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2 stories matching necessit

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  1. The Hoodooed Ship That Left Three Dead

    At Port Townsend, sailors call the Linlithgowshire cursed after a third officer is killed—and the ship’s recent history makes the word stick.

    Mar 21, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  2. Fifteen Minutes to Confess: The Morphine Trial of Port Townsend's Captain De Lion

    A former mayor, Chilean consul and dry-dock promoter worth half a million dollars sits in superior court while his emaciated wife describes a year of morphine, delusion and a pocket watch set on the table between them.

    Nov 9, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerJefferson County Courthouse, Port TownsendScandal

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