Record #:

29859

Author(s):

Couch, Danny

Abstract:

Benjamin B. Dailey, keeper of the Cape Hatteras Station, received Gold Lifesaving Medals issued in the first thirty years of the Life Saving Service in North Carolina. This medal of honor was the highest award available for lifesaving from the United States government. One such award was received for the rescue of the EPHRAIM WILLIAMS that encountered stormy weather in 1889.

Source:

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 3 Issue 3, July 1976, p4-7, il, por

Subject(s):

Life-saving--North Carolina; EPHRAIM WILLIAMS (Barkentine)