The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-23

side of Corsons Inlet The beach is being constantly
washed ay. and the house is ever IN danger.
At Station No. 81. peck's Beach. Keeper stiles,
the boat should be one-third lighter in order to be
efficient. This is serious defect in the most Of
the surf boats nj the government houses of this
district They heavy that they scarcely
be managed with safety by crew OF six men
During the great October gale the schooner Sarah
CLARK. from Greenport, L. L.. Went ashore near this
station. She lost two of her crew before she
struck and the rest, four in number were taken on
with extreme difficulty by the crew OF the station.
AT Beesleys. Station No. 80 Keeper Willetts. the
house is well located. Great Egg Harbor Inlet is
close by and the bar opposite the station runs out
over two miles. Before the crew were placed at this
point there numerous wrecks. The surf boat is
twenty five feet. ON the beach between Great Egg
Harbor and Absecom Inets there are three stations
No. % Keeper Casto No. %, Keeper Eldridge. and
No. 81 Keeper Bowen. The boats at these stations
are very heavy, too sharp in the bows and too fuil
aft They are inclined to run with heavy
sea and also to breach to- qualities which endanser
the lives of the crews Keeper Eldridge uses
bag Of sand ballast i'll the stern Of
low i'll the breakers Last winter he sent two men of
in Merriman life suits to piece of wreck that was
floating about quarter of mile from shore. They
went through the surf IN safety found no one on the
wreck which consisted of the asts aud crosstrees OF
some vessel aud returned without the slightest dif
Guilty. From Atlantic City the dreaded Brigantne
Shoals extend northward On the other side OF Abse
com Inlet Station No a5. Keeper Turner
A RUSH FOR A STRANDED BARK.
On December the bark Wilhelmina. of Quebec,
Captain Walsh. with a cargo of 1000 empty oil bar
rels, from Antwerp for Philadelphia struck on the
Brigantine Shoals. She was discovered by the patrol
about half past two O'Clock in the morning The
Of three stations. eager to be the first on board
wagon of No. -, old, dapidated affair.
broke down after leaving the house, and the
obliged 10 haul the boat to the water inside the
inlet and 70 pull long distance to Little Egg Inlet
This boat has the same defect OF being too sharp in
the bows as have mentioned about me stations on
the beach below The crew of this station have an
unusually hard task. The constant washing away of
the beach the north side OF the inlet converted the
spot on which No. &c stood into shoa and the crew
have patrol of nine miles. The greater
portion of the apparatus is old and worn ont. new
set of oars, and especially long steering oar IS
needed.
Across the new inlet on small beach which the
surf is constantly diminishing in SIZE is station No.
"a. Keeper Gaskill. This crew were first at the
wreck OF the bark Wlielmina, which struck near
the station. They took the of the wreck about
two miles from shore except few that insisted upon
saving their effects in the ships boats These would
have been lost had not the crew of the next station
water in shore The captain of the bark, according
to the statements of the government crew, displayed
most unaccountable ignorance OF the coast. He
said he mistook Little Egg and Absecom lights for
those of the Capes, and was surprised to find the
Life Saving Service stations on the coast, although
they were marked down on the charts.
A RESCUED PoRKER
Among the lives saved from the bark sorry
specimen of porker which the life saving crew pur-
chased from the captain. They soon had reason 10
regret their purchase his porcine highness took
unwarrantable liberties with an oilskin coat and
thinking that they placed there for his dinner.
He also tyrannzed over pet dog Of the crew. turn
ing him out OF his warm bed and taxing possession
Of it without even grunt Of apology.
NARROW ESCAPE.
Crossing Little Egg Inlet. very rough piece Of
water for small boat. reached station No. %.
Keeper James b. Ryder. The boat wagon at this
house is very poor. the wheels and body narrow
dangerous patrol on the coast The beach is 50
fiat that high tide sweeps over it. Two winters
ago of the crew, while patrolling the beach, was
caught by the tide in deep "glade" and narrowly
escaped being swept out to sea. He lost his lamp and
part OF his clothing and got back to the station IN an
exhausted condition. Another patrol was "treed on
sandhi about month ago. and the crew were
obliged to go to his rcscue in their surfboat The
honse is situated more than half mile from the surf.
and the labor entaed upon six men dragging heavy
boat and wagon. weighing over q ton, may easily be
imagined There eight wrecks in the inlet last
winter. When the bark Wilhelmina went ashore the
of this station had to pull three miles through
the surf to go to the rescue of the shipwrecked
mariners. There should be a larger crew at this
point.
