Japanese Liner Tenpassan Maru Sinks in Coast Sands
A battered surface shows the Japanese steamer Tenpassan Maru slowly sinking at Copalis River mouth near Ocean Shores Washington after a Thanksgiving Day 1927 wreck. Local histories recount Pacific coast ship disasters, graves, and relics like a Glasgow streetcar recovered from the Bawnmore wreck, noting ongoing coastal erosion and eventual burial of the Tenpassan Maru.
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Coualis
Wash
Oregon
Washington
Copalis
North Pacific
Brother Jonathan
Oregon Coast
W. J. Pirie
Destruction Island
Giants
Bandon
Cape Blanco
Curry County
Glasgow
Scotland
Callao
Peru
Northwest
Neahkante Mountain
Pacific
Cape Flattery
Trial date looms for Hansa case in Federal Court
Buffalo New York. Coast guardsman Glenn Jones stands accused of second degree manslaughter in the death of Jacob Hanson of Niagara Falls Elk. Hanson likely faces a jury again in the May term at Rochester. Jennings was tried at Elmira but jurors disagreed. Fort Niagara boat swain Frank Beck, Jennings’s superior, was cleared by Judge John K. Havel. Federal attorney Richard Templeton provides details.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Glenn Jone Pings
Coast
Jacob PD
Hanson
Niacara Falls
Rochester
Jennings
Elmira
Frank L. Beck
Fort Niagara
John K. Havel
Richard H. Templeton
Wioir
State of
New York
Lewiston
Niagara Falls
Scottish Piper Idle During King Illness at Balmoral
Report notes that Private Macintosh the Scottish piper attached to the royal household was ordered to stop playing beneath the king's window as his illness worsened. The piece recalls Queen Victoria's custom of a Highland piper at Balmoral and mentions royal precedent through King Edward VII to King George VI.
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Monarchs
London
Buckingham Palace
George of
Queen Victoria
Lighlands
Balmoral
Edward VII
George
Wen
Local notes from Huntington and area on Feb 15
Harold Rolce was chosen as a delegate to the Farmers week in Columbus with Mr. Simon the Sullivan school agriculture teacher. The group enjoyed a lively party after which they played games before heading home. Lester Reynolds of Seville visited his uncle Albert Hawley last week. Arthur Drawley of Toledo spent the weekend with his father as all gathered for Sunday dinner at Don Hawley. Mr. and Mrs. Thudium attended a Belden basketball game with their daughter Frieda teaching at the school. Elmer Greenbank of Columbus was a weekend guest of his parents, C. D. and the late Martha Thudium.
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Huntington
Harald Rolce
Columbus
Simon
Sullivan ‘Tuh
Chas. Regal
Lester Reynolds
Seville
Albert Hawley
Arthur Drawley
Toledo
T. B. Thudium
Belden
Miss Frieda
Elmer Greenbank
C. D. Greenbank
Thudium
Martha Thudium
Im Nova, QO
Slavery trade site torn down for office complex
In Memphis Tennessee the former slave market building, once known as a hub for Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Souths leading slave dealer, is being demolished to make way for a contemporary office structure.
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Memphis
Tenn
Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Coast Guard
Pacific Coast
Jannette Caruthers
Here
Phinkra
Ead
Tazel
Mareh
Gen. Forrest
Forrest Brothers
Negro Mart
Manchester
Eng
Ardwick
Doreen Fisher
Janet
Visalia
Cal
Mount Whitney
United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey
United Tates
Canada
Slave Mart
Har-Le-Well
Shell
Peerless
Oberlin Road
Elyria
Harlewell Inn
DILCO
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