Murder and Explosions Aboard Depoe Bay Fishing Boats | Oregon Coast History
Published 05/15/21 at 5:55 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Boat going under the bridge, 1939, courtesy North Lincoln County History Museum, Lincoln City)
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It seems 1939 and ‘38 were banner years for bad things on the central Oregon coast. Just two years earlier, major fires swept through Depoe Bay, Waldport, Yachats and the big one hit Bandon. But ‘38 and ‘39 saw a murder and a near-deadly ship explosion in the area.