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- A Tragic Burial at Sea
While working the lumber trade, a crew member falls from the rigging to his death, leaving his comrades to mourn him in the middle of the Pacific.
- The Miracle of the 'Wilmington'
After her machinery failed in a gale off the Oregon coast, the steamer Wilmington was rigged into a brig and sailed herself into Port Townsend with her crew miraculously intact.
- The Tycoon Saloon Heist: A Laborer's Fight for His Wages
After being swindled out of his savings by a rigged card game, a Skagit County laborer takes on the city's saloons in a rare civil suit for restitution.
- The Tragedy of a Midnight Gale
A young sailor's life is cut short in a brutal storm, his small boat found shattered and abandoned near Vashon Island.
- The Industrial Ambition of the Seattle Waterfront
An 1877 editorial champions the Puget Sound as the inevitable future global hub for shipbuilding, driven by the unmatched quality of local yellow fir.
- The Sailor Who Hung by His Own Neck
A seaman aboard the English ship Halewood survives a sixty-foot fall after a piece of rigging snags his throat in mid-air.
- The Unlucky Menomonie
A top-heavy ship bound for the coal mines meets an unfortunate fate at the wharf.
- Street Sharks and Baggage Swindles
Seattle's waterfront 'sure thing' men are preying on innocent travelers and hard-working ranchers.
- Runaway Horses Plunge Into Waterfront Slip, One Drowns
A runaway horse team plunges into the harbor near the wharves, resulting in the death of one animal.
- Architects Allege Rigged School Design Contest
Local architects claim the selection of A.L. Haley for the West Seattle schoolhouse was pre-determined and never truly competitive.
- Tragedy at Sea Claims Four Men
A rough night and a cross sea turn a routine Pacific crossing into a desperate, failed rescue mission.
- The Great Fire’s Buried Treasure
A sewer crew working on Front Street unearths a long-lost safe, a fire-eaten relic from the ashes of Seattle’s 1889 catastrophe.
- Primary Election Fraud Alleged in King County
Citizens of the People's Party accuse local political rings of rigging ward primaries through intimidation and mass-importing voters.
- The Smuggling Sloops of Elliott Bay
Federal authorities launch an admiralty crackdown on the illicit landing of laborers along the Seattle waterfront in 1891.
- The House on Wheels Departing for the Sun
A Port Angeles man constructs a custom 'prairie schooner' to transport his family south in search of warmer weather.
- An Arson Plot Aboard the Steamer Messenger
A cook discharged after a dispute is suspected of rigging candles to burn a vessel mid-transit.
- A Claim to the Shingle Throne
A Ballard man challenges the history books, asserting he invented the sawed shingle in King County in 1874.
- A Costly Lesson at the Bijou Saloon
A Tacoma visitor loses his savings in a rigged poker game, leading to a police investigation and an arrest.
- Dynamite Plot Found on Puget Sound Collier
A meticulously rigged infernal machine, timed to trigger via a rat trap and revolver, was discovered in the hold of the steamer Bawnmore.
- The Shadow Army of 1880
A secret, oath-bound military organization of 'Boys in Blue' stirs fears of a rigged election and armed insurrection in Washington Territory.
- The Bunko Man's Five-Minute Trial
A grifter who terrorized two Norwegian women is convicted in record time after a failed attempt to discard incriminating evidence.
- The Jailbird Who Refused to Leave
After serving sixty days for grand larceny, a Seattle man found freedom so underwhelming that he immediately tried to steal his way back into a cell.
- The Industrial Hubris of Puget Sound
A visiting machinery salesman critiques the stubborn confidence of Seattle's sawmill operators, who insisted on rigging their own equipment rather than following Eastern standards.
- The Wedding-Journey Argument
A young couple's petty dispute over transportation during their honeymoon highlights the fragile nature of new love.
- The Sloop Louisa and the Contraband of 1891
A federal seizure notice reveals the high-stakes battle over immigration and maritime law on the waters of Elliott Bay.