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Tidal waves and deadly sea marvels line coast legends
A period piece recounts monstrous solitary waves and fiery nautical mishaps. Tales span the San Francisco disaster, the Johann Wilhelm and Holyrood enounters, Etruria and Umbria casualties, and a Peruvian quake caused wave that crossed oceans. Other oddities include fish bone showers from waterspouts and a terrifying shipboard fire amid coal and dynamite cargo.
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San Francisco
Johann Wilhelm
Holyrood
Etruria
Umbria
Dara J. Ward
Seattle
Wash
Island
Arica
San Pedro
California
Bandwich Group
Yokohama
New Zealand
Nouth Atlantic
Lucipara
Cape
Australia
Peter Pridell
Valparaiso
Barkentine Fortunate
Rio Grande
Liverpool
Pittsburg Dispatch