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A sudden winter gale capsizes a supply boat, claiming the lives of three men just off the coast of Dungeness.
“A squall struck the boat and capsized it, drowning the mate and two seamen. The other passenger of the boat succeeded in swimming off... He was rescued more dead than alive.”
A sixteen-year-old boy armed with a rifle terrorizes settlers, holding up officials and sparking a manhunt.
“He made them lay down their arms and return back down the trail with their hands above their heads.”
D. D. Vail left his Clallam County home looking for work. When he found none, he told his wife he would walk back—then took laudanum, hoping a $2,000 insurance policy would do more for his family than he could.
“He had a $2,000 life insurance policy in the order of United Workmen... in a fit of despondency sold his life for its insurance, believing he would do them a service.”
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