A crane on a floating barge readies to haul the bottom half of the badly-damaged hull of the cannery tender "Howkan" out of the water as tug boat "Barbara Foss" steadies the wreck

On October 24, 1949, while moored at the Bellingham facility, the Pacific American Fisheries' "Howkan" was torn in two by an explosion. Two crew members were seriously injured, and waterfront buildings were damaged by the blast.

1940
1950

still image

Biery, Galen (photographer)
Biery, Galen (collector)

black-and-white photographs
photographs

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1 black and white print

Bellingham (Wash.)

Galen Biery papers and photographs

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Western Washington University

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