Trapped in the Fog on the Hanford Flyer
A river commute turns perilous when a local boat strikes rocks in thick fog.
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Miss Darby, a fourth-grade teacher, had a thrilling experience Monday while returning on the Hanford Flyer after spending the week-end with her parents at Eltopia. Miss Darby and three other passengers embarked on the little boat, which put out into the heavy fog and drifted around for some time, finally striking on the rocks in such a manner as to cause grave concern among the passengers. The captain used heroic measures and righted the little craft, and after drifting in the fog for four hours, it finally landed at Richland. Miss Darby is of the opinion that Sawyer’s truck is a surer mode of locomotion on a foggy morning than the Flyer, much as she enjoys river travel.
“Miss Darby is of the opinion that Sawyer’s truck is a surer mode of locomotion on a foggy morning than the Flyer.”
The precarious nature of early 20th-century river transport in the Tri-Cities reminds us how much we take modern, reliable transit and navigation for granted. Today's commuters in Kennewick and Richland face traffic, not river hazards, yet the same impulse to compare the speed and reliability of different modes of transit remains unchanged.
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