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MEN- and the SEA
TRUE STORIES OF /,
BRAVE OLD DAYS
Gallant Deeds of By-Gone
Years in The Walter / f/jUKt AMSaLafE IXWA
Raleigh Coastland.
STRANDING OF SCHOONER
RICHARD HARTLEY
On the afternoon of September 2,
1918, the 469 ton schooner, Richard
F. C. Hartley, bound from New
York to Charleston, S. C., with a
cargo of salt, ran ashore on the
North Carolina eoast during the
prevalence of a severe east-north
east gale, the vessel and cargo be
coming a total loss. The schooner
broke up very shortly after she
struck precipitating the seven mem
bers of her crew into the sea. Five
of them were hauled out of the
surf by life-savers of the Chicama
comieo Gull Shoal, and New Inlet
Stations. The two others, the cook
and a seaman (names unknown)-
were drowned.
When the schooner was over
taken by bad weather she was 20
miles off Bodie Island, N. C. It ap
pears from the testimony of her
master that the gale carried away
tier topmast jibbom, and head sails,
and that after this wreckage went
overboard it got under her bow,
rendering her more or less unman
ageable. The buffeting of the seas,
which were running high, set her
badly aleak also. As she was in
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great danger of foundering, the
fi master chose what was doubtless
the lesser of two evils and headed
J her for the shore, hoping thereby to
I save the lives of his crew and him
r self, if not his ship.
1 The schooner was discovered by
! the surfman on watch at Chica-
* macomico Station about two o’clock
■ in the afternoon of September 2.
' She was at that time a mile or so
p offshore and headed for the beach
* with a flag in her rigging, union
■ down. The news of the discovery
* was promptly telephoned to the
! Gull Shoal and New Inlet Stations,
' situation, respectively below and
E above the station first named. The
E Chicamacomico life-savers thereup
' on set out down the beach with
their breeches buoy gear. They
■ came abreast of the vessel two
) miles from their station and were
soon joined by the crews of the two
other stations, the vessel having
, stranded in the meantime twelve or
fifteen hundred feet out from the
’ shore. The velocity of the wind at
’ this time was fully 70 miles an
’ hour. Moreover, it blew almost di
rectly toward the land, rendering
! the outlook for putting a line over
( the schooner exceedingly doubtful.
However, as the state of the sea
was such as to prevent the launch
ing of a boat, the breeches buoy
offered what appeared to be the
only chance of effecting a rescue.
‘Moments were precious. Only 30
minutes had elapsed since the ves
sel struck. She lay low in the water,
with her jib, foremast and main
mast broken off, and was already
breaking up. The life-savers could
see that she would last only a short
time. The crew, all of whom were
still alive, were huddled on top of
the cabin, clinging to the spanker
boom.
The first shot, fired with a 6-
ounce charge of powder, 'carried a
No. 9 line not more than half-way
to the vessel. Before another line
could be sent out a heavy run of
seas swept over that part of the
ship which had offered temporary
refuge for the sailors, further
crumbling the schooner and carry
ing overboard all hands except one
man. Fortunately, practically all
of the seamen who were precipitat
ed into the water succeeded in lay
ing hold of floating wreckage
which the wind, offsetting the force
of the swift long-shore current,
spent in toward the land. When
these came within wading depth,
the life-savers rushed to the water
to their rescue.
Almost miracuously, considering
the state of the wreckage-filled
surf, five of the six were hauled
safely to the beach. The sixth man
was not seen after the boarding
seas carried him and his shipmates
away. While the rescue work of
these mentioned was going on a No.
seven line was shot out with eight
ounces of powder in the hope that
it would fall within reach of the 1
"READ .. . AND WATCH ’
YOUR WORLD GROW"
Did you know that: .
' —More than 40,700 schools have
j no school library; 10,600,000 young
I Americans attend these schools.
—Public schools with libraries
average approximately only 5 book'
per pupil.
—Less than half of all college
libraries have 50,000 volumes.
—Actual (est.) per capita annual
exoenditure for public libraries is
11.44.
—25 million Americans have no
public library service.
, —SO million Americans have sub
j standard service.
1 Is it any wonder that President
j Kennedy said recently that "...
. there is an important gap in the
availability of books and libraries
to our citizens ... I hope very much
' that National Library Week will
' have widespread citizen participa
c tion and .. . serve to encourage all
' of us to improve libraries and to
• stimulate- reading throughout the
1 nation.”
1 National Library Week, which
[ will be observed this year from
' April 8-14, is the annual climax-as
j well as the starting point of many
’ year-round local and national ac
! tivities designed to develop read
ing and library resources.
' The Dare County Library and its
r staff have friends have planned an
J extensive program to whip up en
! thusiasm for reading and library
’ improvement during National Li-
• brary Week. “Read and Watch Your
' World Grow” is their theme for
! this year, but the phrase is mean
: ingless unless given recognition by
1 the people.
