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8 stories matching smokehous
- A Near-Miss Conflagration in Old Seattle
A pre-dawn fire in a Commercial Street smokehouse nearly levels a city block, sparking a call for urban reform.
- The Cudahy Packing Company Arrives
A major Omaha firm buys out a local smokehouse, signalling Seattle's rise as a destination for national capital.
- The Cudahy Packing Plant Fire
A catastrophic fire destroys a waterfront warehouse, turning tons of meat into a 'seething mass of flames.'
- Apple Butter and Giant Powder: A Smokehouse Stove Explodes Near Spokane
A woman and a little girl lit a fire to make preserves — not knowing the stove was packed with sticks of blasting powder.
- Tragedy at Falling Springs
A domestic terror incident near Pomeroy ends in the perpetrator's suicide.
- Dynamite and an Empty Water Tank: Springdale Burns
A noon fire that began in a meat company smokehouse destroyed nearly every store in Springdale, exposing a water system that had been broken for a week.
- The Stove Thief, the Opium Smoker, and the Crooked Colony
A red-haired plumber's slip of the tongue and a morphine-addicted burglar's hidden shack give Seattle police a busy day in court.
- Newport Paves the Way: Council Awards $9,841 Street Grading Contract
Fife Bros. of Spokane wins the bid to grade Spokane, Warren, Third, Scott and Fourth streets, while the council also takes up water rates, liquor licenses and street lighting.