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WRECK OF THE METROPOLIS
Steamer ran aground, Jan. 31, 1878, killing 85. Tragedy prompted improvements in the U.S. Lifesaving Service. Remains are 3/5 mi. SE.
North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 2004 |