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Ten Drown When Boat Overturns in Humboldt County Picnic
Ten people are believed drowned after a speed craft carrying a Humboldt county American Legion picnic party overturned at the mouth of the Eel River near Eureka California. Five bodies were recovered, with four more missing and seven rescued. Survivors recall the motor failure followed by a capsizing as coast guards and volunteers searched for recovered remains.
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Rureka
Calif
Eel River
Here Lite
Humboldt County American Legion
Ivor F. Tormney
Sacramento
State Department of Agriculture
Dairies
J. B. Morgandl
Eureka
E. de Bernardi
Louis. Brown
Jimmie James Becker