Incidents at Sea

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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)