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Captain Enstrom
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: In an article in The Oregon Daily Journal on April 30, 1912 it states that: Captain Enstrom. master or the disabled steam schooner Willapa, filed wreck report in the custom house, at Astoria Monday. The boat struck the … In an article in the Morning Oregonian on…
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Captain Elleson
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: In an article in the Morning Oregonian of Portland, Oregon on December 21, 1916 it states that: H-3 SAND LOCKED Plan Evolved to “Log Out” Submarine Like Big Tree. 30-DAY TASK IN PROSPECT Charges Culling for Court-Martial Preferred Against Captain in Charge of Lifesavers Because of Salvage…
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Lightning struck Yellowstone 1916
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: Coos Bay, Oregon on January 07, 1916 it states that: Lightning struck the foremast of the steam schooner Yellowstone off Coos Bay bar about nine o’clock. High morning and but for the deflection of the… down the cable backstays, Captain Fagerstrom says It would have … the…
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Martha disappearance 1921
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: In an article in the Morning Oregonian of Portland, Oregon on November 25, 1921 it states that: EUREKA, Cal., Nov. 23. The gasoline schooner Martha, with a crew of three, is being sought today after having been swept from her moorings outside the Humboldt bar during a…
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Ocean Wave Boiler Explosion 1871
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: In an article in The Oregon Weekly Statesman of Salem, Oregon on September 06, 1871 it states that: Mobile, August 23. The Ocean Wave left this city Sunday morning with 200 persons for an excursion to Fish River, 20 miles from this city. On the return trip…
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Story of stuff letter April 2023
Originally posted on Willow Garden by Skye Research: Dear Yvonne-Cher, More than 50 years ago, a massive oil spill sent as much as 100,000 barrels of oil into the water and onto the beaches of southern California. It was the largest spill of its kind, ever. Gaylord Nelson, then Wisconsin’s junior U.S. Senator, sensed a tipping point in…
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Natal Mutiny 1885
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: In an article in The Daily Morning Astorian of Astoria, Oregon on January 31, 1885 it states that: FIGHT WITH MUTINEERS San Francisco, Jan. 20. The … New York special says: The Swedish brigantine Natal arrived yesterday, having sailed from Boston for Brisbane Queensland. On the outward…
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Tillamook Trap
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: In an article in the Morning Oregonian., July 16, 1907 it states that: FACE DEATH IN Tillamook Six Soldiers Undergo Night of Terror HELD BY TIDE ON ROCKS Water Rushes Upon Them,Cutting Off All Escape. HANG NINE HOURS ON CLIFFD reaching Rain Beats upon Them and Heavy…
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