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Lighthouse was built 18 days too late to save sailing ship’s crew

Published: March 15, 2021, 2 p.m.

The construction crew had knocked off work for the night, and outside the building the blustery January weather raged. Then, over the roar of wind and surf, the crew heard a terrified voice from below shouting, “Hard aport!” (Tillamook Rock, Tillamook County; 1881) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1704b.lupatia-shipwreck-tillamook-rock-438.html)