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2 stories matching chaffey

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:chaff, chafe, chaney, coffey, cha, chadsey

  1. Two Hunters Left Clinging to the Bottom of Their Boat in Lake Washington

    After an energetic Irish setter caused their rowboat to capsize, two men spent two chilling hours adrift on the lake before being rescued by passing boys.

    Feb 8, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMadison Street, Front Street, Yesler Avenue, Seattle, King CountyDisasters

  2. The Perpetual-Motion Man Came Downtown Armed

    Before Dr. Hannibal Mills shot a man in the Occidental saloon, he told a restaurant waiter he would not live until morning and announced, “I'm God, the devil and himself.”

    Feb 25, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

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