Record #:

6249

Author(s):

Abstract:

The Lifesaving Service was the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard. In North Carolina there were twenty-nine lifesaving stations covering the Outer Banks from Wash Wood to Cape Fear. The first seven were erected in 1874. Schenck describes life at a lifesaving station and some of the rescues.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 6 Issue 3, May/June 1978, p34-37, 39, il, por, map

Subject(s):

Life-saving stations--Outer Banks