How long has it been since you
; read a book? If you are a regular
reader, have you made an efort to
• improve the quality of your read
-1 ing? The Dare County Library has
rearranged its shelves; have you
r seen the renovation? Are you
! aware that our county has one of
■ the finest libraries, for its size in
• the state?
Why don’t you visit your library
> soon. Browse through the oollec-
• tion and don’t be embarrassed to
' ask questions. The library staff is
I anxious to be of help. Take time
to read and read still more, redis-
> covering each time the wonders,
! the delights, and the brain-streteh-
■ ing power of the printed word.
You’ll be glad that you did.
■ one man still on the wreck. This
' line, like the first one, fell far
1 short of the mark. Before a third
■line could be fired, the man was
’ washed overboard to his death. He
’ was never seen again.
That so many persons were res-
• cued in this case is remarkable,
1 considering the attendant circum
-1 stances. The schooner literally
broke up under the feet of the
■ crew, throwing them into an ex
-1 tremely rough area of the surf, fil
f led with trashing wreckage. The
> survivors from the master down,
1 heartily of the opinion that the life-
> savers did all that was humanly
' possible in their behalf. It was a
case where the forces of nature,
! wrecking their power upon an old
I vessel, accomplished its destruction
I before the pigmy efforts of man
1 could avail to save the lives of all
’ the persons imperiled.
i
■ The mere lapse of years is not
' life. . . . Knowledge, truth, love,
> beauty, goodness, faith, alone can
; give vitality to the mechanism of
i existence. —James Martineau
THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
JIMMY FOSTER NAMED 1962 STATE EASTER SEAL CHILD
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CHAPEL HILL.—Dr. John W. Baluss, Jr., President of the North
Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc.—the State
Easter Seal Organization—announced the selection of Jimmy Foster of
Reidsville as the 1962 State Easter Seal Child. Jimmy is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Foster.
Although physically handicapped, Jimmy, with the use of a wheel
chair, is doing many of the things that other boys his age are doing.
He is in the Sth grade at public school, and his main'interests now are
coin collecting, model airplane building, and watching football on
television.
Each year Jimmy looks forward to attending the Easter Seal
Camp which is for crippled children from all over the State. At the
camp, operated by the N. C. Society for Crippled Children and Adults,
Jimmy will have an opportunity to engage in his favorite sports, fishing
and swimming, as well as other camping and outdoor activities.
During the Easter Seal Campaign, March 15 through April 22,
Jimmy will bring the message of hope and a promise for an independent
future for crippled children who are helped by Easter Seal contribu
tions. Jimmy will highlight his part in the Easter Seal campaign by a
visit to Governor Terry Sanford, a former State Easter Seal Chairman,
when he presents the first 1962 Easter Seals to the governor next month.
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M.Y.F. HAS MEETING
On Sunday evening Engelhard
M.Y.F. members, their parents
and guests met at the church
for a family dinner. Speakers
were Leon Ballance, Roy Lowe
and Hayes Hurdle. Mrs. Roy
Lowe and Mrs. Charlotte Mar
shall are taking the place of
Mrs. Myra Patrick and Mrs.
Susie Jarvis as councillors.
Speedy driver’s note. Better
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than a little early up there.
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DARE COAST FISH
SNARE IS PRIZES
Three species of big game salt
water fishes taken from Dare
Coast Outer Banks waters shared
top-ten honors in the 51st annual
Field and Stream international
fishing contest for 1961, it was stat
ed here today by Lansdale
“Bounce” Anderson, outdoor writer
and film producer, who now makes
his home on Hatteras.
Anderson stated he had receiv
ed advance information from Mike
Bill, his former secretary, now
fishing contest editor of the na
tional outdoor sports magazine
that seven blue marlin, six channel
bass and two white marlin taken
off Hatteras Island and Oregon In
let were awarded prizes or receiv
ed honorable mention.
He pointed out that while the
largest blue marlin, a 620 pounder
was landed in the Bahamas the
next six runnerups, ranging from
410 to 553% pounds were taken in
fish famous Cape Hatteras waters
by anglers aboard Hatteras or Ore
gon Inlet-based cruisers.
The largest channel bass, a 67-
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i pounder, was caught at Cobbs Is
land, Va., but the next three run
ners-up scaling up to 65% pounds
were taken in Outer Banks waters
to win prizes while three more re
ceived honorable mention. Two
white marlin, weighing 86 and 94
pounds, boated off Hatteras made
the top 10 in this class but the
money prize whites were caught in
Florida or waters of other states.
Most of the top ten fish taken
in waters of the North Carolina
Outer Banks were taken during
late Spring 1961.
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