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10 stories matching dane

  1. The Great Dog Show Chaos

    Seattle's second annual bench show ends in prize-winning confusion, a Newfoundland's identity crisis, and a Great Dane's dramatic escape.

    May 18, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  2. The Ice-Cold Escape From the Myloemene

    A sick sailor refused the ship's hospital, a Dane swam two miles ashore, and six crewmen forfeited their pay to desert the British bark in Port Angeles harbor.

    Sep 4, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles Harbor, Port Angeles, Clallam CountyWork & Pay

  3. Tragedy in Old Tacoma Boathouse

    A member of the Salvation Army was found dead, ending a life that seemed to possess both discipline and family ties.

    Jan 16, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOld Tacoma, Tacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  4. Seattle's Great Tent Crisis

    After the Great Fire of 1889, the city struggled to regulate the makeshift shanties and board-and-canvas tents cluttering the city limits.

    Sep 21, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  5. A Close Call on Washington Street

    A carpenter’s spilled lamp sets a roof ablaze, only for an alert officer to stop the fire with a well-aimed kick.

    Mar 21, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWashington Street, Seattle, King CountyDisasters

  6. The Kennel Club's Howling Success

    High-society dog shows in 1891 Seattle were noisy affairs, complete with terrier rat-killing matches and stolen St. Bernards.

    May 19, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  7. The Detective, the Forger, and the Silverton Fiancée

    Detective Sam Sumner captures a smooth-talking con man who posed as a Northern Pacific railroad official and nearly married into a Silverton family.

    Feb 5, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  8. The City That Couldn't Pay Its Bills: Seattle’s Fiscal Crisis and the Fight for Expansion

    Mayor Moran and Councilman Dane plead with citizens to understand why street paving is stalled and sewer plans are shelved—not from laziness, but because state law caps the city's debt just as the population doubles.

    Feb 1, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  9. The Gambler’s Shield: How Seattle Saloon Keepers Dodged Mayor Moras’ Purge

    When Chief Justice Burke urged the city to revoke liquor licenses from gambling dens, the Common Council refused—citing legal technicalities and protecting the very establishments the mayor wanted shut down.

    Mar 16, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

  10. The Blaine Fisherman Who Pulled Seven People Out of the Water and Never Told Anyone

    Hans Nielson is 24 years old, slight of build, and has saved seven lives in ten years — two in Denmark, five around Blaine — and calls each rescue a thing 'only incidental to the life of a water toiler.'

    May 22, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBlaine, Whatcom CountyStrange But True

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