Showing posts with label 1920. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1920. Show all posts

Friday, April 20, 2012

Endeavorer ~ 21 November 1920

On this day in 1920 surfmen from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Bogue Inlet find the vessel Endeavorer tied up to the sea bouy and unoccupied. A capsized lifeboat had been found earlier in the inlet. The Annual Report of the Coast Guard states that two lives were lost in the incident. The following article details the incident.


Sunday, February 12, 2012

Schooner Momie T. ~ 27 January 1920

The 475 ton American 4-masted schooner, Momie T., was built as the George F. Scannell in Mystic, Conn. While en route from West Indies to Philadelphia, she was lost after running aground at Caffey's Inlet, Currituck.

Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920:

Stranded in thick weather; took off crew with breeches buoy; gave mate's wife, who was injured and unconscious, restorative treatment and called doctor to attend her. Succor and clothing furnished by station No. 170; vessel a total loss.