tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post1345562008764883191..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Judgment Day!Philiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-90695625428037224892011-05-22T21:06:38.573-04:002011-05-22T21:06:38.573-04:00Please look for my reply to the question about ora...Please look for my reply to the question about oral history on Monday's post (May 23, 2011). <br /><br />Re. fireworks: I'm not sure about that. We'll see.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-6406187328881119672011-05-21T21:12:13.807-04:002011-05-21T21:12:13.807-04:00Yes, that event was absolutely horrible. I have he...Yes, that event was absolutely horrible. I have heard, however, that there may be fireworks on the island this July 4th for the first time since that deadly explosion. I'm a little surprised.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-32744704520490592242011-05-21T16:35:55.938-04:002011-05-21T16:35:55.938-04:00The OI has a long history of explosions. The July ...The OI has a long history of explosions. The July 4th explosions were the most recent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-89895594954847887392011-05-21T10:41:49.943-04:002011-05-21T10:41:49.943-04:00Also, there is an interesting history of the Pampl...Also, there is an interesting history of the Pamplico Inn (w/ vintage photos) on pages #56 & #57 of Jack Dudley's wonderful "Ocracoke Album", a handsome book this NC mainlander purchased on my visit last October @ The Village Craftsmen. (If my fellow bloggers don't have this book, it's quite informative & includes many vintage photos.) <br /><br />Tales of The Ponzer Hotel's demise are also quite amazing and Jack Dudley includes a large photo and history of this famous inn on page #26. As Philip knows, this old landmark was destroyed in 1900 when George Credle and a companion were cooking a goose on top of a heater. As the story goes, the fire became out of control, burnt the goose and destroyed the entire hotel.<br /><br />I don't know if someone thought it was "judgement day" when The Ponzer Hotel burned; however, it, like the burning of the Pamlico Inn, must have been quite a terrible sight to see and a tremendous loss. The good news was there was no loss of life, as far as I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-86902525508402073222011-05-21T10:11:11.940-04:002011-05-21T10:11:11.940-04:00Is there an on going Oral History project ala Foxf...Is there an on going Oral History project ala Foxfire conducted by the high school journalism students? or a grant funded project by the Smithsonian documenting these events of the fabric of the islandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-6458924676908986872011-05-21T08:39:15.315-04:002011-05-21T08:39:15.315-04:00I heard about your judgement day party last night....I heard about your judgement day party last night. News spreads fast here. Someone said you had it early since you won't be having it tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-18216403610878836502011-05-21T08:23:52.116-04:002011-05-21T08:23:52.116-04:00Enjoy this beautiful spring day and I look forward...Enjoy this beautiful spring day and I look forward to the next post :Pdebbie s.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-7723917862437073082011-05-21T07:49:56.442-04:002011-05-21T07:49:56.442-04:00Ocracoke did not have a local newspaper in 1929-19...Ocracoke did not have a local newspaper in 1929-1930, and, because of the island's isolation, this fire probably did not draw the attention of anyone on the mainland. Ocracoke did not even get telephones until 1956, so no one would have called a mainland newspaper. No one was killed or injured...and there was little property damage. I've heard that Capt. Bill and friends cut the dock away to prevent the fire from spreading to the inn. <br /><br /><br />Blanche had just turned 10 a few weeks before the fire, so she did not go "down point" to investigate, but her 18 year old sister did. <br /><br />There are only a few islanders alive who remember the Pamlico Inn fire. There is a brief mention of it in Alton Ballance's book "Ocracokers"...on page 229: "An explosion and fire destroyed the fuel tanks and docks at the Pamlico Inn during the early 1930s."Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-27636212480315177422011-05-21T07:41:50.476-04:002011-05-21T07:41:50.476-04:00If it were Judgment Day, Ocracoke would be particu...If it were Judgment Day, Ocracoke would be particularly affected, as many of us consider the island to be as close to heaven as we're likely to get.<br />Of course you'd also get quite a few folks who would be boring and judgmental, and if they had given away all their worldly possissions, they couldn't but anything, which would test even the considerable generosity of island residents.<br />In any case, we're getting our reservations for August, as usual, and intend to be on island for a week come hell or high water.bill kostarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-21470887400510875152011-05-21T02:33:49.954-04:002011-05-21T02:33:49.954-04:00Is this event documented in a published newspaper ...Is this event documented in a published newspaper account?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com