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Show FISHERMEN SUFFER FROM HIGH TIDE BELLINGHAM. Wssh., Ang. 1. Damage to fitb traps approximstiag 4150,000 snd untold loss through crippled crip-pled trap at th height of the eoekeye run was caused by unprecedented high tides laat Friday snd Saturday according accord-ing to trapmen who have reacsed this citv from the Bsn Jnsa islands. For unknown reasons the tides wsre two snd three feet higher than stated in the tide table and more tha a two feet higher than observed during the history of trap fishing. Ne provision bad Man made fo the high water. |