Tragedy on the Mudflats
A search continues for five people lost from a yacht after a violent storm near Everett.
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No trace has yet been found of the Ganiard party of five who were lost from a yacht. A violin and a small handbox of music were found in the forward locker of the yacht. Mr. Campbell feels certain that the boat did not capsize, as the mainsail was fastened down. His theory is that the boat ran aground on the mud flats and when the storm arose at night, filled with water and the party, in making some effort to get ashore, were drowned. Men have been out with boats searching the neighboring islands and patrolling the shore, but no trace of the bodies has yet been discovered.
“A violin and a small handbox of music were found in the forward locker of the yacht.”
This somber account of a local maritime disaster reflects the constant peril of life on the Sound in the early days of Everett’s settlement, where small pleasure craft were often at the mercy of sudden weather changes.
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