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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1893 | 1 |
1 story matching formosa
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:form, forma, formal, forman, format, former
- The Formosa Runs Aground in Bellingham Bay
A lumber-laden ship bound for Peru is stuck in the mud off Deadman's Point after a tug takes the wrong line—and her captain says the tug will pay.
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Two land developers scouting for a new townsite find themselves unexpected fathers to a pair of bear cubs.
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Eighty Moros from Mindanao arrived in Tacoma via the steamship Tremont, bound for an exhibit at the St. Louis World’s Fair.
- The Last Hours of the Bark El Dorado
A harrowing account of a merchant ship's destruction in a fierce gale off the Washington coast, as told by one of the few men to survive the wreckage.