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- The Tragedy of a Duck Hunt on Cedar Creek
A young man loses his arm after a shotgun accident during a hunting trip, prompting an urgent rescue effort.
- Worker Injured in Elevator Shaft Fall
A mortar man narrowly survives a thirty-foot plummet at the construction site of the Cadwell building.
- A Fourth of July Disaster at the Iron Works
A celebratory cannon salute leaves a local foreman maimed during Seattle's Independence Day festivities.
- A Leap of Faith from the Moving Train
A traveling salesman’s confusion over a train’s route led to a painful injury near the Pine Street crossing.
- The Perils of Early Motoring
A local market owner survives a harrowing roadside accident near the N. P. bridge.
- Tragedy at Port Ludlow: A Young Life Lost to a Hunting Accident
A 16-year-old boy dies following a tragic accident involving a firearm while walking near a logging site, highlighting the dangers inherent in the Pacific Northwest frontier.
- A Bad Day for Yakima's Working Men
A whirlwind, a runaway horse, and a fall from a hay load lead to a busy day for the local doctor.
- The Stranglehold at Turner Hall
A local wrestling match turns into a scene of chaotic challenges and bravado in Seattle.
- A Deadly Saloon Dispute
A disagreement over the price of a beer inside a Board of Trade saloon leads to a fatal shooting on the sidewalk.
- The Perilous Slopes of Columbia Street
A teenage student’s sledding accident sparks a local warning about the dangers of winter recreation on Seattle’s steepest hills.
- An Unidentified Tragedy on the Tracks
A well-dressed, unidentified man is found murdered near Auburn, leaving local authorities with few clues and a growing sense of alarm.
- Tragedy on the Ridge: A Lightning Strike in the Mesan District
A brutal mountain storm leaves one prospector dead and another miraculously stumbling into camp to report the horror.
- A Close Call on the Hill
After a devastating nighttime fire in 1877, Seattle residents grapple with the fragility of a wooden city and the lack of basic firefighting infrastructure.
- A Miner, a Revolver and a Pair of Suspenders
John Purse had lived in the coal town of Wilkeson for eighteen years. In one drunken night he shot his eldest son, was locked in the town jail, and hanged himself before anyone could stop him.
- Portland Draws a Line in the Grocery Trade — and Asks Why Walla Walla Has No Streetcars
A visiting wholesale grocer says Seattle and Tacoma will not be allowed to poach the interior trade without a struggle, then marvels at five years of brick blocks — and at a city still without a single trolley line.
- The Dog in the Manger: How Seattle’s Landlords Are Killing Its Future
An editorial in the 1876 Puget Sound Dispatch warns that greedy real estate owners are pricing out workers with usurious rents, comparing their tactics to Shylock and urging them to lower prices before the city stagnates.
- The Ghost of the Gatherer: A Captain’s Suicide Haunted by His Own Cruelty
Decades after a horrific voyage where officers maimed and murdered sailors to escape their 'demoniac' captain, the master of the ship dies by suicide in Puget Sound, fulfilling a prophecy of vengeance.