Schooner C.R. Bennett ~ 6 December 1906

Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906:

On the morning of December 6, 1906 the schooner C.R. Bennett was stranded on "nine foot shoal", three miles northeast of the Ocracoke Station. The station crew went to her assistance, arriving at 8:30 a.m. ... "Keeper and crew run her cable & works on her 3 hours & could not get her off." They returned to the station as noon ... "Schr floted on nex high tide."
     Late on the afternoon of the 8th, during ... "bad weather NW, high tide, rough sea, the BENNETT draged anchor," and once more went aground on the same shoal. At 8 a.m. the next morning Captain D.M. Merrett again signaled for assistance. The station crew went to their assistance and ... "lightered the cargo & floted the schr ... worke on schr 34 hours." Captain Merrett and his two crewman, J.S. Sharp and Alphar Day, were from Chincoteague, VA and had come to Ocracoke to buy oysters.
     Four years later on December 31, 1910 the C.R. Bennett was in the area again, buying oysters, when she ran aground on the south side of the cut, 3-1/2 miles from the Portsmouth Station. The Portsmouth crew worked on her for two days without success. The revenue cutter arrived on January 8, 1911, but was also unsuccessful. Finally on the 16th, with the assistance of the cutter's crew, the vessel was floated and anchored in Sheep Island Slough, where she loaded with oysters.

Schooner Jennie Lockwood ~ 13 February 1906

Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906:

During a severe northerly gale, thick weather and high sea this vessel stranded at 5 a.m. 200 yards E. of the former station. The patrol discovered her and reported her to the keeper, who telephoned to the Oregon Inlet station to come down and lend a hand at the wreck. At 10 a.m. the Pea Island crew arrived abreast of the stranded craft and their beach apparatus and fired a shot from the Lyle gun, the line falling over the fore rigging. The crew from Oregon Inlet now arrived, and by means of the breeches buoy all hands—there were 7 in all—were safely landed and taken to the Pea Island station and succored for 6 days. The schooner was lost.

The Jenny Lockwood was a three-masted schooner built in Thomaston, ME in 1882 by S.S. Gerry & Co. William Pierce Stubbs painted two portraits of the Lockwood between 1882 and 1894 ... one in calm waters and the other in stormy seas:

Schooner Luther B. Mayo ~ Abt. 29 July 1906

Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD

Washington Progress, Washington, DC

Schooner Matilda D. Borda ~ 16 July 1906

Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907:

This vessel, coal laden and bound from Port Johnson, NY, to Savannah, GA, stranded on the North Carolina coast during smoky weather, striking the beach ¾ mile from the Gull Shoal station and 1 mile from the Little Kinnakeet station at 2.30 a.m. The keeper at Gull Shoal notified Little Kinnakeet station of the wreck, then launched surfboat and proceeded to her assistance, arriving alongside at 6 a.m. As nothing could be done toward floating the schooner, the surfmen landed the crew with their effects. The shipwrecked sailors were taken to the station, where they remained for 8 days. The vessel proved a total loss.

Schooner Myrtle Tunnell ~ 9 March 1906

Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906:

Ran aground on Frying Pan Shoals, 12 miles from shore, during a fresh SW. wind and smoky weather. The keeper notified the commanding officer of the revenue cutter Seminole, also a tug, then launched surfboat and boarded the stranded craft at 6.30 a.m. Part of her cargo was jettisoned and the Seminole and the tug pulled on her but failed to float her. The crew then abandoned the wreck and were conveyed to Southport. Later her hull filled with water and she was lost.

Steamer Maggie S. Hart ~ January 1906

Paducah Sun, Paducah, KY, 2 February 1906

Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906:

At midnight, during hazy weather this vessel struck the beach 1-1/2 miles S. of Hatteras Inlet and 400 yards from the shore. The keeper, upon discovering her situation, fired a Coston signal from the station and then called his crew. The beach apparatus was hastily transported to the scene, the Lyle gun placed in position, and three shots fired; but owing to her lying bow on to the beach all effort to land a line on board proved futile. Recourse was now had to the surfboat, which was launched, and the lifesavers went forth to the rescue, arriving alongside the ill-fated schooner at 3 a.m. The entire crew, 7 in all, with their effects, were landed in safety and conveyed to the station, where they were cared for until they departed for their homes on the 4th instant. The vessel was afterwards floated and towed to port.

HATTERAS INLET, NORTH CAROLINA, February 4, 1906

“MY DEAR SIR: Through you I wish to heartily thank Capt. D.W. Barnett and his men for their timely assistance to myself and crew of the schooner Maggie S. Hart, and I found Captain Barnett and his men true, courteous gentlemen. My crew join me in heartfelt thanks for the many kind considerations shown us while at the station. Very respectfully, G.L. Foster, Master, Schooner Maggie S. Hart.”

Schooner Nellie Floyd ~ 18 September 1906

Schooner Robert H. Stevenson ~ 13 January 1906

Schooner Raymond T. Maull ~ 21 March 1906

Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906:

Became water-logged when 10 miles off the coast, drifted to shore and foundered within ½ mile of Gull Shoal life-saving station, where she was discovered by a surfman at 2.30 a.m. The adjacent stations wee at once informed of the casualty by telephone, and the life savers assembled at the wreck, launched a boat successfully through a high-running surf, and pulled to the rescue of the imperiled sailors. The entire crew, 7 in all, were landed by the surfmen without mishap and conveyed with their effects by team to the Chicamacomico station, where they were succored until able to depart for their homes. The schooner was a total loss.

Schooner Robert H. Stevenson ~ 13 January 1906

San Francisco Call, January 18, 1906
Vol. 99, No. 49