Incidents at Sea
Vessel & Two Crewmen Struck By Lightening:
25 July 1754 - The Maryland Gazette (Annapolis, MD) Schooner Chased Off Hatteras By Privateers: 16 Sept 1762 - The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pa) Major Job Sumner Dies From Eating Hatteras Dolphin: 22 Sept 1789 - The Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia, Pa) Poem By Capt. P. Freneau - The Pilot Of Hatteras: 19 Nov 1789 - The Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia, Pa) Sale Of The Wrecked Schooner Thetis By Joseph Farrow: 4 Jan 1812 - The Carolina Federal Republican (New Bern, NC) Pharoah Farrow & The Hatteras Militia: 11 Feb 1814 - Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, NC) Pharoah Farrow, Slaves, & 2 British Barges: 4 June 1814 - The Carolina Federal Republican (New Bern, NC) Banister Midyett - Commissioner Of Wrecks: 15 July 1815 - The Carolina Federal Republican (New Bern, NC) Pharoah Farrow & The Privateer Mars: 15 Nov 1816 - Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, NC) Capt. Rollins Finds 17 Bodies On Shore: 18 Aug 1825 - Fayetteville Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, NC) Two Boys Drown In Pamlico Sound: 24 Sept 1829 - Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, NC) Needle Fish Damages The Vessel Wyoming: 7 Nov 1832 - Wyoming Republican & Herald (Kingston, Pa) Llewellyn Tarbox Tossed Overboard & Lost At Sea: 8 Oct 1840 - Mississippi Free Trader (Natchez, Miss) Hatteras Coast Survey: 19 June 1849 - The Evening Post (New York, NY) Depth Of The Sea Off Hatteras: 14 July 1849 - The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky) Sale Of Two Bales Of Cotton That Washed Ashore: 6 Mar 1850 - North State Whig (Washington, NC) Samuel Doten Of The Ohio Dies Off Hatteras: 23 Oct 1850 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) Caleb B. Stowe & Schooner Gallatin - Part 1 - Part 2: 21 Jan 1851 - North State Whig (Washington, NC) Merrick & Son Build Iron Boat Like Bell Structure For Mariners: 28 May 1852 - Raleigh Times (Raleigh, NC) |
Construction Of Bell Beacon Completed:
21 Aug 1852 - The North Carolinian (Fayetteville, NC) W.D. Short Falls Overboard Off Schooner R.W. Brown: 2 Aug 1855 - Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, NC) Schooner Vine Oak & It's Cargo Of Eggs And Poultry: 4 July 1873 - The New Bern Times (New Bern, NC) Fourteen Year Old's Body Found: 5 April 1876 - The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC) John Willis & The Swash Buoys: 11 Mar 1891 - The Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, NC) Franklin Foster & Mr. Basnight Probably Drowned: 12 Oct 1893 - New Bern Weekly Journal (New Bern, NC) Monitor Puritan Disabled: 11 Mar 1897 - The Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, NC) Theo S. Meekins Sells Salvaged Wreck Items To I.B. Midgett: 12 Nov 1899 - The Weekly Economist (Elizabeth City, NC) Capt. Ira Stowe & The Crew Of the Lizzie James: 13 Mar 1900 - Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) Wm. H. Rollinson Sells Cypress Boards: Tar Heel (Elizabeth City, NC) Steamer Cuts Whale In Two: 11 Nov 1907 - Reno Gazette Journal (Reno, Nevada) Capt. B.F. Jennett - Sloop Defender: 17 Jan 1908 - Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC) F.L. Scarborough Ships Sea Weed Bales: 23 Aug 1910 - New Bern Weekly Journal (New Bern, NC) Edna May Burns At Manteo Dock: 29 Sept 1911 - The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, NC) Schooner W.M Hill Looses Both Masts: 15 Dec 1921 - The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, NC) Stranded Mail Boat: 30 Jan 1922 - The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, NC) Former Sub Chaser Still At Hatteras: 10 Mar 1922 - The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, NC) Edgar Styron's Shrimp Boat Hit By Lightening: 3 Aug 1949 - Asheville Citizens Times (Asheville, NC) |