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2 stories matching lethal

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:letha, lenthal, lethargi, let, lettral, leal

  1. The 'Sawdust Swamp': A Public Health Warning for Seattle

    A century and a half ago, the Intelligencer warned that Seattle's lack of proper drainage was not just a civic embarrassment, but a lethal threat to the growing population.

    Dec 15, 1876The Daily IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyBoom & Bust

  2. A Deadly Souvenir of the Battle of Seattle

    Twenty-one years after the 1856 Battle of Seattle, a local man struck a hidden relic in a fir tree that could have turned lethal.

    Jan 12, 1877The Daily IntelligencerSecond Street, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

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