It warns sailors about whirlpools and advises them to seek safety in "Kaurashi" harbour if they found themselves drifting dangerously.

By 0100 the towering light, which has warned sailors of the dangers since 1698, was slipping behind, brightening the black water off their port-side quarter.

At first only a beacon was used to warn sailors, but this was replaced by a proper lighthouse in 1615.

Even in World War II, property owners around San Diego and Camp Pendleton posted signs warning "dogs and sailors" to stay off the grass.

American Shoals Lighthouse American Shoals Lighthouse is found out in the water along the Florida Keys to warn sailors of the reefs below.

By 0100 the towering light, which has warned sailors of the dangers since 1698, was slipping behind.

Stores on Cape Cod were closed; some of them boarded up windows, and the U.S. Coast Guard completed preparations and warned sailors of the storm.

He twisted his fingers in the blood-soaked wavy hair and held the corpse up to warn sailors and passengers alike.

Prior to the establishment of a lighthouse at Beavertail, local Native Americans would keep pitch fires burning, to warn sailors away from the rocky coastline.

The fortress-like 1869 brick building with Italianate and Federal architectural details once warned sailors about nearby shallows.