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Families flee their homes and bury their possessions as a massive, uncontrollable blaze sweeps through the settled Hood Canal valley.
“She was greatly frightened by the roar of the fire among the firs, and feared her children... would be burned alive.”
A prospecting trio faced starvation in the mountains after their supply boat route was blocked.
“They were very nearly exhausted when they reached the rancher's place and got something to allay their hunger.”
Isolated by record snowfall, pioneers in a rugged valley face the threat of starvation before a desperate trek to safety.
“They were about to form a rescuing party to go up and dig out the survivors.”
Near Brinnon, settlers formed a vigilance committee after an unknown hunter slaughtered a snowbound herd—and then burned his cabin.
“The hunter came along and mercilessly slew the herd. The settlers organized a vigilance committee and started after him.”
Exaggerated reports of forest fires in the Dosewallips Valley lead to a humorous scene of local panic.
“The third woman's boy, seventeen years of age, excitedly returned to the house for his mother's marriage certificate, for fear 'maw' and 'paw' would have to be married over again.”
A deep-sea fisherman pulls a species unknown to the Pacific from the waters of Puget Sound, stunning local museum curators.
“It proves to represent a species of the shark family hitherto unknown in Puget sound or even in the Pacific ocean.”
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