Lighthouses & Light Boats

Cape Hatteras Lightship Repaired In Hampton Roads:
7 Jan 1826 - New Bern Sentinel (New Bern, NC)

Loss Of Cape Hatteras Light Boat - Part 1 & Part 2:
1 Sept 1827 - New Bern Sentinel (New Bern, NC)

Cape Hatteras Light Boat Breaks Loose & 2 Drown:
12 Sept 1827 - The Evening Post (New York, NY)

Contracts For Diamond Shoal Lighthouse Awarded:
14 Dec 1893 - The Washington Gazette (Washington, NC)

Pres. Cleveland Brought To Hatteras By Light Tender & Steamer:
7 Dec 1895 - The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC)

W.B. Jennett & J.W. Whedbee Rescued:
31 July 1913 - The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

Hatteras Lightship Target:
19 July 1922 - Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC)

Capt. W.F. Barnett & The Diamond Shoals Lightship:
17 Dec 1939 - The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Ind)

Lighthouse Appointments

Transfers of W.B. O'Neal & H.B. O'Neal to Cape Hatteras:
19 Apr 1854 - The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)

Keepers W.R. Jennett & Oscar S. Rue Transferred:
9 Feb 1878 - The Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, NC)

Wesley Austin Appointed Asst. Keeper At Cape Hatteras:
25 Jan 1889 - The Reidsville Times (Reidsville, NC)

 Lighthouse Keeper Appointments:
14 June 1899 - Virginian Pilot (Norfolk, Va)

Lighthouse Keeper Appointments:
23 Apr 1905 - The Morning Post (Raleigh, NC)

Keeper Fabe Simpson - From Rhode Island To Hatteras:
5 Dec 1906 - The Daily Economist (Elizabeth City, NC)

John B. Quidley &  A.D. Jennett Transferred:
26 Jan 1907 - The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

John B. Quidley & John B. Jennett Transferred:
13 Feb 1915 - The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

Dome & Lantern Damaged In Storm:
14 Oct 1806 - The Wilmington Gazette (Wilmington, NC)

United States Buys Land From John G. Blount & Pharoah Farrow To Erect Lighthouses:
11 Feb 1830 - The North Carolina Star (Raleigh, NC)

Proposals For Repairing Cape Hatteras Light:
6 Sept 1848 - East Carolina Republican (New Bern, NC)

Farrow's Shipyard & The Hatteras Lantern:
5 Apr 1862 - Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Maria Scarborough Falls From Window - Part 1 &  Part 2:
9 Oct 1872 - The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC)

Melissa Smith - Light Keeper's Daughter Falls To Death:
31 May 1878 - Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT)

Lens Stolen From Hatteras Lighthouse:
15 May 1884 - The Times (Philadelphia, Pa)

Lighthouse Board Reports Whistling Buoy:
10 June 1887 - The Weekly Star (Wilmington, NC)

Keeper Nelson P. Angell Of Hatteras Inlet Light Dies:
20 Oct 1887 - The National Tribune (Washing DC)

Hatteras Light & Outer Diamond Shoals:
15 June 1893 - The Washington Gazette (Washington, NC)

Changes In Lighthouse Service (Joseph Burrus):
6 Apr 1906 - Evening Star (Washington DC)