Rhode Island Lighthouses

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"Marine Disaster" "Wreck of the Schooner Ann M. Sill -- Three of the Crew Probably Lost." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, NY Nov 24, 1862 Page 3
"Schooner John Ferris" Newport Daily News Brooklyn, NY Jun 2, 1874 Page 2
"Whale Rock" Boston Post Boston, MA Nov 22, 1875 Page 4
"Schooner Sunk." Reading Times Reading, PA Nov 22, 1875 Page 1
"A Light-House Wanted" Boston Post Boston, MA, MA Feb 25, 1876 Page 8
"Mr. Burnside" The Times Philadelphia, PA Aug 12, 1876 Page 4
"Schooner Capsized on Whale Rock." Harrisburg Daily Harrisburg, PA Aug 16, 1878 Page 1
"Later from the Wreck" The Topeka State Topeka, KS Nov 6, 1880 Page 1
"WRECKED" The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL Nov 8, 1880 Page 1
"NOTICE TO MARINERS" The New York Times New York, NY May 25, 1881 Page 8
"The New Whale Rock Lighthouse." Newport Mercury Newport, RI Aug 5, 1882 Page 8
"Whale Rock Light." Newport Mercury Newport, RI Oct 7, 1882 Page 8
"The lighthouse "General Burnside." Richmond Dispatch Richmond, VA Feb 7, 1884 Page 4
"Maniac Guards The Light" The Morning Times Washington, DC Aug 14, 1897 Page 1
"Lighthouse Keeper Drowned" The Times Philadelphia, PA Dec 27, 1901 Page 2