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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1876 | 4 |
| 1877 | 4 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1883 | 4 |
| 1884 | 2 |
| 1885 | 3 |
| 1886 | 2 |
| 1887 | 3 |
| 1889 | 5 |
| 1890 | 4 |
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1892 | 21 |
| 1893 | 19 |
| 1894 | 16 |
| 1895 | 8 |
| 1899 | 2 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1903 | 7 |
| 1904 | 8 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 2 |
| 1909 | 7 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 7 |
140 stories matching smash, in 20 newspapers
| Newspaper | Stories | Years found | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1888–1914 | 64 | 1889–1895 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Tacoma TimesTacoma · published 1903–1949 | 14 | 1904–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle · published 1881–1888 | 14 | 1883–1887 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla · published 1903–1910 | 7 | 1903 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Daily IntelligencerSeattle · published 1876–1881 | 6 | 1876–1877 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick Courier-ReporterKennewick · published 1914–1938 | 6 | 1915–1916 | Catalog ↗ |
| Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen · published 1886–1917 | 4 | 1891–1894 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-Current | 4 | 1907–1909 | Catalog ↗ |
| Puget Sound DispatchSeattle · published 1871–1880 | 3 | 1871–1880 | Catalog ↗ |
| White Bluffs SpokesmanWhite Bluffs · published 1907–1938 | 3 | 1915–1916 | Catalog ↗ |
| Fairhaven HeraldFairhaven | 3 | 1890 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Seattle StarSeattle · published 1899–1947 | 2 | 1899 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Northern StarSnohomish City · published 1876–1879 | 2 | 1877–1878 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Colfax GazetteColfax · published 1893–1932 | 2 | 1900 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Labor JournalEverett | 1 | 1911 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Yakima HeraldNorth Yakima · published 1889–1914 | 1 | 1890 | Catalog ↗ |
| Walla Walla StatesmanWalla Walla | 1 | 1865 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Mason County JournalShelton · published 1886–1927 | 1 | 1889 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Kennewick CourierKennewick · published 1905–1914 | 1 | 1905 | Catalog ↗ |
| The Olympia TribuneOlympia · published 1890–1893 | 1 | 1892 | Catalog ↗ |