Nation IN BRIEF : PACIFIC NORTHWEST : Windstorm Kills Six, Capsizes Boats
From Times staff and Wire reports
High winds battered the Pacific Northwest during the weekend, capsizing boats and pulling down power lines. Six people were killed, and four were missing. Coast Guard crews answered about 60 distress calls in Washington’s inland waterways as winds blew up to 60 m.p.h. Boats were overturned or washed ashore, and Coast Guard Lt. Jim Beckham said two sailboats sank. Their occupants were rescued.
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