November 4, 1994 Southeastern Alaska Tsunami - Skagway Narrative

Passage from Lander (1996):

"Paul Wallen of Homer was in steel caisson cell number 4 with his brother, removing old wooden pilings when the collapse occurred. His brother held on to a piling while debris poured down the Caisson, and climbed ashore before a large returning wave covered the caisson area. Paul Wallen's body was not found until January 24; it had washed under the surviving part of the dock."

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