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54 stories matching paralysi
- The Dream That Found Two Bodies in Lake Washington
A double murder near Mercer Island, a suspect tried four times and never convicted, and a daughter's suicide—the lake tragedy that haunted the Colman-Patten case for years.
- A Saw Cut Through His Brain. Seattle Doctors Watched Him Live.
Horatio Stetson's head was nearly split in two by a rip saw at a Seattle mill. Thirty-six hours later, he was talking, moving his limbs, and astonishing the physicians at Providence Hospital.
- Grandma Fea Crossed an Ocean, a Yellow Fever Epidemic and a Sawmill Explosion to Die at 94 in Newport
Ann Liddle Fea, the Scotch widow who arrived with the Great Northern and became the town's beloved 'Grandma,' was buried from her daughter's house on May 20 — leaving 23 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren behind her.
- The Hoodooed Ship That Left Three Dead
At Port Townsend, sailors call the Linlithgowshire cursed after a third officer is killed—and the ship’s recent history makes the word stick.