Schooner Orient ~ 18 April 1908

The 89-ton fishing schooner Orient was out of New York. On April 18, 1908 she was anchored in the Bight and signaled for assistance. When the station crew boarded her there were only two men on board, the captain and the cook. They had lost 16 men in fishing dories off Hatteras. The lifesavers assisted in getting the vessel underway. They returned that night and while trying to get the sails down the vessel ran ashore in Cape Lookout Bight one mile WNW of the station. They again signaled for help. Surfman Tyre Moore saw their signal and the station crew went to their assistance in the surfboat. They boarded the vessel about 30 minutes later and removed the two men ... Charles Nordstadt, Captain, or Brooklyn, New York and W.A. Wallace, steward of Key Port, New Jersey ... along with the entire crew's personal affects and took them to the station, where they were cared for. During the night the vessel filled with water and settled in the sand with her lee rail under water. The station crew boarded the vessel but was unable to save anything. On the 22nd the captain returned to the station with the schooners agent, who sold the sail and rigging for $150.00. The Orient was abandoned. The missing fishermen were rescued by another fishing boat.