(with lots of thanks to my friend Jelle Knot for the translation)
The third Eddystone lighthouse was built by J. Rudyerd (1709). The tower stood 47 years when a fire broke out as the candle-lighting ignited the roof of the dome.
A terrible and almost incredible accident happened. In the end, three of the watchmen were saved.
One of them, during the night, got melted lead in his face and partly even in his stomach. Ashore, nobody wanted to believe his story. After 12 days the man died.
This being a mistery, finally resulted into autopsy.
H. Hall, the name of the lighthouse-watcher, was examined with as result a piece of lead of about 7 ounces, to be removed from his stomach.
This piece of lead is still to be seen in the Royal Scottish Museum at Edinburg.
The tower of Egmond (The Netherlands) was elected Van Speijkmonoment in 1838.
On the shaft of the tower, two emblems up front and three on the back-side were attached, imagining a wreath of laurels with crossed anchors within.
Over the door a bronze lion was attached.
During the maintenance of the paintwork, a sign was erected at the tower, stating :
15.00 H. Feeding of the lion.
At 15.00 H. exactly, a cloth, soaked with red lead was put into his mouth. It is almost incredible what I tell you, but still some hundred people came to watch.
The rabbit-story of Haamstede and the feasant-hunt at Vlieland.
Next to most towers, the lighthouse-watcher's house was built. The watchers had vegetable-gardens.
At the Haamstede-tower, standing in the dunes, many rabbits had a good time in the vegetable-garden. Therefore, the watchers had surrounded the gardens with wire-netting. A little hole was made with a trap behind it, with obvious success.
At Vlieland it was a bit different. There they preferred feasants.
Lightwatcher K. went into the dunes with a bag of poultry-food and laid a track to the henhouse.
Many a feasant was directed to the henhouse and once inside, the door closed and the feasant was cought.
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