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| Year | Stories |
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| 1885 | 1 |
1 story matching basilar
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:basil, basi, basic, basin, ballar, bashar
- The Boat That Bit a Rock
A steamship captain discovers a rock wedged entirely through the hull of his vessel, yet she never leaked a drop.