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8 stories matching horatio

  1. A Circular Saw Opened His Skull—and He Stayed Conscious

    At the Stetson Post Mill on Commercial Street, engineer Horatio Stetson crawled under a rip-saw table to fix a belt. The saw caught his head, cutting through bone and into his brain, yet he never lost consciousness.

    Jan 24, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  2. Playground Liability Lawsuit Threatens School Equipment

    A $5,000 jury verdict for a child injured on school apparatus has sparked fears that playgrounds across North Yakima will be stripped of their play structures.

    Jun 9, 1916Coulee City DispatchYakima, Yakima CountyCity Hall

  3. A Spree of Thefts in the Yesler Block

    While the police profess ignorance, a gang of well-dressed thieves terrorizes the city's merchants.

    Jan 24, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  4. North Yakima School Playground Accident Leads to $5,000 Judgment

    A court ruling finds a school district liable for injuries sustained on modified playground equipment, sparking concerns about the future of school recreation.

    Jun 9, 1916White Bluffs SpokesmanYakima, Yakima CountyCity Hall

  5. Digging into the Wall

    A sermon at Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church warns against the hidden sins of 'walled-up rooms' in the human heart.

    Sep 26, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

  6. Who Owns the Mud Beneath Smith Cove?

    Seven King County men file claims on twenty acres apiece of Seattle tide flat, then protest the state's plan to fill and sell the same ground out from under them.

    May 26, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSmith Cove, Seattle, King CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust · City Hall

  7. A Saw Cut Through His Brain. Seattle Doctors Watched Him Live.

    Horatio Stetson's head was nearly split in two by a rip saw at a Seattle mill. Thirty-six hours later, he was talking, moving his limbs, and astonishing the physicians at Providence Hospital.

    Jan 25, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay · Strange But True

  8. The First Rector of Trinity: A Quarter Century, and a Church Rebuilt from the Fire

    Rev. George Herbert Watson marked 25 years in the ministry and 16 in Seattle, where he founded Trinity Parish, started Grace Hospital, and saw his first church destroyed in the Great Fire.

    Jul 16, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

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