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JAN 16, 1895Ballard, WA

The Coffin Captain: A Father, a Son, and the Wreck of the Lily and Maud

Ship carpenters warned Captain Robert Jack he was building his own coffin. Last Sunday night the frail schooner capsized in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the captain and his 23-year-old son went down with her.

“Some ship carpenters are said to have told Captain Jack he was building his coffin.”
Disasters
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JAN 15, 1904Ballard, WA

A Runaway's Return

A Parkland father reunites with his son after spotting his face in a newspaper report about a train sabotage arrest in Ballard.

“The father... brought the clipping to the police headquarters this morning to let them know that he had at last found his boy.”
Strange But True
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