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Wave of Gale Off Seattle Coast Claims Sixteen Lives
A 24 hour NW gale caused extensive damage from Hoquiam to Warrenton and shut down communications. The T. W. Lake sank near Rosario Strait with sixteen believed dead, including Captain E E Mason of Tacoma and mill timekeeper Thomas Eppihs of Bellingham.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Northwest Territory
Hoquiam
Aberdeen
Kington
Warrenton
Oregon
Steen
T. W. Lake
Rosario Strait
Lopez
Fidelgo Island
Ancortes
Empress of Canada
Victoria
Vancouver
Cascade Mountains
Kachee
Cleelum Lake
Pacific Coast
California