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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 5 |
| 1889 | 9 |
| 1891 | 5 |
| 1892 | 26 |
| 1893 | 14 |
| 1894 | 18 |
| 1895 | 29 |
106 stories matching bare
- The Collapse of a Railroad Empire
A classic story of overreach, mismanagement, and the harsh realities of the market as Jay Gould maneuvers to seize the Union Pacific during the Baring Brothers financial crisis.
- Underground Prize Fight Scheduled Outside Seattle
Welterweights Charley Hall and Tommy Flynn have signed articles for a secret, high-stakes bout featuring bare-knuckle aesthetics and two-ounce gloves.
- The Oyster Famine of 1889
A labor shortage in the hopfields leads to a seasonal scarcity of oysters in Seattle, leaving local markets bare.
- The Great Northern Hotel Burned to the Ground in Mount Vernon
A three-story frame hotel near the depot was gone within minutes, and twenty-five lodgers barely escaped with their lives.
- The $40 Forgery That Fooled Seattle’s Hardware Elite
A dashing stranger with a dark mustache and bare chest walks into W.P. Boyd & Co., flashes a forged check from the Seattle Hardware Company, and vanishes with $40 in cash—leaving behind only a single typo that saves the victim from total ruin.
- The Political Spoils System in 1892 Seattle
Mayor John Ronald’s effort to oust his political opponents from the board of public works reveals the bare-knuckled power struggles of early Seattle city hall.
- The Empty Vault: How the Pioneers' Association Went Broke
A financial audit of the Washington Territorial Association reveals a treasury with no money and a membership list full of ghosts, raising questions about the future of Seattle's oldest civic society.
- Old Bill Davis, Bare-Knuckle Champion, Arrives to Open Seattle Gym
A 63-year-old former world champion shares a life spanning the Mexican War, the California Gold Rush, and consular posts in Japan and China—and picks the winners for the Sullivan-Corbett fight.
- Disaster Averted at the Franklin Mines
A broken cable sends an empty coal car plunging into the depths of a flooded mine, barely missing a catastrophic accident for the workers.
- A Sudden Pulpit Departure
The pastor of Seattle's strongest Baptist congregation resigns abruptly, citing health concerns, leaving his flock stunned.
- Fire Sweeps Through Seattle's Second Street Waffle House
A kitchen explosion sends breakfast patrons fleeing as a tent-based eatery is reduced to rubble.
- A Kitchen Stove Fire Cost a Salmon Bay Family Their Home
A pre-dawn blaze in Salmon Bay Park destroyed John Rendleman's five-room house; the family escaped, but all their household belongings were lost.
- A Hunter's Final Trip Near South Yakima
After successfully bagging a deer, a hunter is swept away by the current of the Naches River.
- A Fire, a Locked Door, and a Daring Escape
A local reverend barely survived the blaze that destroyed his home in Black Diamond by shattering a window to escape the flames.
- The Fiery End of the City of Stanwood
A stern-wheel steamer, once a vital link for the Skagit River trade, is reduced to a smoking wreck after a fire breaks out at Port Susan.
- Steamer Sinks During Fierce Sound Gale
The steamer Cascade founders at a Seattle wharf after an unsuccessful attempt by the new city fireboat to save it.
- The Night the Police Looked the Other Way
Barely a week after a showy 'raid,' five gambling houses on Washington Street were back in business — and everyone in the lower quarter knew it.
- The Uncivil Mayor: A Diplomatic Disaster in Tacoma
Tacoma’s Mayor Huson manages to deeply offend the visiting Mayor of Spokane, creating a public relations nightmare between two of Washington's first-class cities.
- Seattle's Tax Delinquency Sale Draws a Crowd
A rare look at how the city handled unpaid property taxes in 1892, with far fewer lots left on the market than in previous years.
- The River Consumes the Mill
High waters on the Skykomish River threaten to swallow a Sultan mill, forcing workers to race against the current to save their machinery.
- The Jailhouse Gas Leak Incident
A young woman suffering from a mental health crisis dismantles jail plumbing in a desperate attempt to end her life.
- Domestic Violence and a Very Public Feud
John and Mary McNeil return to court in a case of assault involving biting, teeth-marks, and threats of revenge.
- A County Seat Fight With More Petition Signers Than Voters
Pacific County commissioners agreed to put the county seat up to a vote — then discovered that South Bend and Sealand had turned in 2,373 signatures from a county with barely 1,500 voters.
- Legal Briefs and Bare Knuckles in Tacoma
Two prominent attorneys resolve a heated professional disagreement with a fight on the office floor.
- The Bakeman Block Consumed in Snohomish
A pre-dawn inferno destroys the downtown commercial core, barely sparing city records from the collapse.