"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.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Schooner Eunity B. Wharton ~ 31 December 1877
The 133-ton schooner Eunity B. Wharton went ashore in Hatteras Inlet. Then, during a gale on January 4, 1878, she sank turning bottom up. The Wharton, under the command of Captain Harry Allen, was enroute to New York from Pantego with a load of shingles and timber. The cargo and vessel were totally lost. The wrecking schooner Metor ran aground while trying to get her off.
Labels:
1877,
Hatteras Inlet,
Metor,
Schooner
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