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Wreck of the Arago and local incidents noted
The Arago wreck near Tillamook draws reports on Captain Levi Snyder Chief Engineer J H Snyder and Life Saver Wickman who perished. Mentions rescue efforts at sea from Tillamook to Colum bia bar, with crew losses and investigators blaming a burst steam pipe. Also notes mill reopenings floods boxing bout results court dates and local society prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillamook
Myrtle Point
Cods County
Levi Snyder
J. H. Snyder
A. H. Snyder
Henry Wickman
Empire
Wickman
Oldig
Nellie Hunter
J. A. Johnson
The
Alliance
Captain Snyder
Mate Johnson
Oshkosh
Snyder
Columbia
Martin Olson
Henry
Limburger
Marshfield
Southern Pacific
Bay
Harriman
Haines
Coos Bay
Boise
Circuit Court
Coquille
E. O. Carter
Wm. Chandler
M. H. Dement
N. P. Peterson
E. L. Robbins
Chas. Myers
H. L. Stephens
Coos County
Fishtrap