New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-12


CATIONS The lat statatic, epor Of the EngHsl
Board Of Trade gives acc urt d the number o
wrecks on the coast of Great Britain during the great
| gales Of May and June last Accompanying this Id a
statement OF the number Of lives lost and the num5e,
saved through the means provided by the National
Life Boat Association. One hundred and forty shree
wrecks occurred in the gale of the 2Sth Of May last
but although in one-third Of these the vessels
were totally destroyed, only thiry.four lives we're
ori the smslness Of this percentage being chiefly due
to the mortar and rocket apparatus, reboai and
cbcr appliances, kept constantly in readiness for
| emergency by the NE Of these one hundred and
aixieen PERSONS were rescued who vocid 9th ,rwise
have inevitably perishcd. In another severe Storm
the "a ard Sd Of June fty-one vessels wrecked,
Of which eighteen were totally destroyed, bat Only
seventeen persons pcrshed hundred and one being
PAVED I'D before.
These statistics afford the most saactory evidence
Of the adapts5ility OF the agencies Of the Bitish
Society to the ends for which they Designed It's
life boat stations are fclnd in every dangerous locality
beneath TIE headlaHds Of the stormy, reefeuciIled
Englirh coagt OF Ike design, though not coexens;ye
il, efficiency 4 the Life Saving benevolent Associa-
tion Of New-York," which has now been in urtered
operation for eleven years. annually extending lie
can shores contiguous this port; Its operations arc
confined 10 the of NcwJcrsey and Long Island,
and to the edges Of the Sound Ths! coast
no. 40 dangerous III that Of Great Britain is abundanty
proved the statistics of years. Frequently long
perod tlays see without the occurrence Of wreck in
yoiyipg much loss Of life, within the extent OF Goa
embraced il. the efforts Of the NewYork LifeSayiIg
Benevolent Association. Thi. has been happily tie
u, a..
Society cor graduates itself on the fact but
in Icing atlo 90 report that through all these months
CT naction s stations have been kept in pefsc: order
for he worst poseib', emergencies.
1t is known that the lie-boR system, a. prac'iced OF
our A. involves the throwing of line by shot AMI
mortar from TIE shore TO the vessel in distress As
this must AWAY be essaycd against tho wind ind
IA WRECK yng ~ a small distance from the shore
presents very difficult mark in a storm, it has
bee suggested tha if every vessel wec compelled to
carr her own apparatus the small lne, in nine
out Of ton could be more efiectualy shot from the
wreck than from the shore.
The New-York Life Saving Benevolent Association
u.s. as W. have sad in lou ishing condition, and g
under tho management of IN able aud experienced
Board Of Directors. The following are the executive
officers: President, Thomas Teston; Nice.Presdent,
Charles II. Nanha; Secretary, j. d. Jones; Treas
urcr, W. III. ii. Moore. Within short time past con-
siderable nteres, has been manifesto among chipping
Merchants the subject of crews rescued from wrecks
or open boats the high Congress has failed 10
exact aDy law providing for the expenses a. Phlan-
thropc masters Of vessels who have put iuto port, at
heavy Ices to thei owners, with crews and passen-
gem saved under these circumstances. poor shp
master who may be sailing bis vessel on shares, may
rescue twenty or thirty persons and thus be compelled
to put bach AID break up his voyage-to his own Sc
were detriment, aud even bankruptcy. 1t is Justly
urged that Government which contends that the flag
covers the ship, and in yrdicalion Of this principle
has not hestaoi to incur the expenses Of war ought
rot 10 bo % as to refuse to make provision for
fa,.ng the lives Of its oitzensi that from this neglect
many crews le to their fate during the cyclones
Of last Winter email vessels having frequently ar.
rived at porte and reported having seen vessels in
distress, which they had not stay to roleye Surely