The Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA, 14 Jun 1842 |
"The Blue Book says we've got to go out and it doesn't say a damn thing about having to come back." --Captain Patrick Etheridge, USLSS
A compilation of U.S. Life-Saving Service reports, newspaper articles, publications and more related to shipwrecks of the N.C. coast. Does not include ships that were hauled off or otherwise saved.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Brig D.W. Hall ~ 8 Jun 1842
The brig D.W. Hall, Captain Atwell commanding, was en route from Mobile, AL to Baltimore when it went ashore 12 miles south of Hatteras Light during a strong southeast gale. Her crew and cargo of cotton were saved.
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