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1 story matching leggat

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  1. A Revolver at Her Ear: Mary Steel's Third Fight for a Divorce

    Mary Steel's third divorce suit against David H. Steel laid bare a bitter fight over $49,000 in Seattle and Montana property—and allegations of violence, control and intimidation.

    Jul 13, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerKing County Courthouse, SeattleScandal

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  1. The Tragic End of Peter Legray

    A quiet life on the Seattle waterfront ended in a lonely, tide-swept death, highlighting the stark invisibility of the city's vulnerable in 1887.

    Apr 17, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  2. A Fireman's Long Injury Ends in Tragedy at Headquarters

    Assistant Fire Chief George H. Leggett, still suffering from a railroad wreck injury, took his life at department headquarters—a death that stunned the men who slept nearby.

    Aug 26, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma

  3. Acquitted: A High-Stakes Business Feud at the Occidental Hotel

    A local partnership dispute ends in court, leaving the complaining witness to foot the bill for legal costs.

    May 18, 1878Puget Sound DispatchSeattle

  4. A Frontier Vendetta at Olequa

    A simmering family feud in rural Washington erupts in a deadly rail-platform battle, leaving two men dead and a community in shock.

    Sep 3, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerOlequa, Winlock

  5. The City’s Campaign Against ‘Kitchen Disease’

    Health Officer Miller launches a sanitary crackdown on local boarding houses, targeting conditions deemed dangerous to public health.

    Jul 13, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  6. Team of Horses Nearly Plunge Into The Bay

    A local expressman is injured after his runaway team bolts through railroad yards and narrowly misses a deadly drop from a coal bunker.

    Mar 4, 1909The Tacoma TimesThea Foss Waterway, Tacoma

  7. A Logger's Amputated Leg, a $700 Bill, and the Lodge That Wouldn't Pay

    Skagit logger Daniel Kehoe lost a leg, and La Conner's United Workmen covered three months of care. His Nevada home lodge had not reimbursed them.

    Jul 29, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerLa Conner

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