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30 stories matching toddler
- The Victorian Anxiety Over 'Fat Babies'
An 1880 advice column warns parents that 'excessive fat is really a disease' and cautions against the physical toll of oversized toddlers on their own developing bones.
- The Vanishing of Little Nellie: Seattle’s Gypsy Panic
In June 1903, the disappearance of a toddler in West Seattle sparked a city-wide manhunt and deep-seated prejudice against a traveling circus troupe.
- A Family’s Tragic End in the First Ward
A domestic dispute in Seattle ends with a wife dead, a husband in custody, and a toddler left in the wake of the violence.
- The Custody Battle of Baby Augustus
A toddler causes a stir in Judge Osborn's court as separated parents spar over custody rights in a high-stakes legal drama.
- The Tragedy of a Backyard Stream
A toddler’s unsupervised play ends in a heartbreaking drowning in a narrow irrigation ditch, highlighting the perils of a growing city.
- The Tragedy on Howard Street
A household servant disappears after a toddler dies from arsenic poisoning.
- A Fatal Flood in the Power House
A toddler drowns after a massive water main bursts inside her family's living quarters at the local utility plant.
- A Mother Jumped Into a Well to Save Her Baby
Near Green Lake, a toddler fell sixteen feet into a well. Her mother lowered a too-short ladder, dropped in after her, and revived the child before help arrived.
- A Father’s Deadly Lesson
A tragic household accident on the White River ends in the death of a toddler when a borrowed rifle discharges during a demonstration.
- The Tragedy at the Northern Pacific Bridge
After a man is killed in a railway accident, the community is left searching for his toddler who has vanished.
- A Toddler’s Cough Saves a Family from Fire
An 18-month-old infant is credited with waking his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Joslyn, just in time to escape a house fire in South Tacoma.
- The Boy Who Vanished: Seattle’s Great Search for Little Harry
A two-year-old toddler slipped out of his mother's sight on Commercial Street, sparking a frantic manhunt that drew hundreds of neighbors to the sidewalks.
- The Narrow Escape: A Four-Year-Old’s Head Survives a Wagon Wheel
In the muddy streets of 1876 Seattle, a toddler’s life hung by a thread when a heavy wagon rolled directly over his skull—yet he walked away with only minor injuries.
- The Miracle at the Bend
An engineer’s harrowing account of a toddler playing on the tracks, the desperate silence of the brakes, and an inexplicable survival.
- The Hidden Hazard of the Woods
A toddler suffers horrific burns after falling into a camouflaged pit of smoldering rot.
- A Father’s Deadly Act at Riverside
On the same morning his daughter was born, a man took his own life and critically injured his toddler daughter in a shocking explosion.
- A Toddler’s Three-Hour Trek Through the Sagebrush
A local mother’s panic turned to relief after tracking her two-year-old child through the scrub for miles.
- Tragedy on Bainbridge Island as Child Accidentally Kills Brother
A toddler's playful act with a lit stick leads to the fatal burning of his infant brother in a home on Bainbridge Island.
- Jessie Tewes, Three, and the Electric Car
A toddler is killed crossing Jefferson Avenue in Tacoma as her mother watches from the family fruit stand.
- The Three-Year-Old Who Stowed Away to Gilman
When a toddler wandered away from his Second and Lenora home, he didn't just get lost—he boarded a train and embarked on an accidental adventure to the coal mining town of Issaquah.
- Tragedy in a Tin of Pills
When a toddler in a historic Washington town mistook medicinal pills for candy, a medical error turned into a heartbreak that echoed across the community.
- Tragedy Follows Accidental Lye Poisoning
After nine months of suffering, a toddler passes away following a household accident.
- A Close Call at Third and Union
An evening horseback ride ends in a fright for a toddler and a lucky escape from harm.
- The Case of the Missing Pocket Watch
A Tacoma family's frantic search for a stolen heirloom ends when a toddler is found with the culprit in his overalls.
- A Household Tragedy in Goldendale
A toddler’s attempt to help in the kitchen ends in the accidental scalding of her infant sibling.
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- A Toddler, an Axe, and a Sister's Terror at South Union
Left at play, a three-year-old swings an axe and maims her infant sister in a Thurston County farm accident that sends the child to the doctors and the older girl into hiding.
- The Child Who Vanished in Plain Sight
A toddler wanders off near First Street and is found covered in blood, sparking fears about Seattle’s crowded streets.
- Tragedy in the Mount St. Helens Backcountry
A toddler is maimed after an accident with a hatchet in a remote squatter camp.
- A Family’s Quiet Plea for a Daughter
In an era of hard labor and rugged expansion, one Seattle couple sought to expand their home through an adoption request published in the local paper.
- A Child's Plea for Help
A three-year-old girl leads an officer to a locked room to rescue her mother from an abusive husband.
- The Struggle for a Child in a Tacoma Tenderloin
A teenage girl’s infant becomes the center of a dispute among the inmates of a red-light district boarding house.
- Hanford's Prize-Winning Babies
A Hanford toddler wins big at a Spokane fair, fueling local pride in the valley's future generation.
- An Orphan's Chance
A young boy, caught roaming the streets of Tacoma, is given a second chance on a farm.