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- Thirty-Seven Miners Died 150 Feet From Safety
An 1894 coroner's jury in Franklin, Washington, heard how a small fire in the Oregon Improvement Company's coal mine became a wall of smoke — and why the men who could have escaped stayed to fight it.
- Free on His Birthday—and Still Guilty in the Detective's Eyes
After 18 months in jail, William A. Wilcox is acquitted of Charlotte Feiting's murder on his 25th birthday, but the detective who built the case refuses to accept the verdict.
- Grim Discovery in a Remote Cabin
The discovery of a skeleton and a bullet in a nailed-shut cabin suggests a cold case of murder from the previous year.
- A Deadly Souvenir of the Battle of Seattle
Twenty-one years after the 1856 Battle of Seattle, a local man struck a hidden relic in a fir tree that could have turned lethal.
- The Tyrant of the High Seas: A Sailor’s Knife vs. a Mate’s Revolver
In a dramatic trial before U.S. Commissioner D.S. Smith, witnesses describe how the first mate of the brig *Sampson* beat a sailor into paralysis with an iron bar and revolver, sparking outrage over maritime abuse.
- A Mother Jumped Into a Well to Save Her Baby
Near Green Lake, a toddler fell sixteen feet into a well. Her mother lowered a too-short ladder, dropped in after her, and revived the child before help arrived.
- The Mystery of the Lake Union Infant
While swimming in Lake Union, a group of boys discovered the remains of an infant, sparking a desperate search for a woman seen acting suspiciously weeks earlier.
- The Tragedy of a Forgotten Tenant
A woman who recently arrived in Seattle is found dead in her lonely boarding house, highlighting the indifference of a growing city.
- A Body in the Ashes at Rolling Bay
An eyewitness to the coroner's inquest corrects the Post-Intelligencer's lurid account of a bullet-scarred, half-burned corpse found in a shack on Bainbridge Island — and lays out his own theory of an unsolved Kitsap County killing.
- The Unknown Man Below the Falls
A decomposing body wedged between trees near a downtown Spokane thoroughfare is examined by a coroner's jury — and buried without a name.
- The Body Beneath the Logs at Spokane Falls
A boarder at the Northern Pacific Hotel found a decomposing stranger wedged beneath logs just below Spokane Falls—too late for the coroner to say how he died.
- A Jeffersonian Medal Found in the River
A rare silver 'Peace and Friendship' medal from the Lewis and Clark era is discovered on an island in the Columbia River.
- West Bank Wins the Railroad
Idaho & Washington Northern picks the west side of the Pend Oreille for its Metaline extension, promising Ione by late next year and a boom for the Calispel valley.
- A Ghastly Discovery Near Sugar Creek
A set of skeletal remains, pinned under a decayed fir tree, suggests a lonely, long-forgotten death in the remote mountains.
- A Skeleton, a Revolver, and $10.70: The Trailside Mystery No One Could Name
A hunter in Wahkiakum County found a well-dressed man's remains beside a five-shot revolver—an apparent suicide that had lain undiscovered for perhaps eighteen months.
- The Sudden End of a Pioneer Printing Treasurer
A quiet visit to an old friend at the Arlington Hotel turned tragic when a beloved local businessman collapsed mid-story.
- A Jinxed Steamer Sold at Auction: The Henry Bailey's Bad Luck on the Skagit
After repeated sinkings in the Skagit River and a crew's libel suit, the steamer Henry Bailey went on the auction block at Seattle's Yesler dock—fetching a fraction of its original cost.
- An Engineer Bets Newport Could Rival Spokane
A Spokane mining engineer reports on the Bead Lake and Conquest claims, arguing that capital, a concentrator and a five-mile rail spur could turn a dormant district into Newport’s future.
- A Railroad Survey Promises to Wake the Pend Oreille Valley
Engineers began staking a route down the Pend Oreille River, with Newport yards and valley development hanging on the survey.
- City Left in Total Darkness
A gas main failure leaves downtown Seattle residents scrambling for lamps on Thanksgiving Eve.
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- A Piano Problem in Ballard
A ten-year-old boy writes a humorous letter to a local piano merchant with a very specific complaint about his new instrument.
- The Tragedy of Patrick Lavan
An Irish immigrant and former political prisoner stands trial for shooting a Seattle street superintendent, raising questions about his mental state.
- A Discharged Laborer Speaks Out
Patrick Lavan, a laborer dismissed from city water works, writes to the press to dispel rumors of violent threats and describe the hardship of supporting seven children.
- The 'Apostle' of Lona Lake
A Spokane man claimed divine powers to swindle followers out of their money and valuables, only to end up in the county jail.
- The Abandonment of Ong Let
A Chinese domestic servant faces death alone in the hospital after his community fund dries up and authorities offer no help.
- The Miracle Man of the Tremont House
A Seattle sawmill worker recounts his miraculous recovery from a mysterious 'general nervous debility' thanks to a touring medical lecturer.
- The Right to Get Paid
A landmark Washington Supreme Court ruling secures the rights of loggers to file collective liens against timber companies.
- A Man Held in Quarantine
Pierce County officials scramble to find a solution for a Korean man suffering from leprosy.