The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

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thus provided for. although IL costs the crew a
great deal more Keeper Smith Rhodes. of station
No. "a Point of Woods has very bad for has
fonr-oarel cedar boat and the beeeches buoy has
only one tailblock.
Near the Fire Island lighthouse and signal Office is
station No 20, Lucen Jeffrey keeper. Here the first
vessel left her bones before the lighthouse was built.
Even now, like moths around candle, some craft in
sist upon running in too close and sranding on the
shoals that surround the inlet When the schooner
Ida b. Silsbe went ashore on November 23 the crew
pulled their boat through the breakers for an hour
and half dead to windward, and brought all of
safely, although having confidence III their
craft In house close to the inlet is
Richardson lifeboat, similar to those at Atlantic
City and Townsends Inlet. With q crew of
twelve or fourteen this boat would be
very ss ssrvieeane' as she is self rsntng
and draught of water she ia not the craft for
the shoals ON this coast Once aground, she would
be entirely helpless. On rocky coast, like that of
Maine where her inventor is superintendent the
Richardson ifeboat is invaluable. Crossing the Inlet,
which was full OF drifting ice. came to station No.
&c. Oak Island, Henry Oakley. keeper. The PARROT
gun at this house throw line carrying shot 1897
yards The bar runs in close to the shore except ut
the inlet.
DANGEROUS PATROL.
On the west end of Oak Island stands Station No.
Gus patrol, full of sluiceways at high tide through
which the surf PUSHES, the depth often exceeding six
feet. Quicksands abound at this point More than
washed away within two years. In very cold
weather the ice from the inlet is piled up along the
on patrol. The aunwaie and thwarts of the four
cared surf boat being too low. the keeper was
obliged this winter to raise the gnnwale
nor nor went ashore in a southwest gale at
Jones Aeaci ias. "ntsr Inc crew Vi .iiS s.a'ion,
Nun .e , s oi snc ion "a s ny. ~
crew. all of whom had taken refuge in the fore rig
ging. 1t was hard pull of three miles, and the
yon,a nyyar Inn yhars vrla AXIOM sho
,rb ;fesay;,a cra,v chasrs,l,v surrSidaroJ tbeir
slee,ing nnari,9ent m them and souaht scantv ac
o is 80 ~; a. -. ,.n,, g, 80 - oars
d I s h AL ~ odd "a INV h nc, T
;rats IL, GA t,,,,,, Att; tn;s sts.;or sr,r
AVE- 90 " '.i.,., -. -. ..,r,as, No. 'e,f'-
This bopse had ~aristv Of adyentnres ,ost w;n+or
.,l r. n,,,So o., a. 80 ~ 80 go 49,,
the ,,,ot tr';n .;rc ~ s.anes .r a,n.nah,a
Tnward tb yanS ~ Nnxamhar ;he nrf raalhaJ th
ho"sa "a haat a,a;,st 4. ,,;.h s,,o e. a.. tn
crew went to work and removed all the eauinments
in the snrf boat IN n nlace of safety The next av
H. w ,'rs tooi th o hnss t ~ 3 d af.a asS
Ia - ~, arothar nart of tha ha.ch Tnanra. ',d
- ith i;auit, amd an oval.d th sand a,yav .o' A.
each tide the nd hacL AGAIN The Ion 40 vas
go NELL 81 e Wv, ,rs te sh hi Ss WIS
1hsn pia , IN az a.. ,.s p va az. ,s Enc,
aInt .h; ti,,, tha Ianara1 Cpnror On mo 81
tha cra,r ,vorLnd ,nanf,,lI, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, t,o al
,-w ,yh;ch theS We IaoaJ
NJ 49, n 49,. ~ ~, ~, ~, 81, 80 e.o+ Sna,, 1900
M lear LAY @ @ 'e sur asi h
w. ;I, ,1 ia. ~ sn,a d;sta fr ~ ~ th o
ny JUL. ~ siia.s 49,. -. ,. .oia sio
S tiaI ''S ~, "'e he f,o,;na antrv i th
loo Of Fsbrnary % vii; Give an idea of the discern
10y "a .I 20 WIZ give S i"e" VI 'Ao sooil
ior.s VI these brave ineh
are all sitting upstairs with oiiskns on One OF the
men p". on sur 10 go "' al.er sna'i poa.'
dow the stairs beins had awav MJni shtiIonss
inst moved off the blocking and shifted quite good wny
Not very pleasant place to stay in One ociock-Thnk
of leaving the house for consider 1t anything but safe
Before this the house was carried off the second
time. new inlet having opened under it, and it
drifted over half mile back toward the bay Although
the house stood on posts nearly feet in height the
waves dashed up against the windows. At last the
present site selected. and after five months of
peril and exposure the crew found themselves in what
promised to be permanent resting place. Patrol
around this station ut high water of the ques
ton.
STATION TwENTY-NINE.
East of Jones Inlet Is station No. 20, Keeper
Ketchum This keeper was in charge of the Drifting
station to the east until the refusal of the former
crew of this house go to the wreck of the General
Connor necessitated their discharge The house is
about half mile from the surf, and it seems
an herculean task to drag q boat and wagon
across the wet yielding sand. Crossing Zach's
Inlet | visited the new station now being
tanning all tue qualities of first class sta
ton Upstairs there are rooms the keeper the crew.
stores and signals and over them sufficient space to
stow away ali the condemned material with which
the government numbers these houses 1t is not un-
likely however, that after some severe storm it Will
be called upon to repeat the experience its eastern
neighbor.
On the western side of Jones Inlet is station No. 81
Keeper Lozee The surfboat here is very poor
Germ, liable to upset at u moments notice. Last No.
vember it capsiZed alongside the schooner Gazelle
mile and half from land The crew OF the station
regard this craft with feeling akin to terror and
declare that she will be the death of them at some
time. No patrol is kept this house. the sandhl
near it commands view of the entire district. A
lfeboat at this point would be more serviceabe than
at Fire Island account of the greater danger of
vessels coming ashore the treacherous shoals that
stretch out to in all directions. Lucys Inlet.
small insignificant piece of water at low tide, runs
close to station No. 49, Keeper johnson.
ANOTHER MODEL BOAT
The boat at this house has been classed as Squan
built but il has not the first quality of the famous
Jersey craft II is so crooked the bottom that it
spins round like bowl, and all the surtmen on the
Long Island coast could not keep it from broaching
to in a cross sea. There IL Francis metallic boat
here but with the old wagon in which it must be
drawn it would be difcult task get afoat.
Keeper Abrams boat at station No. "a, hog Island
has no air tanks. The life-car hawser and tackle are
here, but lfe-car An adequate supply of bedding
from the government stores would be acceptable to
the men, The oars are entirely unfit for service.
At station No. s. Keeper Reinhert. the surf
boat on the entire coast. She drowned one man
some years ago while going to the wreck of the
schooner Statesman and is likely to be the of
another tragedy should she be kept in service At
the west end of Rockaway Beach stands station No.