The Gold Medal of the Sea
Martha White of Copalis receives a federal gold medal for her heroic rescue of three drowning men.
“The medal bears the inscription: 'In testimony of heroic deeds in rescuing three men from drowning.'”
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A Whaleboat Vanished in the Surf Off Grays Harbor
Lieut. Freeman H. Crosby and four seamen from the survey steamer McArthur were lost trying to land through the surf at Joe Creek, fifteen miles north of Grays Harbor.
“A whaleboat and crew of nine men in command of Lieut. Freeman H. Crosby, U.S.N., was capsized, and five men are missing and probably drowned.”
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