. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. William Bowser grew up hearing the stories from his grandfather. He always knew that he, too, would someday be a surfman. "It was in my blood that I would go to Pea Island/' says Bowser. "That's all we had on our minds. We all wanted to be just like ; station were reportedly in the vicinity of the station on the night of the fire. Newcomb pursued that line of investigation. He found it odd that the brothers, who were aware of the fire as it burned, did nothing to notify nearby Lifesavin
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. William Bowser grew up hearing the stories from his grandfather. He always knew that he, too, would someday be a surfman. "It was in my blood that I would go to Pea Island/' says Bowser. "That's all we had on our minds. We all wanted to be just like ; station were reportedly in the vicinity of the station on the night of the fire. Newcomb pursued that line of investigation. He found it odd that the brothers, who were aware of the fire as it burned, did nothing to notify nearby Lifesaving Service officials. While the brothers were under questioning, their story conflicted with testimony of other witnesses. One of the brothers was the highest ranking surfman at Bodie Island and a candidate for keeper of a station; the other brother and a third suspect had served as substitutes but sought full- time positions in the service. They had interest in removing the black crew. In fact, the brother who held the highest rank had been heard commenting "[t]hat it would be an easy matter for a surfman who had a falling out with his Keeper, to set a station on fire, injure the property in such a manner as to throw blame on the Keeper and cause his dismissal from the ; Newcomb reported to Kimball: "The inference is [the third suspect] was employed by [the brother who was only a substitute] to set the station on fire, the object being, to secure the removal of the present colored Keeper, thus enabling [the brother] to succeed him and giving [the third man] a situation as surfman in the ; According to Newcomb, the higher ranked brother had devised the scheme. Although Newcomb felt strongly that these men were involved in burning the station, Kimball chose not to pursue the matter further. Kimball was aware of the risk he had taken in appointing Etheridge. He feared that prosecuting the. First black station keeper Richard Etherid
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