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- Midnight Collision on the Sound
A steam tug towing a barge is struck by an ocean-going ship in the dark of night, leaving the tug's crew scrambling for their lives.
- The Ghost on the Wharf: A White Jacket Startles Seattle
In December 1876, a Coast Survey captain’s neatly covered engine sparked a panic among dockworkers who mistook it for a spectral figure.
- The Night the Hue Jacket Struck the Tacoma
A federal admiralty complaint lays out a Strait of Juan de Fuca collision, a missing lookout, and a $15,000 claim against a square-rigged ship.
- The Mystery of the Beverly Bridge
A young, well-dressed man is found dead on the Columbia River crossing, leaving behind only a grocery list and haunting questions of foul play.
- Two Hundred Lives, One Closed Door: The Pacific Inquiry
Witnesses swore in Port Townsend that the steamer Pacific was rotten when she sailed. Now the very inspectors who certified her seaworthy are investigating her loss — in secret.
- The Hero of the Ferndale Disaster
When the British bark Ferndale went down in a freezing storm off the Washington coast, one local woman braved the surf to save the lives of three sailors.
- The Unsolved Murder of James A. Frace
A quarrelsome man is found riddled with bullets, leaving behind a confusing trail of clues and a city full of suspects.
- Gambler shot in Snohomish street row
A night patrolman fired on a man who attacked him with a rolling pin after a rowdy disturbance near the local saloon.
- The Tax Swindle: How Seattle’s Printer Defrauded His Neighbors
In 1872, the publisher of the *Puget Sound Dispatch* exposed a collusive scheme between local tax collectors and a rival newspaper to overcharge delinquent taxpayers for legal notices, sparking a bitter war of words in the territorial press.
- The Meller Murder Trial: A Widower’s Sobs and a Defendant’s Blank Stare
George Craemer goes on trial for the murder of Mrs. Meller, as her husband and two young daughters watch the jury chosen and the prosecutor promises to tie a hammer to the defendant.
- The Day the Pigs Needed Life Jackets: Seattle’s Great Duwamish Flood of 1876
As the Duwamish River swells and farmers flee to their attics, local merchants rally to clear the Skagit River, betting on a waterway that could transform the territory's economy.
- The Seattle Literary Club’s Debate on the Future of Womanhood
In an era of rapid transition, local voices gathered to debate whether women should practice law, medicine, or politics—or if they should be spared from the 'mire' of public life.
- The Price of Coal and the Cost of Control
When miners at Black Diamond challenged a shift from daily wages to piecework, the company boss opted to shut the mine down entirely rather than negotiate the rate.
- Live Fire Near the Garrison
A local farmer narrowly avoids tragedy when target practice at the fort goes dangerously off-course.
- The Grape Juice Boom in Kennewick
While San Francisco exporters try to drive a bargain, local demand for Concord grapes is surging thanks to a massive plant expansion.
- The Tragedy of the Tenement Boy
A heart-wrenching account of a young boy struggling to survive in a Seattle tenement while clinging to his faith despite his father's cruelty.
- The Engineer’s Ash-Box Ghost: A Tale of New Year’s Eve Peril
In a column dated October 1870, the Seattle Daily Intelligencer reprints a harrowing tale from an old engineer about surviving a wreck by hiding under his locomotive's ash pan during a blizzard.
- The Penitentiary Upgrades Its Arsenal
Fearing prison riots, the Washington state penitentiary outfits guards with high-velocity Winchester rifles.
- Shopping Day for the Indigenous Visitors
A bustling Saturday in Seattle as Indigenous visitors from the bay fill the city's stores with goods and dry items.
- The Unlucky Fisherman of Seattle
A satirical poem from 1878 chronicles an angler who spends a week sitting by a local sawmill, only to become a living piece of landscape architecture for the local insect population.
- The Shadowy Legal Battles of Territorial Seattle
While the territory grew, its supreme court faced a backlog of land disputes, maritime claims, and corporate friction that mirrored the rapid expansion of the Pacific Northwest.
- The Price of a Pioneer Wardrobe
A look at the retail landscape in 1886 Seattle, where department stores were the primary civic meeting grounds and symbols of progress.
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- The Solitary Tailor’s Winter Plea
A brief, wistful moment in 1884 Seattle captures the isolating struggle of early frontier life through a tailor’s longing for a coat.
- The Tailor-Made Confidence Man
A clever grifter leaves a trail of unpaid bills and stolen suits across North Seattle.
- The Iron-Molded Suit: When Tailors Pressed Clothes Onto Your Body
A bizarre new fashion trend in Seattle has women wrapping themselves in hot irons to 'mold' their suits into shape.
- The Lawyer and the Rubber Coat
A Seattle attorney pulls a local government worker from a watery death in the harbor by the tails of his coat.
- The 'Pistol-Packin' Girl' of Seattle's Waterfront
A rowdy encounter on the Seattle waterfront leaves a man stunned after a local girl pulls a pistol on him—and fires.
- The Woman Who Swung on the Belt
A draft at the Aberdeen planing mill caught Mrs. F.M. Campbell’s dress, lifting her off her feet and spinning her around a shaft—her screams were the only thing that saved her life.
- The Vanishing Tailor
A charismatic salesman bilks local businesses out of hundreds of dollars before fleeing the city, leaving his manager and creditors in the lurch.
- The Great Victorian Trouser Debate
As women seek relief from restrictive fashion, the Yakima Herald explores the radical movement to adopt 'bifurcated' garments.