Keeper Sounds Fog Bell by Hand for Two Nights

The following account appeared in the July 1933 Lighthouse Service Bulletin, which was issued monthly by the United States Lighthouse Service from 1912 to 1939…

“Thomas L. Chase, keeper of Long Point Light Station, Provincetown, Mass., struck the thousand-pound fog bell by hand during two nights of fog, when the striking mechanism got out of order, late in May.

“Early on the night of May 24 the mechanism became disabled during a particularly heavy fog. The keeper struck the bell by hand all through that night and also through the following night, three strikes being required every minute.”