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Lighthouse withstood many potential dangers. One of the noted environmental dangers included a storm that hit September 8–12, 1889. According to Mid-Atlantic Hurricanes the storm "occurred when stalled off the coast … producing erosive, enveloping surf and covering part or all of many
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502:"Notice to Mariners"
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