Rescue station keeper’s cowardice got 11 killed
At the critical moment, the keeper of the rescue station at Cape Arago lost his nerve and deserted his waiting crew....
Offbeat Oregon History podcast · Finn J.D. John
January 12, 202610m 38s
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At the critical moment, the keeper of the rescue station at Cape Arago lost his nerve and deserted his waiting crew. Eleven shipwrecked sailors drowned while he huddled behind the warm stove in his cabin. (Cape Arago, Coos County; 1880s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1905b.lighthouse-keeper-cowardice-547.html)