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8 stories matching phenomenon

  1. Prehistoric Forest Unearthed Beneath Seattle Streets

    Construction on the south sewer tunnel reveals evidence of a buried forest floor deep beneath the city's surface.

    Sep 11, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyBoom & Bust · Strange But True

  2. The Tailor Who Floated

    A tailor discovered dead in Lake Washington defied the depths thanks to a gruesome phenomenon of physics.

    Aug 1, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerEast Seattle, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  3. The Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay Interview

    A rare glimpse into the life of the sensational English stage star Lottie Collins, who candidly discusses the exhausting reality of performing the world's most popular song.

    Jan 16, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyNightlife

  4. An Ethereal Display Over the Pacific Northwest

    A witness reports a strange, luminous phenomenon over the Washington plains that left onlookers spellbound.

    Jun 7, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPasco, Franklin CountyStrange But True

  5. The Day a Waterspout Spooked Seattle’s Fishermen

    Two local fishermen narrowly escaped a sudden, swirling water column that collapsed just before hitting their boat, a bizarre phenomenon that defied the calm, windless conditions of the bay.

    May 16, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPuget Sound, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

  6. The Chinese Exclusion Crisis: Seattle’s Marshal Refuses to Free Detainees

    District Attorney White and Judge Walsh clash over the legality of holding forty Chinese residents under federal exclusion laws, revealing a deep rift between local enforcement and constitutional rights.

    Jun 28, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyExclusion & Resistance

  7. Six Men Climbed a Smoking Rainier in Midwinter

    When Mount Rainier seemed to erupt in 1894, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sent Maj. E. S. Ingraham and five companions up the Carbon River in deep winter to find out what was really happening.

    Jan 6, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMount Rainier, Pierce CountyStrange But True

  8. Camp Kelpie: A Seattle Hunting Party in the Last Great Bear Country

    In 1895, Seattle sportsmen pitched camp on Hood Canal between the Duckabush and Hamma Hamma rivers and found a wilderness thick with black bear, salmon, and one very unlucky tenderfoot.

    Mar 3, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBrinnon, Jefferson CountyStrange But True

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