February 6, 1907 – The three-masted schooner Hilda, grounded on inner Diamond Shoals 5 miles offshore in a heavy gale about 4 a.m. A heroic effort was made by crews from both stations to save those on board but all 7 perished: 2:15 a.m.—Surfmen B.F. Etheridge and U.B. Williams of Cape Hatteras Station …
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EFFECT OF THE EASTERN STORM. Great Havoc Done in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, A Score of Persons Drowned and Two Million Dollars’ Loss Inflicted. The Loss in the City of Boston Alone Estimated at Nearly a Million and a Half Dollars – New York City Experiences Her Coldest Day of the Season. BOSTON, …
On the 2nd of February 1848, less than two weeks after the discovery of gold in California, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, which secured peace at the end of the two-year American-Mexican War. This was important for the United States, which obtained several bordering states and, essentially, the ownership of California. The latter …
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Built in four months at a cost of $16,000 and launched on February 1, 1894 at the James & Tarr shipyard in Essex MA, EFFIE M. MORRISSEY was owned by Captain William E. Morrissey and the John F. Wonson, Co. of Gloucester, MA. The vessel was named after Captain Morrissey’s daughter. The ship’s illustrious career …
Through the Wreck of the Metropolis, on January 31, 1878, an Act was Passed by Congress The United States Lifesaving Service (USLSS) was created by the United States Government in 1872 in order to protect lives and shipping interests along the coast. In 1874, the first lifesaving stations were built along the North …
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