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3 stories matching midair

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  1. The Sea Serpent of Puget Sound

    A skeptical mariner claims to have spotted a 60-foot serpent off the coast of Marrowstone Point, leaving local sailors shaken.

    Jun 12, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMarrowstone Point, Nordland, Jefferson CountyStrange But True

  2. When Seattle Draped Its Church in Flags for the Union Dead

    In 1895, veterans packed First Methodist at Third and Marion for an elaborate Memorial Sunday sermon, with stacked rifles, roses, palms and a choir.

    May 27, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyGone Forever

  3. Fifty Turns on the Shaft: A Foundry Apprentice's Miraculous Escape

    Nineteen-year-old Charles Meydenbauer was caught in the shafting at Moran's foundry, spun fifty times twenty feet above the floor—and lived to describe it.

    Apr 23, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

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