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

Kinnakeet Station by Keeper
Scarborough's direction and the
castaways were at once conducted
thither.
A muster was also made OF all
til drv clothing ohtainable. includ-
;ne the snpplv received from the
IWomen's National Relief Associa-
ton. but it was then in sufficient 10
clothe them all and three OF the
Door fellows were comnelled to re-
main in their wet garments until
thew were taken to Dailey's station
after the meal was over. a~d the"
were somewhat revived. Thus was
accomplished one IF the most dar-
ing rescues of the Life Saving Ser
vice since its organization.
The officer detailed to inquire
into the circumstances of the gal
liant affair closes his report with
the following remarks:
~ do not believe that a greater
act of heroism is recorded than
that of Daley and his crew on this
momentous occasion. These poor,
plain men. jewellers upon the Lonely
sands of Hatteras, took their lives
in their hands, and, at the most
Imminent risk, crossed the most
tumultuous sea that any boat with
in the memory of living men had
ever attempted on that bleak coast,
and all for what? That others
might live to see home and friends.
The thought of reward or mrcenary
appeal never once entered their
minds. Duty, their sense of obliga-
ton and the credit to the Service
impelled them to do their mighty
best. The names of Benjamin B.
Daley and his comrades in this
. magnificent feat should never be
forgotten. AS long as the Life-Sa-
wing Service has the good fortune
to number among it's keepers and
crews such men as these, no fear
need ever be entertained for their
)good NAME or purposes
1t should be stated that, before
the arrival of the life saving crew
alongside the bark, the people had
begun the construction of RATS
upon which to attempt to reach
the shore. In fact, one of these
RATS, with the mate and Ione sea-
man on it, had already showed off,
but the captain seeing the boat
coming, had called them back and
the raft lying astern of the bark
when the rescuers arrived. There
can, therefore, be no doubt but that
for the timely arrival of the surf
boat the entire ships company
would have taken to the RATS, in
which case it is morally certain
they would have all been swept off,
and not soul left to tell the tale.
At the time of the rescue the
bark's decks were awash, and she
was apparently broken in two, and,
as she subsequently drifted off to
!, the northeast with the sea and cur
rent, nothing could be learned of
what became of her. Being an old
vessel she probably burst open and
went to pieces. Her crew were
cared for at the station for several
days, until they could be provided
with transportation to their homes,
the captain, the mate and the cook
taking passage up the sound to
Elizabeth City, while the rest were
put on board passing vessels after
The stormy weather abated.
The boats crew, consisting of
Keeper Benjamin B. Daley and
Surfmen Isasac H. Midget, Thorn.
Gray, John H. Midget, Jabez B.
Jennett, and Charles Fulcher of the
Cape Hatteras Station, and Keeper
Patrick H. Etheridge of the Creed's
Hill Station, were awarded medals
of the first class for their conspic-
uous bravery.
Statistics: Barkentine Ephraim
Williams of Providence, Rhode Is
land, bound from Savannah, Ca,
with a cargo of pine lumber all