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Testimonies from People Rescued by the U.S. Lifesaving Service
On February 14, I was logged up with ice off Hatteras Banks, about 3 miles from land and without assistance, and being in a dangerous position I hoisted my flag at 8 A.M. At 9:30 A.M. the keeper and crew of Little Kinnakeet Life-Saving Station were discovered beating their way through the ice...   full story

Rescue of the Mirlo,1918
an excerpt of the famous Mirlo rescue from the Chicamacomico Station Logbook, August 16, 1918. 4:00 p.m. to Mid. At 4:30 p.m. lookout reported seeing a great mass of water shoot up in the air which seemed to cover the after portion of a steamer that was about seven miles E by S of this Station and heading in a Northerly direction...   full story

Rasmus Midgett Rescues the Crew of Priscilla, 1899
At 3:00 AM on 18 August 1899, Surfman Rasmus S. Midgett of the Gull Shoal (NC) Station, set out on horseback to make the regular south patrol. When he reached a point about three-fourths of a mile from the station he discovered buckets, barrels, boxes, and other articles coming ashore...  . full story

Wreck of the E.S. Newman, 1896
The three-masted schooner E.S. Newman, sailing from Providence, RI to Norfolk, VA ran into a hurricane. Pushed before the storm, the ship lost all sails and drifted almost 100 miles before it ran aground about two miles south of the Pea Island Life-Saving Station (NC) on 11 October 1896. The...  . full story

The Wreck of the Metropolis, 1878
Peering through a thick blanket of fog on the morning of January 31, 1878, local fishermen were the first to spot the grounded vessel. There was no time to lose; the steamer would break up fast! Acting quickly, they pulled half a dozen survivors from the sea and dispatched a rider to notify the...  . full story

Wreck of the Barkentine Ephraim Williams, 1884
On 22 December 1884 the crew of the Cape Hatteras (NC) Station (Sixth District), performed one of the most heroic feats in the annals of the Life-SavingService. Under the leadership of Keeper Benjamin B. Dailey, assisted by Keeper Patrick H.Etheridge, they rescued the nine men ...  . full story