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Vintage image of Stannard Rock Lighthouse when it was in its heyday. Because of its remoteness, it was dubbed by its keepers as “the loneliest spot in the United States,” a catchphrase that has stuck with it to this day. On June 18, 1961, a massive explosion at the lighthouse killed Petty Officer William A. Maxwell, who was the Officer-in-Charge. As the fire smoldered inside the tower, the three surviving keepers, Walter Scobie, Richard Horne, and severely injured Oscar Daniels, took refuge on the concrete pier at the base of the tower where they huddled in a makeshift shelter, surviving on two cans of beans until help arrived three days later. You can read a full account of the incident in the story “Return to Stannard Rock” in the November/December 2015 edition of Lighthouse Digest, which can also be found in our online archives.
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