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Item
Title
D11533-2
Date(s)
- 1941-06-24 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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A dripping automobile is salvaged by the Coast Guard with grappling hooks on June 24, 1941, about two hours after it crashed through the guardrail on the 15th Street Bridge and sank in 30 feet of water. The lone occupant, Mrs. Bertha Woodard of Milton, drowned. A witness to the accident said that she had swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian. The police and fire departments were unable to bring the vehicle to the surface until the arrival of the Coast Guard. (T. Times 6/25/1941, pg. 1)
Accidents--Tacoma; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bridges--Tacoma--1940-1950;