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1 story matching strain
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:strainer, strait, distrain, restrain, straight, straiten
- The Night the Wasco Lost Power in Peavine Pass
Heavy seas swept the Bellingham Navigation Company steamer Wasco, broke her piston rod and blew out a cylinder head before the State of Washington rescued passengers and towed her into Anacortes.