Fire Sweeps Six Blocks in Wall Street Blaze
A 40 mile gale fanned a major fire starting in the Galbraith Bacon stables at Wall Street and Railroad Avenue. The event caused about 1,000 homeless and $1,000,000 in damage, with heroic rescues but no fatalities or serious injuries. The wind died and rain began, aiding firefighters to control the flames.
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Fire ravages city district as winds aid rapid blaze
Fire Chief Hoyle estimates total loss not exceeding 500000 with eight alarms in a windy night. The Galbraith Bacon area and surrounding frame shanties burned in seconds as a south west gale fanned embers. Foundry owner Carl Zim lost his Eagle Iron Foundry and helped others escape. The inferno destroyed three and a half blocks from Railroad to Second and Wall to Battery before firefighters containment.
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Puget Sound
Tragic canoeing accident on Union Bay ends in loss
Stormdriven canoe capsized near Union Bay leaving athlete Gee missing. Miss Dalton and Skellanger searched through darkness as rescuers found no trace until daylight when Gee’s canoe was recovered. He had recently lived with his brother in Seattle and hailed from Bloomington Illinois.
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Bloomington
Adeline Genes Weds Rich Man in London Ceremony
Adeline Genes the dancer marries Frank Isitt a wealthy landowner in a ceremony at All Saints church London Isitt is a partner of the Duke of Newcastle who gives the bride away during the marriage collaboration with high society figures in June event.
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Sheep Herder Suspected in Oregon Killings
In Lakeview Oregon on June 11 two posses search for Pat Bolivar a sheep herder suspected of killing Herbert and Robert Newell wealthy sheepmen near Plush in North Warner Valley. The Newells had previously discharged Bolivar and Bolivar fled into the hills on horseback.
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Robert Newell
Plush
Warner Valley
Newells
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Clay Married Murdered Woman
Rev. Albert Clay, pastor in Seattle, married Porter Chariton to Mary Crittenden Castle Charlton in Wilmington Delaware last July. The couple’s bodies were later found mutilated in a trunk sunk in a lake near Rome Italy, prompting further inquiries into the marriage and the man’s background. The clergyman recalls the bride and groom as well educated and refined, each presenting as single at the time of the ceremony.
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Italy
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Albert Clay
Beacon Hill Congregational Church
Seattle
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Holy Trinity Church
Wilmington
Delaware
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Rev. Clay
Philadelphia
Chariton
County Gental Committee Abandons Convention Plan
King county Republican central committee plans to name county delegates sparked anger in North End wards. Daniel Landon and local voters accuse the plan of favoring corporate friends and threaten to hold separate conventions if the committee proceeds. North End residents rally, adopting resolutions rejecting committee chosen delegates to the state convention.
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Supreme Court
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County Central Committee
Daniel Landon
State Senate
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Republican Club
Seattle Fire Survivors Find Humor Amid Devastation
Marion Lowe recounts Seattle's last night blaze as victims laugh through loss. Neighbors carry trunks and sewing machines while rescuers fight flames. A war between ruin and resilience shows in hotel guests and rose bearing workers who kept dignity amid ashes.
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