All in a Day's Work for the Lighthouse Service

A hurricane hit the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Sept. 2 & 3, 1913.

With the damage inflicted by Hurricane Irene fresh in our minds, below are some noteworthy excerpts from the Lighthouse Service Annual Report of 1914.

Illustration: Ocracoke Island Light by Gerald C. Hill, from Southeast Lighthouses Illustrated Map & Guide.

SAVING OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BY VESSELS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1914

Vessel or employee rendering service.	Nature of assistance.
Tillman F. Smith, keeper, Washington, N.C., lighthouse depot.	Saved buoys from going adrift from lighthouse depot in storm.
Daniel T. Paul, laborer in charge, Rumley Marsh Light, N.C.	Recovered lighthouse property after a storm.
Robert H. Bertram, master, Light Vessel No. 80.	Kept light displayed on light vessel with proper characteristics during storm.
Mumford Guynn, keeper, and James O. Casey, assistant keeper, Pamlico Point Light Station, N,C.	Ditto.
Wesley Austin, keeper, Ocracoke Light Station, N.C.	Saved the Government property in his charge and gave shelter to the residents of Ocracoke Island during storm.
John T. Shipp, keeper, and Thomas Quidley, assistant keeper, Neuse River Light Station, N.C.	Saved the Government property in their charge during storm.
Alexander T. Loss, mate, and crew of Light Vessel No. 71. [Stationed at hazardous Diamond Shoal, off Cape Hatteras, torpedoed by a German submarine in 1918.]	Kept light vessel near her station during storm.
Herbert R. Brownley, first officer, tender Juniper.	Rendered assistance to 3 men on board the power boat which had become disabled near Beaufort Inlet, N.C.
Tender Maple, Thomas J. Miles, commanding.	Took wrecked schooner in tow and beached her on Cedar Point, Md.
Randolph Scarborough, master, Light Vessel No. 80 and crew.	Efficient service in handling light vessel and quickly returning her to station after she had parted moorings in hurricane.