Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1902 — Forgotten Lighthouse Men. [ARTICLE]

Forgotten Lighthouse Men.

The lighthouse keepers on Percy Island, off the coast of Queensland, were not long ago forgotten for months by the government authorities. The food supply of Percy Island is supposed to be delivered once a quarter, but no food arrived at the island after the first week in June until a British sloop passed months later. The Islands, 20 In number, and delirious from lack of food, managed to hail the vessel, which left behind an ample supply of provisions and reminded the Queensland government of the lighthouse men whose existence It had forgotten.