Three lighthouse keepers vanished and left the clock unwound
Three lighthouse keepers vanished and left the clock unwound Ellsworth Toohey 8:00 am Wed Jul 29, 2026 Flannan Isles Lighthouse — JJM / CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikipedia) A passing steamer noted in its log on December 15, 1900, that the light on Eilean Mòr, in the Outer Hebrides, was dark. Storms kept the relief boat away until December 26. Joseph Moore went ashore alone and found the gate and the door shut, the beds unmade, the clock stopped, the lamps cleaned and refilled, and one set of oilskins still hanging inside.
- ▪Three lighthouse keepers vanished and left the clock unwound Ellsworth Toohey 8:00 am Wed Jul 29, 2026 Flannan Isles Lighthouse — JJM / CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikipedia) A passing steamer noted in its log on December 15, 1900, that the light on
- ▪Storms kept the relief boat away until December 26.
- ▪Joseph Moore went ashore alone and found the gate and the door shut, the beds unmade, the clock stopped, the lamps cleaned and refilled, and one set of oilskins still hanging inside.
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Three lighthouse keepers vanished and left the clock unwound Ellsworth Toohey 8:00 am Wed Jul 29, 2026 Flannan Isles Lighthouse — JJM / CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikipedia) A passing steamer noted in its log on December 15, 1900, that the light on Eilean Mòr, in the Outer Hebrides, was dark. Storms kept the relief boat away until December 26. Joseph Moore went ashore alone and found the gate and the door shut, the beds unmade, the clock stopped, the lamps cleaned and refilled, and one set of oilskins still hanging inside. James Ducat, Thomas Marshall and Donald McArthur were gone. No trace of them was ever found. The west landing had been torn apart.
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