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3 stories matching breastwork

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:breast, breastbon, breastplat, breakfast, brickwork, bread

  1. The Tragic Wreck of the Leonor

    Survivors and debris on the coast near La Push tell a harrowing story of a ship lost to the jagged rocks during a gale.

    Nov 6, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerQuillayute River, La Push, Clallam CountyDisasters

  2. The Mule-Mounted Howitzer Fiasco

    An ambitious Army experiment at a Western fort goes hilariously and dangerously wrong when a cannon-strapped mule decides to take matters into his own hooves.

    Mar 21, 1872Puget Sound DispatchSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  3. The Orphan’s Plea: A Poem That Moved Seattle to Tears on Decoration Day

    As the city honored Civil War dead with solemn processions and speeches, a young girl’s grief over her father’s unmarked grave brought the Grand Marshal to tears.

    May 31, 1882Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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