Flannan Isles Lighthouse The lighthouse on Eilean Mòr in the Outer Hebrides, first lit on 7 December 1899 and automated since 1971.
1 Sources 7 Connections Northern Lighthouse Board It commissioned the light and ran the investigation.
1 Sources 2 Connections The three keepers James Ducat, Thomas Marshall and Donald McArthur. They vanished together in December 1900, and no bodies were ever found.
1 Sources 3 Connections The steamer Archtor A steamer from Philadelphia to Leith. Passing on 15 December 1900, it noted the light was out.
1 Sources 1 Connections The tender Hesperus The lighthouse tender. It could not sail on 20 December as planned and reached the island only at noon on 26 December.
1 Sources 1 Connections Joseph Moore The relief keeper who found the station empty, beds unmade and clock unwound. He reported the kitchen utensils were all very clean.
1 Sources 2 Connections Robert Muirhead The Northern Lighthouse Board superintendent who had recruited all three men. He arrived on 29 December 1900 to conduct the official investigation.
1 Sources 2 Connections The west landing Where the storm damage was. A rock weighing more than a ton had been shifted. Muirhead concluded two of the men had gone down to secure a box kept 33 metres up and been swept away by an extra large sea.
1 Sources 1 Connections The ballad Flannan Isle A 1912 ballad by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. It describes an overturned chair and an uneaten meal, which is wrong.
1 Sources 2 Connections The invented log entries Log entries about a storm unseen in twenty years and McArthur weeping are often quoted, but an investigation found them to be fictional, later additions. No storms were reported in the area on 12, 13 and 14 December.
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Place Flannan Isles Lighthouse The lighthouse on Eilean Mòr in the Outer Hebrides, first lit on 7 December 1899 and automated since 1971. User contribution ↑ commissioned Designed for the Board. Sources 1 Organization Northern Lighthouse Board It commissioned the light and ran the investigation. User contribution ↑ manned Three men manned the light. Sources 1 Person The three keepers James Ducat, Thomas Marshall and Donald McArthur. They vanished together in December 1900, and no bodies were ever found. User contribution Organization Northern Lighthouse Board It commissioned the light and ran the investigation. User contribution ↓ commissioned Designed for the Board. Sources 1 Place Flannan Isles Lighthouse The lighthouse on Eilean Mòr in the Outer Hebrides, first lit on 7 December 1899 and automated since 1971. User contribution ↑ was superintendent for He conducted the official investigation. Sources 1 Person Robert Muirhead The Northern Lighthouse Board superintendent who had recruited all three men. He arrived on 29 December 1900 to conduct the official investigation. User contribution Person The three keepers James Ducat, Thomas Marshall and Donald McArthur. They vanished together in December 1900, and no bodies were ever found. User contribution ↓ manned Three men manned the light. Sources 1 Place Flannan Isles Lighthouse The lighthouse on Eilean Mòr in the Outer Hebrides, first lit on 7 December 1899 and automated since 1971. User contribution ↑ had recruited He had recruited all three. Sources 1 Person Robert Muirhead The Northern Lighthouse Board superintendent who had recruited all three men. He arrived on 29 December 1900 to conduct the official investigation. User contribution Person Joseph Moore The relief keeper who found the station empty, beds unmade and clock unwound. He reported the kitchen utensils were all very clean. User contribution ↓ found empty Beds unmade, clock unwound. Sources 1 Place Flannan Isles Lighthouse The lighthouse on Eilean Mòr in the Outer Hebrides, first lit on 7 December 1899 and automated since 1971. User contribution ↓ contradicts He reported the kitchen utensils were all clean. Sources 1 Work The ballad Flannan Isle A 1912 ballad by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. It describes an overturned chair and an uneaten meal, which is wrong. User contribution More shared clues (8) AI research is a draft. Read the sources and check the context.
