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Telephones Along Treacherous Coast Protect Pacific Lifesaving Efforts
A Seattle Chamber of Commerce joint committee proposes widespread wireless telegraphy and telephone systems to aid wrecked vessels, plus a coastal wagon road from Grays Harbor and lighthouses at Point Granville and Tatoosh. Plans include life saving stations, salvage boats, and a northern Neah Bay base to assist Grays Harbor. A separate dock incident report notes two men attempting to force a Coleman dock door but escaping.
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Joint Committee On Steamships and
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Grays Harbor
Point Granville
Geesela
Tatoosh
Alaska
Neah Bay
Wickman
Coleman Dock