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Eyewitnesses described a fearful scene off North Beach as the iron ship Strathblane broke apart—farmers rode into the surf to save survivors while others rifled the dead.
“Beside the bravery and courage shown by some, others exhibited the basest of all human traits and devoted the precious moments needed to save the drowning to breaking open trunks and boxes and rifling their contents.”
A report on the burgeoning Pacific County cranberry industry reveals the reliance on Chinese labor and the exclusionary sentiment of the era.
“Most of these are, not from choice but necessity, Chinamen.”
For years, the state has been stuck in an endless legal fight with the Pacific Ocean over the ownership of beaches used as public roads.
“The ribbon of sand, hard packed and ideal for automobile speeding, moves in and out with recurring seasons like an Adam’s apple in a nervous man’s neck.”
Six Washington coast men who braved the November breakers off Long Beach to save a foundering British ship's crew are honored with silver medals sent by the Queen herself.
“The gift of Queen Victoria to our fellow-citizens was gracefully presented by Collector Taylor in behalf of her majesty.”
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