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8 stories matching nicholson
- Post-Election Wheelbarrow Rides and Wharf-Side Pranks
Seattle workers settle political debts with public spectacles and humiliating bets after the 1892 election.
- The Passing of a Pioneer Parson
Rev. A. S. Nicholson, an early missionary who built up Episcopal parishes across Western Washington, dies at his home near Hillhurst.
- Fatal Collision at the Eleventh Street Bridge
A local machinist dies after his launch is pinned against bridge girders by a powerful tide.
- The Struggle of the Nicholson Family
A coal miner in distress highlights the precarity of laborers facing mental health crises while attempting to relocate their families.
- A Family Reunited by Chance
A Spokane woman, raised as an orphan in the Kennewick valley, discovers her long-lost siblings through a series of coincidences.
- Tacoma Honors the Cruiser Named for Her
A festive night at the theater sees a community-funded silver service gifted to the officers of the cruiser Tacoma.
- The Temperance Stand Against the Liquor Interest
A political meeting in Vancouver, Washington, sparks a fierce debate over the influence of the liquor trade, the liberty of the press, and the character of local leadership.
- The Peril of Floating Streets
As Seattle's waterfront development grew in 1876, the street commissioner sounded an alarm over the city's vulnerable, buoyant wooden pavements.
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- A Gold-Headed Cane for the Man Who Stayed on the Phone in a Burning Mine
Newcastle honored C.C. Anderson, who kept giving orders to trapped miners as the roof burned above him.
- A Tragic End at K and 11th
A Tacoma carpenter, struggling with alcoholism and personal despair, takes his own life.
- A Desperate Night at the Clifton House
A Clallam County resident struggling with alcoholism and personal heartache attempts to end his life in a downtown hotel.
- The Chain Gang Escapee
A petty thief learns the hard way that jumping from the chain gang in Buck's Canyon only results in a much longer stay in the county jail.
- The Fifteen-Cent Shooting at Newcastle
A pay-day dice game in a company saloon ends in a near-fatal shooting, leading to a botched manhunt and a casual local acceptance of violence.
- Grain Warehouse Collapse Kills Pioneer Settler
A Frenchman sleeping in a Spofford grain office was crushed when heavy rains caused the building to buckle under its own weight.
- The Opium Sidewalk Mystery
Two men were accused of smuggling nearly a hundred pounds of illicit opium, but the case crumbled under the weight of insufficient evidence.
- The Revolver as the Best Protection
A hardware merchant turns the tables on a would-be highwayman on Queen Anne Hill.