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Podcast returns with moving story of captain, devoted dog lost in 1880 fire
Wilmington StarNews
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This week, the podcast returns with its first 2021 episode featuring one of this most popular stories in this region s history. Capt. William A. Ellerbrock and his devoted dog, Boss, were inseparable in Wilmington in the 1870s.
A 1880 fire in downtown would rob them of a future, but it didn t keep them from being together until the end. This week s episode looks at who they were, what happened to them that fateful night in April 1880 and why their story is bigger than just its tragedy.