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6 stories matching pall

  1. Bellingham Bay Burned While Puget Sound Choked on Smoke

    Forest fires from the British border to the Olympic Mountains sent a pall over Seattle, slowed steamers and trains, and destroyed homes, a bridge and a thirty-room mansion near Whatcom.

    Aug 29, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBellingham, Whatcom CountyDisasters

  2. Tensions Rise on the Puyallup Reservation

    While U.S. regulars and the Puyallup people clashed on the ground, a high-stakes legal battle was simultaneously waged in the courts over land rights.

    May 17, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPuyallup Indian Reservation, Tacoma, Pierce CountyExclusion & Resistance

  3. A Mountain of Coffins: Franklin Buries Its Miners

    After a mine fire killed 37 men, the coal town of Franklin held a day of funerals—five graves at Black Diamond, three Italian miners on a hillside, and widows whose grief doctors feared would kill them.

    Aug 27, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFranklin Cemetery, Black DiamondWork & Pay · Disasters

  4. The Tragedy at the Drug Store

    A quiet night at a Tacoma pharmacy ends in a shocking murder-suicide, leaving the community reeling and a clerk fighting for his life.

    Sep 9, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  5. Bailey Gatzert Dies Peacefully Among Loved Ones

    Ex-Mayor and civic leader Bailey Gatzert dies at the Rainier Hotel; the city mourns a man who helped build Seattle's foundation.

    Apr 20, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  6. A Child Hero Killed in Hunting Accident

    A fourteen-year-old boy, famous for fighting off a cougar as a child, is shot after being mistaken for a deer near Shelton.

    Aug 8, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerShelton, Mason County

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