Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-17

ITrE SAVING sKRvICE.

IAlux WA 49,
1Irg SAVING sERylCE.
TIA General Superintendent OF the
Life Saving Service reports that the es-
tahlishmsnt embraced, at the close OF
ths Assal year. $50 ssationA l4s being
IN ths Atiaatie, 81 on ths Lakes : On
IL Pacific, and / ct the Falls Of sns
Ohio, Lpaisyills. ~. The nnmeee g
diaastsss 10 documsntad vessels wlta'n
The Asld Of station operations CURING
The ysar vas 81. Thsrs vsrs 16S psf-
aons ON board thsss vsssslA Of whom
2a6e vvrs ssved and only II lost. Ins
numbsr Of the shipwrseksd VINO -
ouired suesoe at the stations va w.
and 70 thsss 1854 days rslisf IN me ~
sree,ts vas a6ordsd. The estimated
veeasla involved in thsss disasters vas
$50, and that Of thsir earRoss VI
io2062. making the total value o. prop
ertv impsrillsd 94767,ee2. OF tins
amount es,Oe9.s37 was saved. and ~
66s ass Lost. The number Of disasters IN
volvine the total destruction Of vessels
vas 81. In addition TO the foregoing
thers have bsen 50 instances OF disasters
70 small craft, on which were 10 per-
sons. all Of whom were saved. Thirty
nine persons were also rescued who had
fallen from vharves and piers, Who
would ssrtainly have been drowned but
for the assistance rendered BY life-sav-
inc crews. The investigations held In
each case show 4hst the twelve persons
lost during the year were entirely b.
youd the reach of human aid. Inc az
sistanoe rendered in saving vessels ana
oarcoss has bssn very great this year.
29S vessels having besn worked Oh when
stranded. piloted out OF dangerous
places, repaired whom damaged, or as
sisted In similar ways by the station
crews. There were besides rs instances
whom vessels running into danger OF
strauding we're warned Of by the night
SIGNALS of the patrols, thus probably
saving most Of them from partial loss or
destruction. The report records the
fact that the Life Saving Service has
been in operation under the present
system four complete decades, and
aives the results In the following:
Number of disasters. 10y
Value Of property involved. ~
Value OF property saved. l5,O64,9G
Value Of property lost. ...... 1l,2l3,J7
Nnmhsr of neraons involved. l4,700
Nnmhsr n nera0na saved 1888
Number Of persons lost. w
Numbes Of ahinwrecked per-
sons recovered Is stations. 500
"s sorSsd' :. ~. 49,. 1884
Il should b. remembered that during
the Arst ysas Of the decade the service
Vas limited TO tho coasts Of Long ISL
and and New Jersey, and up TO lS74 70
these coasts and that Of Cape Cod i'd
ded. while dnce that time tho develop
msnt has bean gradual over other por-
tions Of tho ESQ and lake coasts. 1t
should also b considered that in tho
number Of lives lost the ssrvics 10 fairly
entitled TO . reduction Of 1873, being the
number lost at the wrecks Of the Huron
and Metropolis, on one Of which occa-
sions the stations we're closed under the
law, and On the other the service was
impsdsd ~ distance. Since tho Rensr-
u extension Of the Life Saving Service
10 all portions Of the coast in 1876, the
loss Of life from marine disaster has
besn reduced yearly Taper oent.-that 10
to cay. that while in 1876 and prior 10
that time ono person was lost out of
every % on vessels suffering disaster.
there has been constant decrease, IN
I'll new there 10 but one person lost out
Of every lib. and this result is shown to
b almost entirely due to tho Life Saw
ing stations.