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94 stories matching fixtur
- A Wife’s Legal Stand for Property Rights
When a sheriff attempted to seize a woman's water-rights machinery to satisfy her husband's debt, she fought back in court.
- The Jailhouse Gas Leak Incident
A young woman suffering from a mental health crisis dismantles jail plumbing in a desperate attempt to end her life.
- Savoy Stock Company Actors Sue for Unpaid Wages
Troupe members seek $656.75 in back pay as the theater management faces a separate legal battle over an unpaid lighting fixture bill.
- The Calkins Hotel Despoiled
A real estate trust claims tenants of an East Seattle hotel are gutting the building and flooding its rooms in a scorched-earth dispute over a lease.
- Midnight Blaze Levels Kennewick Meat Market
A stubborn fire likely sparked by faulty wiring or equipment ruins the local butcher shop, leaving the owner to contemplate rebuilding.
- The Axe Squad Strikes First Avenue
Seattle police leave nothing standing as they raid the Breakers' cafe over liquor sales.
- The Saloon Brawl that Landed 'Jumbo' in Jail
A long-standing feud between a local fixture and a detective boils over in the Nevada Saloon.
- Plumbing Failure Floods State Capitol
A clogged flush tank at the Olympia capitol caused hundreds of dollars in damage to government records.
- Salmon Cannery Takes Root on the Duwamish
A local entrepreneur transforms an old homestead opposite Seattle into a new industrial venture.
- The Cosmopolitan Saloon: A Fixture of 1870s Snohomish
A look inside the frontier-era watering holes that once defined the social and economic landscape of the Snohomish River valley.
- A Laundryman's Return to a Hostile City
A Chinese resident attempts to collect back pay after being expelled from Seattle.
- The End of the Hochfutter Lodging House
A court-ordered liquidation of a Pike Street boarding house captures the fragile reality of housing in early 1890s Seattle.
- The Barter of Spirits
A saloon owner in Whitechapel is caught paying his laborers in liquor, leading to a quick legal resolution.
- A Close Call at Taylor’s Store
A young woman escapes serious injury in Walla Walla when her hat catches fire from a store’s light fixture.
- A Casual Fire at the Mascot Saloon
While firefighters worked on a blaze in the upper floors, business continued uninterrupted at the bar below.
- Tacoma Watchman Joe Taylor Dies After Warehouse Fall
Joe Taylor, a fixture of Tacoma’s early frontier history, dies after a drunken fall at the wharf.
- A Memorial Day Blaze Nearly Takes the Block on Washington Avenue
Fire breaks out in the Little Gem restaurant kitchen while the town is at the ballgame; volunteers save the row but the restaurant and an electric company's stock are wrecked.
- Bracing for a Blackout at the Fruit Fair
After years of frustration, Walla Walla's fruit fair management installs gas backups to keep the pavilion illuminated.
- Shocking Lawsuit Filed Over Faulty Electrical Socket
A local mother sues for $20,045 after her six-year-old son was paralyzed by an electrical jolt from a home light fixture.
- City Jail Expands Capacity for Homeless
With winter's chill settling in, Tacoma installs bunks to replace cold cement floors for the indigent.
- The Passing of Seattle's Pioneer Logger
Thomas Runnels, a veteran of the timber industry who shaped the Sound's early economy, passes away at 82.
- The River Side House: A New Era for a Snohomish Landmark
H.W. Light breathes new life into a local fixture, promising first-class lodging and supplies for the growing Snohomish community.
- Fire Levels Snohomish Landmark
The Silver Dollar saloon and gambling hall is reduced to ashes in a midnight blaze.
- Despair and Isolation at the Hotel Shannon
A struggling laborer ends his life in a Walla Walla hotel room after being unable to find work or support.
- The Quiet Passing of a Pioneer Druggist
Matthew Kelly, a member of the historic 'Mercer Girls' expedition and a fixture of the early Seattle business district, has died at 44.