New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-02
THE WRECKS OF THE YEAR.

A uuNDRFD AND TWENTY SHIPS DRIVEN AsHoRE-oF
1853 PEOPLE OK Bo,gD, 80 My LOST.
lFRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE rRibuSEl
WASHINGTON. July 1. - The statistics OF
wrecks which have occurred within the range OF the
fe-savng Service during past fiscal year nave just
been made up the Treasury Department. from whch
appears the total number of vessels driven ashore
by stress during the year 12o and tht they
had on board l253 persons or this number OF h'eS
there were l,214 saved and 80 lost; tue hunhoer
lost being about per cent. Of those iinperled Inc
estimated value OF the vessels wrecked Is SlfoAof
and Of their cargoes $13isS76, making total
property valuation Of $3095.33l. The total amount OF
properly saved far reported is Sl55i3oo ana OF
that totally lost 81 OJ3 1885, leaving S4S7OOO not yet as
certtiued whether saved lost Upon 30 OF the occa-
sOns disaster, the Lfe-savng Service apparatus was
successfully used and s3S persons were rescued through
its nstrunrntty together, IN addition to which ASSIST
ancs was rendered in nearly every instance In saving
property by the crews of the Lt'-saving stations
The thirty-nne pIsons who were lost, rshed under
the following circumstances: Tweny-eight went down
with the Inflated ship Cicassian," which went to pieces
near Brdsehamptou, Long Island, on the night oi the
29h December 1876 and destroyed the party OF ohlnho
cock Irdiaus vino were cndcavOrng t. save her seven
lives the wreck OF the schooner Margaret
and Lucy which went ashore near Toms River, NJ J, on
the % OF March, 1877. Three lives were lost upon tue
occasion o the straudng Of the Steamer pAmeque near
Long Branch n. j., the 7th of January 1871 Inc
remaining victim OF Of Onr r5Ons OF inc
Schooner which went ashore on Peaked m
b r. Cape Cod, the morning Of the I'd OF Janlay lo"
Notwithstanding the high state OF efficiency IN when the
Iife-saviug Service shown to oe 0y tue foregoing
record great efforts beng constantly made to Drins
il 10 still greater perfection Recently MI Kimball, VINO
has charge OF service, with capt Merrima the IN
spccor have been dcvOtng much attention to the SUD
ec Of extending the ran &C of the shot line, and aer
srI1 o. experiments Cold Spring. ~ Y, WIN new
gun ana pfciectie invented by Robert T. PARROT tthe
v eran inventor Of the Parrot gum, he gratifying nc
suits are that with gun which with its carriage weighs
lees by 20 lbs mortar now used at the sta"n'
and some modification in the ne when Is SO collcd up
or braided az be very elastic, an additional range oi
more than yards been attained Tor the 'hoI uhe
this IS considered most important Improvement Ill 'he
service nee it's reOrgauiltt0 and the ntrOducu II oi
the patrol SYSTEM The Department has "rdeied "a Oh
tue new Guns which will be supplied to those stations at
poiuts on the coast where a long range Is r"qured
Additional signals beng prepared TO DC moor
porated INTO the National Code for use OF vessels ana
Life saving stations which will greatly facilitate com
mnic tion between the aud the sIore. The pre-
sent h-h safe of ciic eucy In Cls npOrtt service -
dine in 4 Great measure to the earnts Efforts OF MI
mbill 10 make it whHt II is the hrst III point Vi
effective service and discpli e IN the world.