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2 stories matching wall

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  1. The Lighthouse Keeper’s Rain-Soaked Exile

    A desperate account of life on Tatoosh Island, where the constant thunder of the foghorn and relentless rainfall drove a keeper to the brink.

    Dec 8, 1886Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerNeah Bay, Clallam CountyWork & Pay · Strange But True

  2. The Night They Walked to an Indian Village: A Shipwreck Survivor’s Tale

    After the steamer *Port Gordon* smashed against rocks near Destruction Island, four men survived a nightmare of broken lines and drowning comrades by building a raft from hatches—and then walking ten miles through the brush.

    Mar 7, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerNeah Bay, Clallam CountyDisasters

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