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Cockiness, incompetence and a labor strike led to shipwreck

Published: July 13, 2020, 2 p.m.

Passengers on the speeding liner said an incompetent crew and disappearing ship's officers contributed to a shocking death toll after the liner Alaska crashed onto the rocks in the fog; the captain blamed an “uncharted current.” (Offshore; 1921) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1512a.alaska-shipwreck-368.html)