bremerton
A man attempted to murder a local youth, but in the ensuing struggle, his own weapon turned against him with lethal consequences.
- Vancouver Block Destroyed by Fire
A massive blaze erupts in the early morning hours, causing thousands of dollars in property damage and leaving a man critically injured.
- The Tragic Decline of Ben Bainbridge
A local man's descent from a $150,000 fortune to life as an indigent vagrant serves as a cautionary tale of vice and misfortune.
- Spokane Mayor Reorganizes Regulation of 'Social Evil'
A new administrative order aims to consolidate control over vice districts and increase municipal revenue through adjusted fines.
- The Tragedy on the Duwamish Road
A reckless driving incident near the Duwamish River leaves a mother and son severely injured.
- Fire Breaks Out in Whitechapel District
A fire in a building occupied by Japanese women in Seattle's Whitechapel district causes a panic, but is quickly extinguished.
- The Sad Delusions of John Watson
A trainman found living in squalor is committed to Steilacoom Asylum after declaring himself the owner of Victoria’s townsite.
- Death in the Day Coach
A critique of railway safety inequality: why the public travels in 'flimsy' coaches while officials ride in reinforced steel.
- The Mukilteo Exclusion Movement
Everett and Mukilteo citizens organize a public protest against the employment of Japanese laborers in the local mills.
- The Dog That Saved a Family from the Flames
A loyal terrier’s frantic barking alerted the occupants of a Seattle home to a midnight fire, saving ten lives when silence would have meant death.