Between 9 and 10 o’clock in the morning of this date the keeper of the Cape Lookout Station (6th District), North Carolina, saw a small boat, containing several men, land about a mile and a half north of the station. Upon investigation he found them to be the first officer and four men from the steamship Aberlady Bay, of North Shields, England, which had stranded on the outer end of Lookout Shoals, some 10 miles to the south-eastward. They desired to forward telegrams for assistance. These the keeper conveyed to Beaufort, the nearest office, about 11 miles distant, and the following day several tugs arrived from Wilmington and Norfolk, but their efforts to save the vessel were fruitless, as she broke in two and became a total loss.
Wilmington Morning Star
Sunday, May 12, 1889
A steamship in distress - Information was received here yesterday that the British steamship ABERLADY BAY, 1188 tons, Captain McGregor was ashore off Beaufort with prop broken. The steamer is bound from Port royal, South Carolina to Norfolk, Virginia for coal.
Wilmington Morning Star
Tuesday, May 14, 1889
Advices were received here last night from Beaufort, N.C. that the British steamship ABERLADY BAY, ashore off Beaufort, N.C. had broken in two and was a total wreck. The tugs BLANCHE and ALEXANDER JONES went to the assistance of the stranded steamer last Saturday night, but were unable to get her off, and during the high sea that was running yesterday she broke up.
Mr. W.H. Sprunt, acting British Vice Consul at this port telegraphed last Saturday that all assistance required would be rendered, and sent the two tugs named to assist the distressed steamer. Last night he received a telegram from the Collector of Customs at Beaufort, Mr. W.T. Howland, stating that the steamship was a total loss, and that Captain McGregor and his crew of twenty-one men were at Beaufort and desired to go to Norfolk.
Wilmington Morning Star
Sunday, May 12, 1889
A steamship in distress - Information was received here yesterday that the British steamship ABERLADY BAY, 1188 tons, Captain McGregor was ashore off Beaufort with prop broken. The steamer is bound from Port royal, South Carolina to Norfolk, Virginia for coal.
Wilmington Morning Star
Tuesday, May 14, 1889
Advices were received here last night from Beaufort, N.C. that the British steamship ABERLADY BAY, ashore off Beaufort, N.C. had broken in two and was a total wreck. The tugs BLANCHE and ALEXANDER JONES went to the assistance of the stranded steamer last Saturday night, but were unable to get her off, and during the high sea that was running yesterday she broke up.
Mr. W.H. Sprunt, acting British Vice Consul at this port telegraphed last Saturday that all assistance required would be rendered, and sent the two tugs named to assist the distressed steamer. Last night he received a telegram from the Collector of Customs at Beaufort, Mr. W.T. Howland, stating that the steamship was a total loss, and that Captain McGregor and his crew of twenty-one men were at Beaufort and desired to go to Norfolk.
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