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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1889 | 3 |
3 stories matching singl
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- Seattle's Business District Destroyed by 1889 Fire
The entire business district of Seattle was reduced to ashes in a massive conflagration, leaving the city without a single standing business house.
- The Housing Squeeze of 1889
With not a single vacant house in town, developer W.H. Kneeland is rushing to build four new double tenements.
- Fatal Logging Railroad Accident at Kamilche
A young worker was killed when a logging train derailed at Simpson’s switch, marking the first fatal accident on local logging roads in a year.