The History Of The Evergreen State

66- The Disaster of the SS Dix


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The inland passenger steamer SS Dix collides with the steam schooner SS Jeanie two miles north of Alki Point and one mile west of Duwamish Head on Sunday, November 18th, 1906. The Dix, carrying 77 passengers and crew from downtown Seattle to Port Blakely on Bainbridge Island, sinks in five minutes, killing at least 39 people. 
Listen now to learn more about Puget Sound's deadliest maritime accident!

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