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4 stories matching acceler
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- The City Moves to Banish Explosives
Seattle officials push for a safer downtown by banning the central storage of dangerous blasting powder.
- The Tragic Cost of Seattle's Early Cable Cars
A mother sacrifices her life to save her children after a runaway cable car loses its grip at Second and Pine, exposing the perils of the city’s rapid, unregulated infrastructure boom.
- Harry Fraser Took a Bullet at the Northern Hotel—Then Seattle Defended His Name
A shooting in a hotel bar left one man wounded and another in jail, but the loudest fight the next day was over a rumor about the victim.
- The Fruit-Seller's Wife Who Kept a Loaded Winchester by the Cradle
Left alone half the night with a two-month-old baby, a quiet Seattle housewife twice warned off an intruder — then fired a warning shot past his ear with the cool of a marksman.