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2 stories matching ember

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:embed, embertson, embeck, member, pember, embezzl

  1. The Price of Harvest: A Walla Walla Farmstead Lost to Fire

    A devastating blaze sweeps through the property of a Walla Walla farmer, erasing months of labor in an instant.

    Oct 25, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerWalla Walla, Walla Walla CountyDisasters

  2. Chinatown Ash and Ember: A City Under Siege

    A devastating fire levels the Chinese quarter in Tacoma, leaving the community in ruins and stoking the fires of anti-Chinese agitation.

    Nov 8, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyExclusion & Resistance · Disasters

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