1883:

At 1 o’clock in the afternoon, the sloop Madge Schults , capsized as she was passing in through Rockaway Inlet, about half a mile distant from the Rockaway Point Station (Third District).  The man clung to the bottom of his craft and made signals for help.  They were quickly seen by the lookout at the station and the life-saving crew went off in their boat.  He was taken from the water and landed on Barren Island.