Register of Deaths.
This file appears in: The Death of "Irish Kate"
Kate Barrett is listed in the 1892 Spokane register of deaths. Image Courtesy of Washington State Digital Archives.
This file appears in: The Death of "Irish Kate"
The Death of "Irish Kate"
Among the many famous and infamous residents of this section of the cemetery is Kate Barrett, better known to history as "Irish Kate."
Soon after August 4, 1889, countless sensationalized stories surfaced explaining the raging inferno…