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1 story matching overboard
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:beaverboard, overborn, overheard, onboard, overbal, centerboard
- The Carrie Ladd Runs Aground
A steamship meets its fate on a rock at Cape Horn, leaving passengers and crew to abandon the sinking vessel on the Washington side of the Columbia River.