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) |