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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 9 |
| 1858 | 8 |
| 1859 | 6 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 11 |
| 1862 | 8 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1872 | 17 |
| 1876 | 124 |
| 1877 | 96 |
| 1878 | 60 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 22 |
| 1882 | 18 |
| 1883 | 171 |
| 1884 | 68 |
| 1885 | 120 |
| 1886 | 60 |
| 1887 | 64 |
| 1888 | 72 |
| 1889 | 225 |
| 1890 | 32 |
| 1891 | 142 |
| 1892 | 412 |
| 1893 | 383 |
| 1894 | 359 |
| 1895 | 455 |
| 1897 | 16 |
| 1898 | 28 |
| 1899 | 102 |
| 1900 | 11 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 262 |
| 1904 | 197 |
| 1905 | 10 |
| 1907 | 12 |
| 1908 | 84 |
| 1909 | 254 |
| 1910 | 56 |
| 1911 | 20 |
| 1912 | 8 |
| 1914 | 31 |
| 1915 | 39 |
| 1916 | 93 |
| 1917 | 26 |
| 1918 | 9 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 28 |
| 1924 | 13 |
| 1925 | 10 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 2 |
4,274 stories matching sever
- A Violent Runaway on Ninth Street
A routine day of driving turns into a medical emergency when a team of horses bolts through the streets of Walla Walla.
- Public Harassment Crackdown
A local man faces the maximum fine for his behavior toward women walking along Pacific Avenue.
- The Treasury Scandal: Thirty-Three Indictments
Former City Treasurer Adolph Krug and several prominent associates are indicted in a massive public money corruption scandal.
- Brutal Knife Attack in East End Alley
A man is hospitalized with a severe head wound after a harvest-time brawl breaks out behind a local saloon.
- The Price of a 'Cheap' Haircut
Everett union barbers expose an unlicensed 'lady barber' working in a non-union shop.
- Rejected from the Front
A local young man's enlistment dreams are shattered by a minor physical disability just before his unit deploys for WWI.
- A Night of Terror in Dixie
A sudden cloudburst near Walla Walla sweeps away a family's home, leaving two children dead in the debris.
- A Domestic Worker's Near-Fatal Fire
While caring for a child, a domestic worker is severely burned when her clothing catches fire; a bystander saves her by rolling her in the mud of Front Street.
- Dynamite Accident at the Franklin Mines
A miner was severely injured when a makeshift tool used to celebrate the Fourth of July exploded, nearly costing him his life.
- A Painful Pipe-Lighting Mishap
A local man suffers severe burns after gasoline residue on his hands ignites.
- Deputy Lincoln Dilley Survives Jail Escape Attack
Deputy-Sheriff Lincoln Dilley survived severe head cuts after two prisoners attacked him during an escape attempt at the county jail, then drew his revolver and locked them in their cell.
- The High School 'Hookey' Tradition
Defying the school board, 400 Tacoma high school boys plan to strike on Washington's Birthday to spend the day at 'Camp Weinerwurst.'
- The Tinsmith Who Dug His Way Into a Dry-Goods Store
A Spokane tinsmith allegedly tunneled under a neighboring store to steal merchandise, in a caper that rivaled the era's famous bank robberies.
- A Quack, a $125 Bill, and a Prosecution That Cost the County More Than It Recovered
A Thurston County letter-writer asks why commissioners and the county attorney spent the public's money to convict an irregular doctor over a small bill — and got nothing back.
- A Disappearance from Providence Hospital
A patient suffering from nervous debility vanishes from his hospital room, leaving officials to fear he carried out threats of self-harm.
- Police Target Women in Walla Walla Morality Crackdown
Two young women are arrested for vagrancy as part of an ongoing campaign to police 'disreputable' behavior in the city.
- Blood in the Streets of Pioneer Square
A violent, late-night altercation outside a Seattle waterfront house leaves a man severely beaten and a 'desperate' assailant in custody.
- The Boston Mob That Bought Seattle
A mysterious syndicate from the East Coast has quietly acquired over $75,000 worth of land around Lake Washington and downtown, sparking rumors of a coordinated takeover by wealthy outsiders.
- An Eccentric Pioneer Found Alone and Helpless
After marrying a much younger woman and deeding away his property in a scandal that made local news, a reclusive tailor has been found paralyzed in his home.
- The Great Poker Heist: A Man Steals Glass to Escape His Debts
In a bizarre twist of justice in 1872 Seattle, a gambler fleeing a poker loss was caught stealing window panes from a saloon instead of cash.
- The End of the Steamship Monopoly
Competition heats up on the Sound as new steamer lines challenge the dominance of the Villard railroad and boat combinations.
- A Perilous Afternoon near Lake Union
A brush with disaster in the rugged timberlands of 1877 Seattle, where an accidental axe blow turned a day of surveying into a desperate journey for survival.
- Produce Bottleneck Hits Local Growers
A regional shortage of rail cars leaves potato and vegetable shipments languishing in Walla Walla warehouses.
- Pushing the Northern Pacific Through the Cascades
Contractors overcome swamp and tangled brush to advance the critical rail link between Puget Sound and the East.
- Terror in the Tunnel: A Ghostly Watchman’s Tale
A railroad trackman, left to guard a suicide victim’s remains in a Seattle tunnel, claims the severed head spoke to him in the dark.