Record #:

35952

Author(s):

Austin, Martha Barnett

Abstract:

Remnants of the ship, sunk between Hatteras Island and Ocracoke in 1913, were reputedly left along the coast. Pieces of the wreckage could also be perceived in its survivors and those left behind, like Mrs. Martha Barnett, to tell the tale.

Source:

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Summer 1974, p57

Subject(s):

Shipwrecks; Schooners; Hatteras Island--History; Ocracoke--History; Hurricanes; Hurricanes--Outer Banks; Hatteras Inlet--History; GEORGE W. WELLS (ship)

Record #:

35953

Author(s):

Scarborough, Lana

Abstract:

Accompaniment to the Martha Barnett Austin’s “Shipwreck! The George W. Wells” was this article, whose information about the sunken schooner was referenced from David Stick’s Graveyard of the Atlantic.

Source:

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Summer 1974, p58

Subject(s):

Stick, David, 1919-2009; Hatteras Island--History; Hatteras Inlet--History; Outer Banks; Outer Banks--History; Hurricanes; Hurricanes--Outer Banks; GEORGE W. WELLS (ship)