Olaf Bergh

[@nick-hdh]

Why were they so close to the beach with that huge tanker?? I mean it looks like they are no more than maybe 20 ft from the beach. You guys have any more old videos like the ones from the 30s and 40s from years ago you have posted?

[@o.c.life-savingstationmuse2247]

Hi Nick, Here is what The Salisbury Times reported on the event, "“Headed from Hull, England, to Philadelphia, for a cargo of war supplies, the Olaf Bergh went ashore three miles south of the Fenwick Island lighthouse at 4:30 o’clock yesterday morning. No reason for the accident has been given as yet but it is believed by Ocean City fishermen that the master of the ship, O. M. Kleffezex, mistook the lighthouse for the Over Falls lightship located at the mouth of the Delaware River. The course of the ship and the angle at which she struck the beach indicates that the captain though he had his bearings on the entrance to the Delaware Bay.” - The Salisbury Times, March 8, 1941. As for other videos, all of our posted videos can be found on our website at www.ocmuseum.org/exhibits-events/permanent-collection/video-collection. Hope this is helpful!

[@kennethstraume9771]

The Captains name is spelled wrong in the Newspaper. He was my great grandfather and his name was Ole Mikael Kleppevik