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FELIKS BANEL -- NORTHWEST HISTORIAN HEARD ON SEATTLE'S MORNING NEWS

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Close-up of sonar image on a monitor aboard the SEA BLAZER, showing the outline of the wreck of the SS DIX on the bottom of Elliott Bay. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio)

Sarah Haberstroh of Rockfish operates and ROV to explore the wreck of the SS DIX in Elliott Bay. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio)

Sarah Haberstroh inspects the ROV, now back on the SEA BLAZER after exploring the wreck of the SS DIX. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio)

Crew members of Rockfish vessel SEA BLAZER prepare to send gear down to explore the wreck of the SS DIX in Elliott Bay. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio)

It was front page news for the old SEATTLE STAR when the SS DIX sank in Elliott Bay in 1906. (Public domain, courtesy Rockfish)

Lost wreck from long-ago tragedy identified deep in Elliott Bay