The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-05-19

watching her, flag was run up to
the masthead as a signal of dis
tress. This was enough for the brav
Daley and his crew as well as the
others, and preparations We're at
once made to launch.
The Cape Hatteras men were
soon ready. They dashed all loose
articles in the boat, stripped off
clothing that might in any way i'm
pede their movements in case of a
capsize, and then, DOMINIC their
cork belts, at the word from the
keeper. showed the boat in and gaze
way. A glance seaward revealed a
towering and almost unbroken wall
of tumultuous wafer, which seemed
to threaten destruction to any
craft defiant enough to give battle.
But away beyond in the offing
there were lives in peril which
must be saved at any hazard. To
those who had assembled on the
shore it seemed a forelorn hope
and a few dared believe it would be
successful. The breakers on the in
ner bar, immense in theselves, were
crossed in safety, but then came
the infinitely more hazardous pas
sage on the outer bar, nearly half
mile from the shore, where the
billow met the first shock of resis-
lance as they Numbered shoreward.
The whole scene was awfully
grand, and enough to make the
stoutest heart quail.
AS Daley neared the billowy
barrier he held his boat in check
for a brief period awaiting his
chance. The chance came ere long,
when the huge combers directly
ahead flattened out in seething,
roaring foam. Quick as a flash the
word was given to the hardy row.
ers, and before the angry water
could again rear herself, a few
powerful strokes with the oars had
carried the boat safely beyond the
bar, and the greatest danger was
past. 1t was a marvel to the people
on shore how the sturdy fellows got
thru. 1t was so magnificently done.
There were times when the entire
interior of the boat could be seen
as it mounted the seas, and the
watchers held their breath, fully
expecting to see it topple back
ward, bottom up.
No such another chance was af-
forded Keeper Scarborough and
crew of the Big Kinnakeet Station
who attempted to follow in Dailey's
wake, and after vainly watching
for another slatch, such as that ia
ken advantage of by Daily, they
were compelled very much against
their inclination, to turn back and
beach the boat. There was still a
pull of several miles in a storm
tossed sea for Daley and his gal,
liant fellows ere the bark was
reached, but reach her they did al
about an hour after noon. 1t was
impossible to lay the boat along.
side for fear of swapping it, so il
was anchored by means of line
thrown to them by the captain
and by watching their opportunity
to sheer in close enough to take tbr
men off one by one.
This required the most skillful
maneuver to avoid staving the boat
The rescued people were almost
persisted with cold and hunger, as
they had been in the condition il
which they were found for ovel
ninety hours, or since the 18th
when the gale set in, completely
drenched to the skin and without
food or water. AS soon as they
were seated and everything was ir
readiness, the anchor was weighed
and a start made for the shore.
Keeper Etheridge relieved Dali
ley at the steering-oar Will the
latter tended the drag. The boat la
den with its living freight of six.
deep, but it rode the still tremen
dous seas like duck, and aftel
safely passing the outline of break
ers, reached the shore in goot
shape, where it was met by thu
Big Kinnakeet crew and others ant
run well up on the beach. A heart!
meal had ben prepared at the Big