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2 stories matching baltic
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- Nature’s Engineering: Lessons from the Baltic Dikes
An 1875 perspective on how the Baltic coastline’s natural defenses against the sea served as a blueprint for human resilience and infrastructure.
- The Shadowed Life of a Russian Emigré
A man pursued from London to New York and Denver finds himself under arrest for arson in Seattle, caught in the web of international extradition.
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- An Insult to Scandinavian Workers
Community groups in Seattle and Tacoma rally against a Portland councilman who proposed barring immigrants from public contract work.
- The Aigburth Runs Aground
A British vessel encounters trouble in the heavy swells off the harbor bar, sparking a tense rescue effort.
- Bismarck’s Bluff: Germany Claims Samoa While Washington Watches
As the German Chancellor declares no treaty prevents his nation from seizing control of the Pacific islands, U.S. officials in Washington struggle to respond to a diplomatic crisis that threatens American interests across the ocean.
- A Maritime Collision in Port Townsend
A federal judge rules both a Norwegian bark and an American steamer are at fault for a late-night crash at the harbor entrance.
- The Bismarck Bluff: Washington’s Last Stand in the Samoan Crisis
As German warships loom over the Pacific islands, Seattle’s former federal commissioner warns that yielding to Berlin means abandoning American neutrality—and potentially igniting a conflict closer to home.
- A Waterfront Brawl Over a Knife
When a sailor from the USS Iowa gets slashed in a street quarrel, he refuses to press charges against his shipmate.
- The Ice-Cold Escape From the Myloemene
A sick sailor refused the ship's hospital, a Dane swam two miles ashore, and six crewmen forfeited their pay to desert the British bark in Port Angeles harbor.
- A Plunge into the Mud at Carkeek's Brick Yard
A passenger on an electric railway takes a dark, unintended shortcut off the tracks and into the waters of the bay.