On February 25, 1900, a small schooner was caught in a heavy gale and stranded about two miles north of the Oregon Inlet LifeSaving Station as they were trying to find harbor in the inlet from the storm. The surfmen launched the surfboat but could not pull to the side of the schooner due to the [...]
We will add to this program commemorating the arrival of the Life-Saving Service on the Coast of North Carolina as we confirm the many additional programs we are planning. Saturday October 12 The Way it was Done Back Then 9:00 AM Flag Raising 9:00 AM Chicamacomico open for Tours USCG Auxiliary will have an information booth [...]
On April 24, 1899, two fishermen found themselves in a bind as they were attempting to come to shore. The small dory overturned in the breaks and trapped one man underneath as the tide began to pull him and the dory out to sea. Keeper Jesse W. Ward from the Jones Hill LifeSaving Station just happened [...]
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 [...]
Saturday October 12, 2024 “The Way it was Done Back Then” 9:00 AM Flag Raising ceremony Chicamacomico lifesaving station opens for Tours USCG Auxiliary will have an information booth throughout the morning, along with Sammy the Sea Otter and Coastie the Tugboat! 9:30 AM D. Christian Thompson will give a porch talk about research and restoration [...]
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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 [...]
