1907 – “this is a case in which Samuel A. Armour, keeper of the
Sperry Lighthouse off the port of New Haven, Conn., in the discharge of
his duties on January 8, 1907, in a small boat had carried ashore one
Walter Gill, who had been at the station repairing the fog signal
engines; the said Samuel A. Armour in attempting to return to his post
through a howling wind and raging sea was drowned and his body was not
recovered until several weeks after. According to the evidence submitted,
Captain Armour realized the trip back to his post would be a perilous
one, but did not regard his own safety as his duty required him to be
back in charge of the lights which were especially needed in such a
storm. He lost his life in public service, but all through the long dark
night Mrs. Rose B. Armour, his wife, kept the lights burning just as
her husband had always done. She was alone in the lighthouse and did her
duty.”
~ History of New Haven Outer Breakwater Lighthouse
~ History of New Haven Outer Breakwater Lighthouse
Sperry Breakwater Lighthouse New Haven Connecticut 1901-1907
{Postcard, Undivided Back Era }
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