Difference between revisions of "Carrington Point, Santa Rosa Island"
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The place name appears on the June 1882 U.S. Coast Survey map ''Pacific Coast from Santa Monica to Point Conception, including the Santa Barbara Channel, California'', J.E. Hilgard, Superintendent. | The place name appears on the June 1882 U.S. Coast Survey map ''Pacific Coast from Santa Monica to Point Conception, including the Santa Barbara Channel, California'', J.E. Hilgard, Superintendent. | ||
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=====<span style="color:#006400">In the News~</span>===== | |||
'''December 18, 1989 [Santa Maria Times]:''' “ Ventura— A Grover City man died while scuba diving Saturday morning off Carrington Point, Santa Rosa Island, according to the Ventura Sheriff's Department coroner's office. Mark Hensley, 25, was with his brother, Mike, and wife, Carol. The had left Santa Barbara on the dive boat ''Vision'' and began diving at 7 a.m., according to the coroner's report. Mark and Mike were dive partners and Mike became low on air and surfaced, but Mark elected to continue diving, the coroner's report said. They were in about 80 feet of water searching for game, according to the coroner. When Mark failed to surface in about 25 minutes, a search was launched for the missing diver. He was found about 45 minutes later beneath the surface with an empty tank of air, and was subsequently air lifted to Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy is scheduled today.” | |||
Revision as of 03:32, 1 March 2020
Carrington Point, Santa Rosa Island
The place name appears on the June 1882 U.S. Coast Survey map Pacific Coast from Santa Monica to Point Conception, including the Santa Barbara Channel, California, J.E. Hilgard, Superintendent.
In the News~
December 18, 1989 [Santa Maria Times]: “ Ventura— A Grover City man died while scuba diving Saturday morning off Carrington Point, Santa Rosa Island, according to the Ventura Sheriff's Department coroner's office. Mark Hensley, 25, was with his brother, Mike, and wife, Carol. The had left Santa Barbara on the dive boat Vision and began diving at 7 a.m., according to the coroner's report. Mark and Mike were dive partners and Mike became low on air and surfaced, but Mark elected to continue diving, the coroner's report said. They were in about 80 feet of water searching for game, according to the coroner. When Mark failed to surface in about 25 minutes, a search was launched for the missing diver. He was found about 45 minutes later beneath the surface with an empty tank of air, and was subsequently air lifted to Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy is scheduled today.”
