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Rasmus Midgett sits on the wreckage of the Priscilla. He single-handedly saved ten people from this ship.
NC Division of Archives and History, printed in The Great Hurricanes of North Carolina by John Hairr.
The Diamond Shoals lightship LV-69 was driven ashore during the storm. The entire crew was rescued by Captain H.W. Styron and surfmen from the nearby Creed's Hill Lifesaving Station.
NC Division of Archives and History, printed in The Great Hurricanes of North Carolina by John Hairr.
The Diamond Shoals lightship LV-69 was repaired and soon returned to duty.
NOAA, printed in The Great Hurricanes of North Carolina by John Hairr.
Many other ships were also driven ashore during the storm.
NC Division of Archives and History, printed in The Great Hurricanes of North Carolina by John Hairr.
Crewmen from the Big Kinnakeet Lifesaving Station rescued several sailors from the stranded ship, Florence Randall.
NC Division of Archives and History, printed in The Great Hurricanes of North Carolina by John Hairr.
Crewmen from the Little Kinnakeet Lifesaving Station also rescued stranded sailors during the storm.
NC Division of Archives and History, printed in The Great Hurricanes of North Carolina by John Hairr.
Two families escaped the rising storm surge by fleeing inside the Portsmouth Lifesaving Station.
NC Division of Archives and History, printed in The Great Hurricanes of North Carolina by John Hairr.
