Record #:

11411

Author(s):

Brown, Aycock

Abstract:

Torpedoed off North Carolina's Outer Banks by a German submarine on August 18, 1918, the British tanker MIRLO exploded in flames. Members of the Chicamacomico Life Saving Station responded. Brown recounts the thrilling rescue as coastguardsmen rowed through a sea of flames rescue the Mirlo's crew.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 14, Sept 1933, p21, 23

Subject(s):

Life-saving Stations--Chicamacomico