On February 8, 1895, the Louis V. Place, a 163 foot three masted schooner carrying coal from Baltimore to New York, was overwhelmed by wild weather and freezing temperatures. Pounding snow and relentless waves immobilized the vessel until she became a floating iceberg. By the time help arrived, her deck was a sheet of ice, and members of the crew had frozen to death while standing in the rigging. The ship lay stranded just east of the Lone Hill Life Saving Station, drawing spectators by horse and carriage from miles away. Augusta Weeks, one of the four Smith Sisters, donated burial plots and paid the expenses for the sailors' burials. Four crew members who suffered on that disastrous night at sea are buried here.
