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4 stories matching unplank
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:unplan, unplac, unplat, unplast, plank, unplow
- Industrial Peril on the Waterfront
A railroad switchman is critically injured while coupling cars on the dangerous, unlit Seattle waterfront.
- The Mud Hole at the Arlington Hotel
A local property dispute on Commercial Street exposes the messy reality of 1885 Seattle infrastructure.
- The Tragedy on the Jackson Street Trestle
An elderly man, fleeing police custody, fell through a gap in the wooden street bridge and plunged thirty feet to his death.
- An Indigenous Woman Left to Die at Seattle’s Mechanic Wharf
When five Indigenous people were rescued from a capsized canoe in Seattle’s harbor, a local resident threw one woman into the mud and left her to die.