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1 story matching bakeman

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  1. The Bakeman Block Consumed in Snohomish

    A pre-dawn inferno destroys the downtown commercial core, barely sparing city records from the collapse.

    Sep 17, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFront Street, Snohomish, Snohomish CountyDisasters

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  1. The Milkman Wars of Grant Street

    A competition for customers on the Grant Street bridge turns into a physical altercation, leading to an arrest.

    May 21, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerGrant Street, Seattle

  2. The Killing of Baker Jim

    A prominent farmer and chief is shot dead in an Okanogan saloon after the proprietor refuses him service.

    Sep 30, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOro

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