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Wreck of the Paraguay

Record #:
15057
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Abstract:
One of the worst wrecks ever to occur off the coast of North Carolina gave Coast Guardsmen stationed at Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, and Nag's Head stations an opportunity to effect one of the most thrilling rescues of human life in the history of the service. The ship, Paraguay, enroute from Spain to New York City, ran aground in strong winds between Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills, but Coast Guardsmen rescued twenty-four of the Greek seamen aboard the vessel.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 8 Issue 18, Sept 1940, p9, f