The New York herald., 1878-12-20

delay in getting boats and other apparatus from
staten No. 4 bur not any ayoidable delay; Russell
in getting crew, some declined: witness asked
Nannote to go, saying Mr. Cook asked me 10 come
h hsre % ana 50 1 ask ,s you TO eo he rephea Una, in
that boat; when the government boat was
launched from It's wagon the first boat had Just re-
turned from the wreck with some rescued men;
was on the scene about seven o'clock the iiteboat
got there about ten O'Clock Nanpote told me he did
not consider the fishing boat lit 10 60 in; know
nothing against the character OF either Nannote or
Russell White.
SCHOONER n. H. ATWOOD.
Samuel y White recalled-Saw the wreck Of schooner
J.. H. Atwood; was called BY Russell White, who
said would have tine to notify Vannote; we
broke open the doors of the station. No. 9, and
were getting ont the mortar and the lines
when we saw the men get out their boat
and start for the shore beckoned to them TO wait
but they would not wait as the boat struck the un-
dertow, their boat capsized and we ran into the
surf and pulled them ont; we took them into the
station, built fire and gave them something 70 eat;
did not see Nannote until after sunrise next morn
ing
the surf and have been connected with Station No.
for twenty weight years; was present at the wreck
of the bark Rjukan: heard of the wreck and came to
the assistance of Station No. Il when l got to the
wreck the lifeboat alongside the ships there was
its return one man left on the snip; White
said first he would not 90 after the
man. for he ought to have come of when the lifeboat
there, but he did go; saw Drummond White.
John Bennett and others so OF in that last boat;
witness keeper of Station No s. have known Van
dozen years. identified an affidavit made by him
saying, in regard to the wreck of the Rlulan, mat
the apparatus or No. got there possible;
witness presumed that the duty of keeper is to be
on the shore i'll thick and stormy weather; saw moth
ing dificult in going to or from the bark Rjukan;
heard criticisms about Vanuoe at that tne never
Russell White drunk.
THE QUESTION OF soBRIETY.
The government place stimulants in the stations in
the medicine chest for the use OF the injured or ex-
haused men rescued from wreck but not for the
OF the station crew have never used the
to my station; the bottle OF brandy in my station has
not been nncorked for five years; could not name
single slrflnan who is strictly total abstinence man:
/ do not consider who liquor to excess lit
for position in a litesaving station.
BY the committee-Now Mr.. Hazletine, il you will
pursue that line any further will concede that
q little whiskey will not hurt man. We are not
tender upon that point except in this town.
AT THE WRECK OF THE RusLAND.
Charles Valentine sworn lis keeper at Monmouth
Beach; present and had charge of the wreck of
to her; Russell White and vannote in the boat;
it came back with some passengers and some whis-
key; White had bottle in his pocket; It
to drink, but declined; the same boat made twenty
trips to the ship, delivering passengers and lug
gage; there ,s5 passengers and crew; no
life was lost vannote rowed an oar all
the time; Russel White took the stern of
the boat; has been in the wreck business ,,ss
forty years il is the duty OF the to life
first and property afterward man might be as use
fu shore in starting the boat from the beach in
Of the boat: some OF our fishing boats are as
able TO go to wreck as any l1feboat;
q seventeenfeet keel hShlng W,fallu tn1nk
small to go in, and should wait for the lneboat;
surfman should be accomplished steerer
Of boat; have known snch men hesi-
tate to so off in boat: courage is
a requisite qualification: a keeper should 20 off in
his boat if there is danger be faced and should not
remain on the shore; il is the duty OF keeper
to steer his boat if going off in dangerous surf;
/ should be apt to leave one of my best men
the beach, the boat made twenty trips and the
life made twenty-one trips stout. active man
the beach could catch boat coming in If he would
and was not afraid OF the water.
Lieutenant Shoemaker-The appropriations by
Congress have not been sufficient 10 provide for an
extra man 10 remain on the shore to catch the boat
when it comes ashore
HOW A SURF MAN SHOULD ACT.
Job Edwards, farmer formerly keeper of Station
No. the wrecks of the Forshay, Rukan and Russ
land when he saw the Forshay she dismastcd
morning the surf bad and thought it i'm
possible to go OFF; after she parted we
made an attempt TO go of Russell White and
Vannote went of; the latter took the stern Of the
boat. but the sloop ashore so that her
could Jump ashore Vannote at the wreck OF the
Eta NJ Tucker taking care of the government prop
erty the beach; at the wreck OF the
bark Rjukan; Vannote there; he was helping
generally; on the first trip OF the liteboat
Morris took the bow oar; it his place; was ap
pointed keeper of No. in May, 1875 and chose the
crew in the following November, after the Forshay
wrecked: Vannote was member OF the crew
the year before L was: he left out of the crew
for the year because Van Brunt had gone to the
wreck OF the Forshay of Deal Beach; witness
gave the command of his boat to Russell
White at the wreck OF the Rlukan, be-
cause he considered White better than
himself: witness identified an affidavit i'll
regard the wreck of the Rjukan stating that the
boat of Station No. was launched soon as it ar
rived, Russel White taking command and Drummond
White pulling bow the first trip and detailing
the work at the wreck.
John H. Bennett, snrfman of Station No. Z, never
saw anything cowardly about vannote served with
him one year; thought him as good surfnan as any
on the coast.
Adjourned until Saturday morning.