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EPISODE · Jul 15, 2026 · 7 MIN

Getting trapped in ship’s wreckage saved mariner

from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John

George May was in an impossible situation, trapped in the upside-down hull of his ship, waiting for death. But then the ship washed ashore, the tide receded, and he lived to tell the story of the wreck of the M/V Oshkosh. (Columbia River Bar, Clatsop County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1204a-mariner-survives-shipwreck-by-being-trapped-inside.html)

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