Record #:

7581

Author(s):

Couch, Danny

Abstract:

Couch recounts the story of a heroic rescue of the barkentine EPHRAIM WILLIAMS in the rough seas off Cape Hatteras 1889. Station keepers Benjamin B. Dailey, Patrick H. Etheridge, and several surfmen received the Gold Lifesaving Medal for this rescue.

Source:

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 1977, p30-35, il

Subject(s):

Life-saving stations--Hatteras Island