The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-04

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Clayton Gray, who had left home
December 10Th to get stakes from
South Greek, never got home until
January 31st.
One Man Killed
On the 18th of February, Ramsey
Q. Smith was brought home from
Hyde County dead. He had died
from shot wound accidentally in
flicted by one of Tom Fulcher's
boys.
On the 21st the shad men had
not done much. On the 18th the
highest number caught was ten. L.
B. Whedbee had caught nine shad
during the month of February.
On March 9th, S. R. Styron, got
&C shad, and others got from 38 to
48. On the oath. S. r. Styron got
over 200 shad and only shipped 81.
On December 18th, 1894, it was
blowing hard to northwest, cold
and showing. December goth, cold
and freezing, and on the 31st,
"snowed as hard as / ever saw it
until three o'clock in the after
noon." January 1st, 1895, it was
cold and freezing, the snow still
lying on the ground. On the 18th
it was still cold and freezing. U.
O'Neal cut through the ice outside
of his boat and went to his pound
net; got no fish.
Captain Styron Frozen In
H. w. Styron left Hatteras Feb
ruary 7th, on the sharpe belonging.
to Capt. Dozier Bur1us. That night
the wind shifted to northwest; got
to Roanoke Marshes next morning,
blowing and freezing; and had to
lay there until Sunday the oath on
account of the sound being froze
over. There was no passing from
Elizabeth City to New Bern from
February 9th to February 23rd.
This was the longest freeze ever
known in the month of February.
Capt. Homer Styron got home Feb
ruary Goth. Passage of 10 days
from Hatteras to Elizabeth City.
On March End, 1895, the wind
was southwest, blowing hard. The
highest tide since Hatteras Inlet
cut out was on Sunday, October
10th, 1896.
The greatest run of trout ever
| known along the beach was on
Saturday, December 18th, 1896.
They only got down to Trent at
shutdown. The fishermen at Trent
caught 5000 or 5000.
Old Woman Burned to Death
Going back to 1894. Menthy
Stowe, Is years old, living with
her son, Frank, caught fire while
parching coffee and burned to
death. All her clothes burned off
even to her shoes tops. 1t was the
awfullest scene ever witnessed.
A Man Drowned
On January 10Th, 1895. Levin
Dudley and Fillmore Gaskins left
Juniper Bay in the Flat Boat,
loaded with shadnet stakes. The
wind shifted and blew very hard
from the north northeast. When
they were near Gideon's Reef, she
sunk with them and rolled over.
They got on her bottom. Fillmore
died that night about ten o'clock.
Levin remained on the bottom of
the boat from Friday one o'clock
until Monday evening. He was
taken off and carried to Ocracoke,
The boat drifted up on Towards
Reef. She was an open-boat skiff-
built sloop rig, belonging to A. J.
! Stowe and brothers. Fill was never
heard of until March 22nd, 1895.
He was found at the Gull Shoals
and brought home and buried
March "a, 1895. He was identified
by the oyster license found in his
pocket.
And so it goes. There was freez-
/ ing, and snow and ice, and many
hardships and much suffering. Sor-
row came to many homes during
that period, and no doubt many
people thought bitter times had
come upon the land. But Hatteras
and the Coastland continue to
march on; has seen much, more
cold weather, and today Hatteras
is one of the MOST prosperous viii
lagos of the coastland. foremost
and famous in genuine hospitality,
and friends.
The unusually severe weather
that has brought immense hard
ships on the Dare County people,
is no worse than many of the older
folks suffered years ago. No doubt
they were less in debt, had more
food laid by for emergency, and
better to carry on than now. But
from time to time, Dare people
have had to endure cold weather.