Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Kathleen Moore (1812—1899), also known as Catherine Moore, Kathleen A. Moore, Kathleen Andre Moore, Kate Moore, and Catherine A. Moore, was a lighthouse keeper. She was employed by the United States Lighthouse Service, which was a precursor agency to the United States Coast Guard.Moore served at the Black Rock Harbor Light on Fayerweather Island in Long Island Sound for well over half a century, beginning when she helped her father as a twelve year old. She is credited with saving 21 lives.According to Moore: "Sometimes there were more than two hundred sailing vessels at night, and some nights there were as many as three or four wrecks." Her duties included keeping the light lit during stormy weather, and nursing shipwrecked sailors back to health. She retired in 1878.. }
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- Kathleen_Moore_(lighthouse_keeper) abstract "Kathleen Moore (1812—1899), also known as Catherine Moore, Kathleen A. Moore, Kathleen Andre Moore, Kate Moore, and Catherine A. Moore, was a lighthouse keeper. She was employed by the United States Lighthouse Service, which was a precursor agency to the United States Coast Guard.Moore served at the Black Rock Harbor Light on Fayerweather Island in Long Island Sound for well over half a century, beginning when she helped her father as a twelve year old. She is credited with saving 21 lives.According to Moore: "Sometimes there were more than two hundred sailing vessels at night, and some nights there were as many as three or four wrecks." Her duties included keeping the light lit during stormy weather, and nursing shipwrecked sailors back to health. She retired in 1878.".