In the early morning hours of August 10, 1898, a surfman on patrol from the Little Kinnakeet LifeSaving Station found a stranded schooner about three fourths of a mile north of the station. He immediately burned a Coston signal indicating help was on the way and hurried back to the station to report the case to [...]
On April 26, 1898, Surfman E. S. Midgett from the Chicamacomico LifeSaving Station spotted a schooner about eight miles off shore and watched as she slowly made her way towards the shoreline before anchoring about four miles northeast of the station. She had obvious damage with both her foremast damaged and her main topmast missing and [...]
On February 17, 1898, the schooner, Samuel L. Tilton, stranded in the heavy surf about a mile southeast of the Chicamacomico LifeSaving Station. Keeper Banister L. Midgett, Jr. requested assistance from both sister stations of Gull Shoal and New Inlet before heading to the beach with the beach apparatus. It took a couple of shots from [...]
In the early morning hours of May 1, 1897, the south patrolman from the Nags Head LifeSaving Station discovered the schooner, George M. Adams, stranded about 75 yards offshore about a mile south of the station. Keeper Van Buren Etheridge telephoned the Bodie Island Station for assistance before leading his team towards the scene. Within a [...]
On September 26, 1896, three days after the steamer Fred’k de’ Barry stranded off shore near the Kitty Hawk LifeSaving Station, tragedy struck involving the steamer. Her crew of seventeen sailors had reached shore safely and stayed at the station while waiting to be transported back to Norfolk. While most of the crew had departed the [...]
On February 14, 1895, H. C. Miller, the master of the sloop, Inez, found himself caught up in ice off of Hatteras Banks. He was about three miles off shore and was in a dangerous situation as he was sailing alone. He hoisted his flag signaling for assistance and began a long wait. About an hour [...]
On February 8, 1895, a small skiff with one passenger became stuck in the ice in the Albemarle Sound. Three local men tried to help but were unable to pull their own vessel back to the shore due to a strong gale that was starting to blow. The Kitty Hawk LifeSaving Station Keeper, Samuel J. Payne, [...]
On January 20, 1895, a barge had broken free from its towline and ended up being stranded about a mile north of the Kill Devil Hills LifeSaving Station. She was discovered, however, by the south patrolman from the Kitty Hawk LifeSaving Station. After not meeting his counterpart from Station #13 while on beach patrol, the patrolman [...]
Just after midnight on February 20, 1893, the north patrolman from the Little Kinnakeet LifeSaving Station discovered a large schooner about 2 ½ miles north of the station. While not a stormy night, the darkness made it hard to see and the Nathan Esterbrook, Jr.’s master had miscalculated causing the vessel to run aground about 400 [...]
On November 19, 1892, a northwest gale drove a schooner named Irene Thayer up onto the beach about half a mile southeast of the Oregon Inlet LifeSaving Station. Within thirty minutes, not one but two stations responded to the wreck and were on site ready to assist those on the stranded vessel. In addition to the [...]
