April M, 1001.
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
Big New Lightship
For Hatteras Shoals
Sailors say that there are two grave
yards In the Atlnutlc, one off Sablo Island
and tin- other at Capo Hnttcrns. The
wricks that strew tin sea bottom around
the little pleco of land between tho (Jrntid
Hanks and tho mainland aro mostly caused
by tho dense fogs that prevail most of the
year, misleading tklppers westward and
oastwurd bound, until too lato thoy find
of work, tho treacherous inilcksnuds have
engulfed tho most solid foundations and
sometimes n single night of storm has de
molished the structure. Floating buoys of
various kinds have been tried, but these have
olso been quickly washed away After
careful consideration, the L'nlted Statoj
Lighthouse Hoard decided to have a light
ship constructed, which would be strong
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hull nd machinery and to tako tlmo enough
to drive every bolt and every rivet homo.
She Is 112 feet In length and qtllto Bhnllow,
being about twenty feet In depth. Tho
bull, made of the best steel, Is divided Into
Iho water tight compartments by bulkheads
of the same material, so that If tho wator
should till three of these, tho other two
would keep her ollrot. Partly to strengthen
her hull, she Is provided with three decks
built nlntost ns strongly ns those of n war
ship. In order to resist the tremendous
strain when rocking In the waves, The
quarters for the captain, olllrers and crow
nre on the main deck, while tho coal
bunkers and other supplies nre below As
the oftlcers and men must remain some
times for five or six weeks without seeing
nnyone or being relieved, the government
has tried to make their surroundings as
homelike as possible.
Steam luat and electric lights nre pro
vided In rnch enhln and the furniture, rnr-
pets and fittings would be a credit to n
mansion. The ship Is equipped with re
frigerating npparntim nnd has also a plant
for distilling water so that an ample sup
ply of lee can be maintained In the summer
months as well ns an abundance of puro
water.
To hold the lightship on her stntlon pow
erful apparatus was provided, She hns
what Is known ns n harbor anchor, weigh
ing 2.000 pounds, large enough for nn or
dinary liner. This Is connected by a chnln
whose links nre one nnd one-eighth Inches
thick, calculated to stand n strain of 70,
000 pounds. Besides the hnrbor nnehor
there Is what Is known as n kedge nnehor,
weighing 3.10 pounds, which works ns a sort
of steering gear to keep the vessel head on
to tho waves In n heavy storm. In order
to give her plenty of room to ride tho
wavrs 720 feet of nnehor chnln Is provided.
Tho nnchors nro raised and lowered en
tirely by steam, the ship bolne equipped
with speclnl engines. Electricity fur
nishes the Illumination for the lnnterns,
which nro nrranged upon two steel mnsts
nt a height of fifty feet nbove water line.
Kneh mast contains n cluster of six nro
lnmps enrh of 100 volts. On n clear night
their rays can bo seen a dlstnnee of twenty
miles, while In stormy weather It Is rnl-
eulated that tho captain of n ship ten miles
distant can see them through his field
glasses, ns they have nn nttochment which
produces n vivid flash every half minute.
Tho electric current Is generated by n set
of powerful dynamos opernted by steam en
gines. Number 72 Is provided with steam ns
n motive power, In ense she should break
loose from her moorings. Her engines nro
ns large as those In an ocean tug of tho
first clnss nnd, It Is believed, will enable
her to battle successfully with tho nvcr
ngo northenster. She Is nlso equipped with
a mnlnsnll, foresail nnd .lib, principally to
stonily her In n gale of wind. There Is no
danger of her being tnlstnken for nny other
craft. The letters on her side nro nbout
ten feet In height nnd on n elenr dny enn
be seen nt n dlstnnee of severnl miles In
themselves.
Cats, lite.
"Why," nsked the I'll
"Is n woman dresfod tip
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Tho Lay Figure courteously gao It up
"Well, n cat gets mad If you rub her the
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As for tho Otbeis, they smoked violently
but In silence.
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themselves upon the rocks. Fog Is only enough to withstand tho heaviest seas ami
a lesser porll of tho Hatteras weather, provide Illumination which could bo seen
The capo Is known tho seven seas over as nt n long distance nn the stormiest night.
Sun: "Tell mo a story,
the worst of storm centers. Tho fury of
its winds, tho sweep of Its terrlblo cross
seas, nnd tho treachery of Its lurking
shoals are n byword In tho mouth of every
deep sea sailor. It Is hejp thnt tho gov
IndlannpollH
papn."
"No; go to bed."
"No, sir! Tell mo n story."
"If I do will you go to bed?"
"Yes."
"Well, onco upon n tlmo I hero was a great
big benr that caught a hunter In tho woods
and btnrtod to hug him to death."
"In what woods?"
"Oh, I don't know some woods."
"Did tho boar hug him to doath?"
"No; just then two big tiger policemen
nunc, along and run the boar In for violating
Tho first ship tried wnsn't of sufficiently
henvy caliber. The artillery of the seas
wnB too much for her, nnd one night she
wns torn from her moorings and landed
high nnd dry on tho bench, the crew Just
eminent has Just set tho now nnd power- escaping with their lives, Number 72 had
fill lightship, No. 72, stnunchest of Its Just been finished nnd wns sent direct to
kind, to warn ships from Iho Invisible Hnttcrns. She Is much Inrger than the
perils of tho coast. other vessel nnd tho workmen In tho ynrds
Tho dancers of Hiitterns nro cenornllv t Qtllncy, Mnss,, where she wns built, bad
unseon. Even In flno weather the water orders to put tho best material Into the tho game laws, Now go to bed.
s.t high tldo entirely conceals tho reefs of
Jagged rock upon which many n ship hns
beaten herself to pieces, nut flno weather
Is rare thereabouts. Seldom does tho sun
rlso clear upon tho low sand spit running
far out Into the ocean. Every storm thnt
reaches tho const seems to eck out Hat
teratt for tho display of Its greatest
violence. During n nor.hJnst or south
enst gale Its rocky senwnrd stretching
ledges turn tho ocean currents Into a vortex'-
nnd then there Is no spot In the
ocoans of tho world inoro to bo feared.
Tremendous cross-sens rlso nnd sweop the
wnters for many miles nut to sea, A real
Hatteras storm often extends Its lnlluonce
between 200 nnd 300 miles outwnrd,
If tho roofs of Hnttcrns wcro situated
nt n different point on tho const lino the
enpo would not hnvo Its ovll reputation.
Hut thoy llo In wnlt nt tho most ensterly
point of tho South Atlantic const, nnd
vessels bound to nnd fro between southern
ports of such cities ns Now York nnd Phlla
dolphin, as well as tho fleet of steamships
which load nt (lulf cities for Europe nnd
coal nt Norfolk nnd Newport News, must
pass close by. Tho cape In also closo to
tho direct routo between South Alnntlc
ports nnd Orent Britain, nnd If a ship enp
Inln loses his reckoning even by a fow
miles, ho Is Ilnblo to como dangerously
nenr It.
Since the first American monitor wont to
the bottom of tho sen off Cnpo Hntterna
nui'dreds of rrnfts. from tho fishing sinncks
to the liner, hnvo been Its victims, nnd thou
fluids of lives hnvo been lost In Its stormy
wnters. Realizing this cnnstnnt mennco to
the navigator, the government hns spent
millions of dollars trying to find something
which will give suitable warning to ships,
Time nnd ngnln lighthouses hnvo been
plnnned, nnd the work gotten well under
wny, but sooner or Inter, often nfter months
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