Passing the ranges which the government has
placed shore to enable vessels to enter the Little
Egg Inlet safely. and which have proved utterly
worthless. although each. dry goods box placed on
three poles cost $40, the Station No. -. Keeper
Bond, reached. The keeper here who bears a
close resemblance to the late William Cuen Bryant.
entirely satisfied with his boat and wagon.
Keeper sprague. Of the next station, No. II. Ship
Bottom said his boat had not spring enough in the
bottom. At Station No. -. Keeper g. Crane, the
boat old and leaky. the bottom having been
started aud epaired with shore tmbers II Is five
cared boat and only take five men ashore with its
crew Keeper i. Martin. of Station No. 10. Harvey
last October gale the schooner William Collyer OF
Providence. r. l., came ashore and the crew. hve in
number saved by the breeches buoy. AZ station
No. l.. Keeper Crime. the boat is very heavy but
sharp in the bows Others the coast below.
Fifteen persons can be taken on wreck at one time
in this boat. The bar running close to the shore
enables the crew III case OF wreck 10 use the NOR
tar.
At station No H. on the south side Of Barnegat
Inlet. Keeper kidgeway. the mortar is i'll bad condi
ton and dangerous The Signal Service occupies
room in the building. thereby crampng the already
went ashore the Barnegat shoals this winter-the
schooner Carleton. October ~: the schooner Lady
Alien, November ]. and the soop Eliza Dunn. Noyem-
Der -. All these were got OF safely by the crew of
this station aud without such assistance they would
have been wrecked beyond doubt.
BETWEEN BARNKGAT AND roisr PLEASANT.
North Of Barnegat the beach is not 80 fiat and
wrecks generally strike close to shore. At Station
No l6 Keeper Chambers the boat old and patched.
Only two balls left for the mortar. The govern
ment sent another boat there this winter. but she
bursted at the first trial Keeper Penn. of Station
No. Is. Forked River. has sound boat, but heavy
and with q straight keel This boat can take twenty
persons ashore besides its crew. Keeper Joseph
y. Reed OF Station No. II. Island Beach. has small
hye-oared boat and narrow wagon, the wheel OF
which cuts the boat supply OF bedding ~ needed
here Another fiye-oared boat, Of the Tom River
model is at Station No. 10. Keeper Stephen Bills The
wagon has been raised somewhat but the wheels still
cut the boat The PARROT gun at this station can
send ball with line 400 yards against the wind. At
station No. IL, Green Island William L. Chadwick.
keeper. the boat is in admirable condition The
keeper has placed cork fender around 1t, thereby
reducing the chances of capsizing.
srIf-nlGHIfSG SURF BOAT
Captain Chadwick is of the opinion that cork
fender placed around boat and underneath IL
rubber belt ned with air, Will render IL impossible
for the boat to capsize in In order TO prevent
her from running with the sea. bow down. he sug
gests an air bag rubber at the bow The greatest
danger surf boat have to guard against is when
the boat tries TO run with the sea. like horse
taking the bit in his teeth. Should she
coed her stern Is dung high into the air
and instant she ~ bottom upward II is all i'm
portsnt that the government should examine closely
Into this question OF a elfrighfing surf boat The
greater number Of the boats have are better
calculated ia u heavy sea 20 drown their own crews
than assist others drill Of heaying the line aud
working the brceches buoy showed remarkable prof.
cheney the part % the crew. Keeper Miller, OF
station No. IL. swan Point. has very heavy boat.
and Keeper Fleming, of station No. 10. Point Pleas
ant, has OF the best boats on the coast-squarc
built with sufficient sheer 10 be handled quickly In
tho surf. The wagon il unnecessarily heavy, con-
sidering that the have to pull it across steep
sand hill 20 reach the surf
DRILLS
The following regnlations for drill aoyern all the