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91 stories matching dive
- The Deadly Cost of Saloon Boxing
Seattle dives are profiting from 'scientific' sparring matches that frequently turn fatal for the impoverished, untrained men forced into the ring.
- City Hall Says Yes to the Dove: Seattle Licenses a Notorious Dive
The council overrode Mayor Ronald's veto to license a saloon the Post-Intelligencer called one of the city's worst dives—then argued over a dance house and the police chief's word.
- A Literal Sagebrush Collision
A local man's unadvertised diving exhibition ends in a heap of sagebrush.
- The Man Who Walked With a Bolt Through His Foot
John Moore, Seattle's most noted diver, recounts the harrowing moment he was impaled by a railroad bolt in the Mississippi River—and how his tender saved him.
- The Moral Crusade for Seattle's Streets
Proponents of the 'Law and Order' ticket gather to demand the closure of 'lava bed' dives and gambling dens in an impassioned local election rally.
- The Tragedy of the Diver in Tacoma Harbor
A routine salvage operation to reach a sunken vessel turned fatal when a burst air pipe left a diver trapped in the depths of Puget Sound.
- Another Attempt to Raise the Sunken Andelana
The Neptune Salvage Company is employing a new invention—a 'diving cage'—in a high-stakes effort to recover a ship that sank near the Puyallup River in 1899.
- The Sermon That Demanded a Vigilante Raid
Local clergymen spar over how to handle a notorious 'dive' in Tacoma, with one pastor inciting his congregation to take the law into their own hands.
- Final Leap at Pier 6
A man identified as Robert B. McManus ends his life in the harbor after leaving cryptic clues behind.
- Vigilante Threat Forces Ocosta Resident Out of Town
A 'White Cap' warning left on a door successfully intimidated a local man into leaving town within 24 hours.
- The Price of Challenging the Red Light District
A laboring man fights for his stolen wages only to face a brutal assault by the enforcers of a powerful downtown syndicate.
- A Night in the Variety District Ends in a $100 Robbery
A steamboat man follows a woman from a South Third Street dive, and police seize a familiar underworld figure and his companion.
- When the Father of Football Taught Seattle to Dive
Walter Camp, the architect of American football, made a surprise stop in Seattle in 1892 to whip the local Athletic Club into shape.
- A Sunday Earthquake Rattles Olympia, Stopping Clocks and Startling Diners
At 3:15 p.m. on Nov. 29, 1891, a sharp tremor shook the city, rattled windows, swayed chandeliers, and sent one hotel guest diving for the stairs.
- The Midnight Debauch at Mahogany Hall
A night of champagne, revolvers, and brawls in Seattle's waterfront dives leads to a questionable arrest.
- A Dive Into the Black River, and Two Brothers Still at Sea
A young Swiss immigrant bathing at the Renton landing strikes a submerged snag and drowns — while his two brothers are aboard a ship from Europe, not yet knowing.
- Black Diamond's Saloon Fight: Dancing Girls, Profanity and a License on Trial
County commissioners weigh whether Anton Greene & Co.'s place was a 'dive and dance hall and worse'—or just a barroom where women worked and swore.
- The Unlikely Swimmer of the San Juans
A stylish newcomer to the island society set shocks locals at the natatorium with a startling reveal about her supposed physical disability.
- City Treasurer Decamps as Embezzlement Scandal Rocks Seattle
City Treasurer Adolph Krug has fled the city after an audit revealed a $20,000 deficit in his accounts.
- The Wig and the Wire: How a Tacoma Newspaper Owner Tried to Destroy a Judge
In the sensational Wickersham trial of 1889, prosecutor R.P. Radebaugh’s own past and his alleged conspiracy to frame Judge Wickersham for 'immorality' were laid bare in court.
- Death in the Ring at the People's Theater
A sparring match at a downtown variety hall turns fatal, sparking a city-wide crackdown on brutal 'glove contests'.
- Vigilante Justice Looms in Skykomish
An assistant engineer reports that a gang of gamblers and outlaws has taken control of the Great Northern Railroad laborers' camp.
- Diver Paralyzed After Deep-Sea Shift
A professional diver working to clear the Seattle harbor is left paralyzed from the shoulders down after repeated descents.
- A Gunfighter Imported for a Seattle Primary
Sheriff Woolery and saloon-world fixer John Considine tried to seize a First Ward Republican primary—and brought a jailed gambler along to help.
- The Poet-Waiter Who Drowned in Seattle Harbor
C. W. Chantrell came from a noble French family and carried a love poem in his pocket. He died broke, alcoholic, and alone on the steamer Idaho—and Seattle's coroner called it an accident.