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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1882 | 18 |
| 1883 | 91 |
| 1884 | 36 |
| 1885 | 113 |
| 1886 | 54 |
| 1887 | 56 |
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- The Never-Ending Repairs of Front Street
A skeptical editorial questions the city's approach to maintaining the crumbling bulkheads and sidewalks of the waterfront.
- The South End's Schoolhouse Fight
A letter to the editor accuses Seattle's school directors of stalling on a promised south-end school block while the north end already got its building.
- Brutal Bare-Knuckle Prize Fight Ends in Foul
A local pugilist match on Pennsylvania Avenue ends in controversy after a fighter strikes his opponent while he is down.
- The Tragic End of Peter Legray
A quiet life on the Seattle waterfront ended in a lonely, tide-swept death, highlighting the stark invisibility of the city's vulnerable in 1887.
- The Tragic End of a Local Broker
A well-known Seattle businessman ends his life at his office, leaving behind his wife and a community in shock.
- The Final Act for Seattle's Oldest Theater
Once the grand stage for Fourth of July orations and legal battles, Yesler’s Hall is being gutted to make room for offices.
- Seattle's First Electric Streetcar Test
An experimental electric motor pulls a coach with thirty passengers up a steep incline in a successful trial run.
- 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.
- Loggers' Narrow Escape
A dangerous workplace accident on Bainbridge Island leaves a logger hospitalized in Seattle.
- Tragedy at the Seattle Penitentiary
A desperate escape attempt by three prisoners at the Seattle jail ends in a bloody shootout, leaving one dead and others wounded.
- A Sudden Tragedy at the Homestead
A quiet farming life in Seattle ends in a moment of accidental violence when a young man meets an untimely end.
- Tragedy in the South Prairie Mines
A Seattle man is crushed to death while working in the coal tunnels.
- The Bay View Massacre: A Bloody End to the Labor Strike
A violent confrontation between striking freight handlers and authorities in Bay View leaves six dead and several wounded, marking a grim escalation in regional labor unrest.
- The Great Railway Truce of 1886
A high-stakes standoff between the Knights of Labor and the Northern Pacific Railroad reaches a tentative peace in Seattle.
- The Death of Canada Owenby
A notorious prisoner faces his end in Dayton, avoiding the gallows through a rapid decline in health.
- The Struggle to House the Poor in Early Seattle
As the number of county residents in need grows, officials weigh ending the Sisters of Providence’s long-standing contract for a public poor farm.
- A Family’s Tragic End in the First Ward
A domestic dispute in Seattle ends with a wife dead, a husband in custody, and a toddler left in the wake of the violence.
- The Railway to Nowhere
Citizens of Seattle fronted $150,000 for a coal railroad, but with the tracks stalled and workers laid off, the project has become a dead-end.
- The End of an Institution
Seattle's iconic Arcade dry goods store closes its doors, marking the end of a remarkable partnership.
- The Great County Border War of 1886
When Pierce County attempted to poach King County's townships to bolster its own size and wealth, the local press didn't mince words about the 'unauthorized' territorial expansion.
- The Violent End of the McDonald Marriage
A domestic dispute over a $100,000 ransom led to a desperate shoot-out at the Arcade Hotel.
- The 'Loud' Man on Mill Street
A boisterous late-night disturbance on the Seattle waterfront ends in a quiet arrest by Sheriff McGraw.
- The End of the Railroad Land Grab
A trio of government decisions finally ends the Northern Pacific's long-standing practice of seizing settler homes in Washington Territory.
- From Surgeon to Mill Hand: A Tragic Decline
After a minor workplace injury turns fatal, the tragic end of a former Union Pacific surgeon highlights the precarious nature of life for laborers in the region.
- The High-Fence Strategy Against 'Vagabonds'
In an attempt to deter 'traveling vagabonds' from loitering in Seattle's waterfront district, the city's rail companies have erected a 16-foot-high barricade.