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Fort Pond Bay was first listed by name in a 1655 map published in 1680 by John Scott which makes note of a Montaukett Native-American fort on its banks. Early settlers in the area raised cattle and sheep on the bluffs above the bay. During the American Revolutionary War during the Siege of Boston British warships sailed into the bay in 1775 ...
In World War II, with German U-boats threatening the East Coast and Long Island, Montauk was again considered a likely invasion point. The US Army upgraded Fort Hero, and renamed it Camp Hero in 1942. The Navy also acquired land in the area, including Fort Pond Bay and Montauk Manor. They built docks, seaplane hangars, barracks, and other ...
Due to storms on Fort Pond Bay, the hamlet of Montauk was actually moved by the Navy at the end of World War II. The hamlet was originally located at the train station, but was constantly being flooded. East Hampton is regularly hit by hurricanes and Nor'easters. Given the town's generally flat topography, water often accumulates on town roads ...
The Fort Worth Fire Department’s water rescue team recovered a body from Lake Como on Monday afternoon after responding to a drowning call, Fire Department officials said Monday.
Rescue crews recovered the body of a missing swimmer Thursday off Pawleys Island. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter spotted the woman, and a Midway Fire Rescue jet ski team recovered the body ...
The Cape Cod teenager who pleaded guilty to the attempted drowning of a black peer in a pond while spewing a racial slur escaped jail time during his sentencing Wednesday.. Chatham, Mass. resident ...
The hull, foundering beneath the waves, was first secured near Montauk Point by legendary Montauk fisherman Captain Frank Mundus on his vessel Cricket II and Carl Forsberg, founder of the Viking Fleet, the largest fishing fleet in Montauk, on his Viking V, and was later transferred to the Coast Guard picket boat, which towed it into Lake Montauk.
Crew member Michael Bridger drowned while cleaning a 24-foot-deep (7.3 m) water tank to be used in the film's underwater scene. [296] Now You See Me (2013). While filming the water-chamber escape scene, Isla Fisher nearly drowned when her shackles got stuck in the grate below and she was stuck in the chamber for over two minutes. [366] Nurse 3D ...